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    Diwan-E-Ghalib

    Kehte ho na denge hum dil agar pada paaya

    Mirza Ghalib

    transliterator: thothica

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    Kehte ho na denge hum dil agar pada paaya Dil kahan ke gum keeje hum ne mudda'a paaya

    Ishq se tabiyat ne zeest ka maza paaya Dard ki dawa paayi dard-e-be-dawa paaya

    Dost-daar-e-dushman hai aitimaad-e-dil maloom Aah be-asar dekhi naala na-rasa paaya

    Saadgi o purkaari, be-khudi o hoshiyari Husn ko taghaful mein jurrat-aazma paaya

    Ghuncha phir laga khilne aaj hum ne apna dil Khoon kiya hua dekha, gum kiya hua paaya

    Haal-e-dil nahi maloom lekin is qadar yaani Hum ne baarha dhoonda, tum ne baarha paaya

    Shor-e-pand-e-naaseh ne zakhm par namak chhidka Aap se koi pooche tum ne kya maza paaya

    Hai kahan tamanna ka doosra qadam Ya Rab Hum ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paaya

    Be-dimaagh-e-khijlat hoon rashk-e-imtehaan ta-kay Ek bekasi tujh ko aalam-aashna paaya

    Khaak-baazi-e-ummeed kaarkhana-e-tifli Yaas ko do-aalam se lab-ba-khanda wa paaya

    Kyun na vehshat-e-Ghalib baaj-khwah-e-taskeen ho Kushta-e-taghaful ko khasm-e-khoon-baha paaya

    Fikr-e-naala mein goya halqa hoon za-sar-ta-paa Uzw uzw joon zanjeer yak-dil-sada paaya

    Shab nazaara-parwar tha khwaab mein khayaal us ka Subah mauja-e-gul ko naqsh-e-boriya paaya

    Jis qadar jigar khoon ho, koocha daadan-e-gul hai Zakhm-e-tegh-e-qaatil ko turfa dil-kusha paaya

    Hai makeen ki paa-daari naam-e-saahib-khana Hum se tere kooche ne naqsh-e-mudda'a paaya

    Ne Asad jafa-saail ne sitam junoon-maail Tujh ko jis qadar dhoonda ulfat-aazma paaya