agar aur jeete rahate, yahii intazaar hotaa
qismat = fate
visaal = meeting, union with
yaar = friend, (beloved/lover in this context)
intazaar = wait
ye na thii hamaarii qismat ki visaal-e-yaar hotaa
agar aur jeete rahate, yahii intazaar hotaa qismat = fate visaal = meeting, union with yaar = friend, (beloved/lover in this context) intazaar = wait kii mere qatl ke baad us ne jafaa se taubaa
haaye us zood_pashemaaN kaa pashemaaN honaa qatl = murder jafaa = infidelity; being unfaithful taubaa = penitance; promising to sin no more haaye = alas zood_pashemaaN = one who is quick to repent/regret pashemaaN = repentance, regret iimaaN mujhe roke hai jo kheeNche hai mujhe kufr
kaabaa mere peechhe hai kalisaa mere aage [Mirza Ghalib] iimaaN = faith kufr = disbelief (in one's religion) kalisaa = church chipak rahaa hai badan par lahoo se pairaahan
hamaarii jeb ko ab haajat-e-rafoo kyaa hai [Mirza Ghalib] chipak = stick (to) badan = body lahoo = blood pairaahan = clothes jeb = pocket haajat = need rafoo = mending, sewing huaa jab Gam se yoN behis to Gam kyaa sar ke kaTane kaa
na hotaa gar judaa tan se to zaanoo par dharaa hotaa [Mirza Ghalib] jab = when Gam = sorrow yoN = so behis = senseless sar = head judaa = separated tan = body zaanoo = thigh ko_ii veeraanii sii veeraanii hai
dasht ko dekh kar ghar yaad aayaa [Mirza Ghalib] veeraanii = desolate place dasht = desert thii Khabar garm ki Ghalib ke uRenge purze
dekhane ham bhii gaye the pa tamaashaa na huaa [Mirza Ghalib] Khabar = news Khabar garm honaa = rumoured purze = parts purze uRanaa = to be derided, booed pa = but tamaashaa = show dekhiye paate haiN ushshaaq butoN se kyaa faiz
ik brahamin ne kahaa hai ki ye saal achchhaa hai [Mirza Ghalib] ushshaaq = lovers (plural of aashiq) but = idol faiz = blessing daayam paRaa huaa tere dar par nahiiN hooN maiN
Khaak aisii zindagii pe ki patthar nahiiN hooN maiN [Mirza Ghalib] daayam - perpetual, always, for all time dar = door maiN chaman meN kyaa gayaa goyaa dabistaaN khul gayaa
bul_buleN sun kar mere naale Ghazal_KhwaaN ho ga_iiN [Mirza Ghalib] |
Mirza GhalibMirza Asadullah Khan "Ghalib" is the most quoted and well known of all Urdu poets. His poetry is posted here as a tribute to him, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays Archives
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