Gam-e-duniyaa se gar paa_ii bhii fursat sar uThaane kii Mirza Ghalib

Gam-e-duniyaa se gar paa_ii bhii fursat sar uThaane kii
Mirza Ghalib



Gam-e-duniyaa se gar paa_ii bhii fursat sar uThaane kii
falak kaa dekhanaa taqariib tere yaad aane kii


[falak=sky; taqariib=reason]


khulegaa kis tarah mazamuu.N mere maktuub kaa yaarab
qasam khaa_ii hai us kaafir ne kaaGaz ke jalaane kii


[mazamuu.N= topic/subject; maktuub=letter]


lipaTanaa paraniyaa.N me.n sholaa-e-aatish kaa aasaa.N hai
vale mushkil hai hikamat dil me.n soz-e-Gam chhupaane kii


[paraniyaa.N=fine muslin/silk cloth; vale=but; hikamat=cure]


u.nhe.n ma.nzuur apane zaKhmiyo.n kaa dekh aanaa thaa
uThe the sair-e-gul ko dekhanaa shoKhii bahaane kii


hamaarii saadagii thii iltafaat-e-naaz par maranaa
teraa aanaa na thaa zaalim magar tamahiid jaane kii


[iltafaat=benevolence (iltefaat-e-naaz meaning beloved here); tamahiid=excuse]


laqad-kob-e-havaadis kaa tahammul kar nahii.n sakatii
merii taaqat ke zaami.n thii buto.n ke naaz uThaane kii


[laqadkob-e-havaadis=vagaries of misfortune]
[tahammul=tolerance; zaami.n=one who takes responsibility for]


kahuu.N kyaa Khuubi-e-auzaaG-e-ibnaa-e-zamaa.N "Ghalib"
badii kii usane jis se hamane kii thii baarahaa nekii


[Khuubi-e-auzaaG-e-ibnaa-e-zamaa.N=the goodness of founders of today's society]

(This is a sarcastic comment by Ghalib)