Trapped in temptations

“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 He is one above all rituals above all dogma above all customs it is only where these paths cease does true faith begin.

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…

“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! ”

  “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.”

  “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! “When they see him,…