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 कहाँ वाईज़ज ,
पर ईतना जानते है, कल वो जाता था कि हम निकले
“Unke Dekhe seh joh aa jati hai joh muh par raunak , Woh samajhte hein ki bimar ka hal accha hai ” Even a sight of hers And my whole face brightens. Oh the irony of it ! For she feels I am better And my illness Is fading away!
“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.”
“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 .”
Hum muvahhid hai , hamara kes hai tarke rusum , millateh jab mit gayi ajza -e-ima ho gayi
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
“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.