Mirza Ghalib

Beauty of Mirza Ghalib aa k meri jaan mein qaraar nahi hai taaqat-e- bedaad-e-intezaar nahi hai (bedaad=injustice) dete hain jannat hayaat-e- dahar k badle nasha ba-andaaza-e-khumar nahi hai (hayat=life, dahar=world) giriya nikaale hai teri bazm se mujh ko haaye k rone pe ikhtiyar nahi hai (giriya=crying, ikhtiyar=control) ham se abas hai gumaan-e-ranjish-e-khaatir khaak mein ushshaq ki gubaar nahi hai (abas=indifferent, gumaan=suspicion, ushshaq=lovers, gubaar=clouds of dust) dil se utha lutf-e-jalva haaye maani gair-e- gul aaina-e-bahar nahi hai (gul=rose) ...

A beauty by Ghulam Ali. First a little bit about history of this ghazal. It was originally written by Mirza Ghalib in Persian. Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum translated it to Punjabi and then Ghulam Ali added to the beauty by rendering it with perfection. Enjoy the masterpiece from the legends: mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu aaja vekh mera intezaar a ja avein laran bahanane labhna en ki tu sochna en sitamgaar a ja mere shauq da nahi aitbaar tainu… (sitamgaar - oppressor) ...