rone se aur ishq me.n bebaak ho gae
Mirza Ghalib

rone se aur ishq me.n bebaak ho gae
dhoe gae ham aise ki bas paak ho gae

[bebaak=outspoken/bold, paak=pure/clean/holy ]

sarf-e-bahaa-e-mai hue aalaat-e-maikashii
the ye hii do hisaab so yo.n paak ho gae

[sarf=expenditure, bahaa=value/price, mai=bar]
[aalaat=instruments, apparatus; maikashii=drinking]

rusavaa-e-dahar go hue aavaargii se tum
baare tabiiyato.n ke to chaalaak ho gae

[dahar=vorld, baare=at last]

kahataa hai kaun naalaa-e-bul_bul ko beasar
parde me.n gul ke laakh jigar chaak ho gae

[chaak=slit/torn ]

puuchhe hai kyaa vajuud-o-adam ahl-e-shauq kaa
aap apanii aag se Khas-o-Khaashaak ho gae

[vajuud=existence; adam=non-existence, Khas-o-Khaashaak=destroyed]

karane gaye the us se taGaaful kaa ham gilaa
kii ek hii nigaah ki bas Khaak ho gae

[taGaaful=negligence, gilaa=complaint, Khaak=dust/ashes]

is rang se uThaaii kal us ne 'Asad' kii naash
dushman bhii jis ko dekh ke Gam_naak ho gae

[Gam_naak=grief stricken ]

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