Meherbaan ho ke bula lo mujhe chaaho jis waqt
19th Century Mirza Ghalib UrduBe kind, and call me to you when you please; I am not bygone time, that I cannot return with ease.
In weakness, why complain of what my rivals say? It is no physical weight that I cannot lift away.
I search for poison, tormentor, but find no trace; What is this oath to you, whose hold I cannot erase?
My self-control is gone, I cannot stay apart; Don't be a pain so great I cannot bear its dart.
If my house burned to ash, what reason for my fear? It’s not this flame of heart, a fire I cannot clear.
If you won't come, a hundred ways to die are near; For death is not like you, whom I cannot summon here.
Just smile and call, my grievances will disappear; What is this thought of you, a ghost I cannot clear?