Mehfil-e-Ghazal - 27th July, 2016

kii wafaa ham se to Gair use jafaa kahate haiN - Mirza Ghalib

kii wafaa ham se to Gair use jafaa kahate haiN
hotii aa_ii hai ke achchhoN ko buraa kahate haiN

aaj ham apanii pareshaanii-e-Khaatir un se
kahane jaate to haiN, par dekhiye kyaa kahate haiN

agale waqtoN ke haiN ye log, inheN kuchh na kaho
jo may-o-naGmeN ko andoh_roobaa kahate haiN

aNdoharoobaa = cure for pain or sorrow

dil meN aa jaaye hai, hotii hai jo fursat Gash se
aur phir kaun se naale ko rasaa kahate haiN

Gash = senseless/in a faint; rasaa = with a long reach

hai par-e-sarahad-e-idaraak se apanaa masjood
qible ko, ahal-e-nazar, qiblaanumaa kahate haiN

par-e-sarahad-e-idaraak = beyond the boundaries of knowledge
masjood = to whom one bows i.e. God

paa-e-afagaar pe jab se tujhe raham aayaa hai
Khaar-e-raah ko tere ham mehr-e-giyaa kahate haiN

paa-e-afagaar = wounded feet; Khaar-e-raah = thorn in the road; 
mehr-e-giyaa = (blade of) grass of kindness

ik sharar dil meN hai, us se ko_ii ghabaraayegaa kyaa
aag mataloob hai hamako, jo hawaa kahate haiN

dekhiye laatii hai us shoKh kii naKhwat kyaa raNg
us kii har baat pe ham naam-e-Khudaa kahate haiN

naKhwat = pride

wahashat-o-sheftaa ab marsiyaa kahaweN shaayad
mar gayaa "Ghalib"-e-aashuftaanawaa kahate haiN

wahashat-o-sheftaa = two poets of that time; marsiyaa = eulogy/poem of 
sorrow; aashuftaanawaa = one who speaks nonsense