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)

qatal ka mere kia hai ahad to baare vaaye agar ahad ustavaar nahi hai (ahad=promise, baare=at last, ustaavar=determined)

tune qasam mai-kashi ki khai hai Ghalib teri qasam ka kuch aitbaar nahi hai

Comments

Comment by Aman…. on 2009-02-14 16:58:44 +0530

Speechless!
Aman….