Being human
“bas ki dusvar hai, har kaam ka asan hona ,
admi ko bhi muyassar nahi , insa hona “
“It is so difficult
For everything
To become
So easy
As is indeed
Most difficult
For a man
To become
A human being! “
“bas ki dusvar hai, har kaam ka asan hona ,
admi ko bhi muyassar nahi , insa hona “
“It is so difficult
For everything
To become
So easy
As is indeed
Most difficult
For a man
To become
A human being! “
Phir is andaz se bahar ai , ki hue mehr-o-mah tamasai Into spectators Have turned The moon and the Sun For spring has come Again with glory And all splendor!
“dhapa kafan mein dage uyube barahnagi mai, Varnah har libas mei nange vujud thaa ” “No raiment doth hide The nakedness of life It’s only the shroud Which will cloud All signs of my vice .”
“Dame har maoj me hai , halqah – e sadkame nihang Dekhe kya guzre hai qatre pe , guhar hone tak .” “For I would be the drop That turns into a pearl But the dangers all around With crocodiles ferocious With open jaws.”
“Guncha phir laga khilne , Aaj Kiya hua dekha , gum Kiya hua Paya “ The spring has come again And all around. Again The flowers have taken bloom I too have found my heart Lost and stained with blood.
Kahan Maikhane ka darwaza Ghalib aaur Kahan vaiz , par itna jante hai , kal voh jata tha ki hum nikle ! I only know That yesterday I saw him going in As I was coming out! Who would have thought The tavern door Playing a host To the priest? कहाँ मयखाने का दरवाजा और…
Mujhko dayare gair me mara vatan se dur , rakh li mere khuda neh , meri bekasi ki SharmOh for a death In a foreign land Far from a country