Dil he to hai ,na sang-o-kist,
dard se bhar na aae kyou,

Ro-en-ge ham hazar baar ,
Koi hamen sataae kyon??



Der nahi,haram nahin ,
Dar nahin ,aastan nahin,

Bethe hain rah-guzar pe ham,
Ghair hamen uthaae kyon??



Jab woh jamal-e-dilfiroz ,
Surat-e-meher-e-nim zoz

Khud hi ho nazara soz`
Parde-mein munh, chhipa-e kyon??



Qaid-e-hayaat, o-band-e-gham,
aasal mein dono ek hai,

Maut se pahle aadmi ,
gham se nijat paae kyon??







/////It is only my heart not a brick.
I will cry thousand times, if any person harass me.


//////It is not a shrine, or a harem or a door-step of someone,
I sit when and where I please,
nobody dare to lift me away.


////The enchanting beauty like a blazing sun,
should not hide away behind veil,
so no one can have a gaze.


/////As life is like a prison and,
a sorrowful life is also equally same,
hence before death why should a man be allowed to be pardoned from sorrow./////





BALCONEYSEAT.

Dil-e-naadan tujhe hua kya hai ,
akhir is dard ki dawa kya hai!!

Ham hai mustak, aur woh be-zar,
Ya ilahi!! yeh maajra kya hai!!

Mai bhi mu-hun mei,zaban rakhta hun,
kaash pucho,ke mudaa kya hai !!

Ham ko us-se,wafa ki hai umeed,,
Jo nahi jaante, wafa kya hai !!!



What Shakespeare is to english,
Mirza Gahlib is to urdu.




balconeyseat.

kyo.nkar us but se rakhuu.N jaan aziiz


kyo.nkar us but se rakhuu.N jaan aziiz
kyaa nahii.n hai mujhe iimaan aziiz

dil se nikalaa pa na nikalaa dil se
hai tere tiir kaa paikaan aziiz

taab laaye hii banegii `Ghalib`
baaqi_aa saKht hai aur jaan aziiz

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koii ummiid bar nahii.n aatii


koii ummiid bar nahii.n aatii
koii suurat nazar nahii.n aatii


maut kaa ek din mu`ayyaa.N hai
nii.nd kyo.n raat bhar nahii.n aatii


[mu`ayyaa.N=definite]


aage aatii thii haal-e-dil pe ha.Nsii
ab kisii baat par nahii.n aatii


jaanataa huu.N savaab-e-taa`at-o-zahad
par tabiiyat idhar nahii.n aatii


[savaab=reward of good deeds in next life, taa`at=devotion, zahad=religious deeds]


hai kuchh aisii hii baat jo chup huu.N
varna kyaa baat kar nahii.n aatii


kyo.n na chiiKhuu.N ki yaad karate hai.n
merii aavaaz gar nahii.n aatii



ham vahaa.N hai.n jahaa.N se ham ko bhii
kuchh hamaarii Khabar nahii.n aatii


marate hai.n aarazuu me.n marane kii
maut aatii hai par nahii.n aatii


kaabaa kis muu.Nh se jaaoge `Ghalib`
sharm tumako magar nahii.naatii

ishq mujhako nahii.n vahashat hii sahii
merii vahashat terii shoharat hii sahii


[vahashat=solitude; shoharat=fame]


qataa kiije na ta`alluq ham se
kuchh nahii.n hai to adaavat hii sahii


[qataa=to break; ta`alluq=relation; adaavat=animosity]


mere hone me.n hai kyaa rusvaa_ii
ye vo majalis nahii.n Khalvat hii sahii


[majalis=assembly; Khalvat=isolation]


ham bhii dushman to nahii.n hai.n apane
Gair ko tujh se mohabbat hii sahii


apanii hastii hii se ho jo kuchh ho
aagahii gar nahii.n Gafalat hii sahii


[hastii=existence; aagahii=fore knowledge; Gafalat=negligence]


ham koii tarq-e-vafaa karate hai.n
na sahii ishq musiibat hii sahii


[tarq=relinquishment]


kuchh to de ai falak-e-na_i.nsaaf
aah-o-fariyaad kii ruKhasat hii sahii


[falak=sky]


ham bhii tasliim kii Khuu Daale.nge
beniyaazii terii aadat hii sahii


[tasliim=greeting/salution; Khuu=habit; beniyaazii=independence]

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