Bahot Sahii Gam-E-Getii Sharaab Kam Kyaa Hai

Bahot Sahii Gam-E-Getii Sharaab Kam Kyaa Hai

Mirza Ghalib

Bahot sahii Gam-e-getii sharaab kam kyaa hai
Gulaam-e-saaqii-e-kausar huu.N mujhako Gam kyaa hai


[Gam-e-getii=sorrows of the world]
[Gulaam-e-saaqii-e-kausar=servant of the person who serves
 drinks from 'kausar', a river which flows in heaven]


tumhaarii tarz-o-ravish jaanate hai.n ham kyaa hai
raqiib par hai agar lutf to sitam kyaa hai


[tarz-o-ravish=behaviour and character; raqiib=rival]
[lutf=benevolence; sitam=torture]


suKhan me.n Khaamaa-e-Gaalib kii aatash_afashaanii
yaqii.n hai hamako bhii lekin ab us me.n dam kyaa hai


[suKhan=poem; Khaamaa-e-Gaalib=Ghalib's pen]
[aatash_afshaa.N=to pour fire; yaqii.n=trust; dam=pride]