Siyasate darba
Dil hi toh hai, siyasate darba se dar gaya , mai, aor jau dar se tere bin sada kiye”
That I should return from your door
without giving a call. But this silly heart
full of fear of the guard at your door.”
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Above rituals
Hum muvahhid hai , hamara kes hai tarke rusum , millateh jab mit gayi ajza -e-ima ho gayi He is one above all rituals above all dogma above all customs it is only where these paths cease does true faith begin.
Vatan se dur
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 that’s my own. And so has god saved me from disgrace of my own helplessness!
Maikhane
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…
Trapped in temptations
Ima mujhe roke hai, jo khiche hai mujhe kufr , kabah mere piche hai , kalisa mere aage ” Virtue pulls me from behind but oh for the pull of temptations in front . With the ka’ba behind me it’s the heresy in front! 威而鋼
Spring has come again
“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.
Dame har maoj
“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.”