Mirza Ghalib
dhotaa huu.N jab mai.n piine ko us siimatan ke paa.Nv
rakhaataa hai zid se khe.nch kar baahar lagan ke paa.Nv
[siimatan=silver-bodied (fair skinned), lagan=basin]
dii saadagii se jaan pa.Duu.N kohakan ke paa.Nv
hai haat kyo.n na TuuT gae piirazan ke paa.Nv
[kohakan=a mountain digger (a reference to Farhad); hai haat=alas;]
[piirazan=old woman (a reference to the old woman
who gave Farhad the false news of Shirin's death)]
bhaage the ham bahut so usii kii sazaa hai ye
hokar asiir daabate hai.n raahazan ke paa.Nv
[asiir=prisoner; raahazan=robber]
maraham kii justajuu me.n phiraa huu.N jo duur-duur
tan se sivaa fiGaar hai.n is Khastaa tan ke paa.Nv
allaah re zauq-e-dashtan_vardii ke ba_ade-marg
hilate hai.n Khud-ba-Khud mere a.ndar kafan ke paa.Nv
[dashtan_vardii=to roam around in wilderness; marg=death]
hai josh-e-gul bahaar me.n yaa.N tak ki har taraf
u.Date hue ulajhate hai.n murG-e-chaman ke paa.Nv
[murG-e-chaman=birds of the garden]
shab ko kisii ke Khvaab me.n aayaa na ho kahii.n
dukhate hai.n aaj us but-e-naazuk_badan ke paa.Nv
'Ghalib' mere kalaam me.n kyo.n kar mazaa na ho
piitaa huu.N Khusro-e-shiirii.n_suKhan ke paa.Nv
[Khusro-e-shiirii.n_suKhan=sweet spoken king ( here referring to Bahadur Shah Zafar)]
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