Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Diwan-E-Ghalib

    Na gul-naghma hoon na parda-e-saaz

    Mirza Ghalib

    transliterator: thothica

    work_id: "74ed4c1c-c3d2-47b4-b350-4539659ce0f9" work_slug: "mirza-ghalib-diwan-e-ghalib-74ed4c" work_title: "Diwan-E-Ghalib" author_name: Mirza Ghalib chapter_number: 144 chapter_title: "Na gul-naghma hoon na parda-e-saaz" chapter_slug: "144-na-gul-naghma-hoon-na-parda-e-saaz" variant_id: "f3b4722f-20df-4c9e-aa31-d9f51c0dcb9c" content_type: transliteration layout: verse language: Urdu source_language: Urdu language_direction: ltr script: latin word_count: 90 estimated_read_time: 1

    Na gul-naghma hoon na parda-e-saaz Main hoon apni shikast ki aawaaz

    Tu aur aaraish-e-kham-e-kaakul Main aur andesha-haaye-door-daraaz

    Laaf-e-tamkeen fareb-e-saada-dili Hum hain aur raaz-haaye-seena-gudaaz

    Hoon giraftaar-e-ulfat-e-sayyaad Varna baaqi hai taaqat-e-parvaaz

    Woh bhi din ho ke us sitam-gar se Naaz kheenchun bajaaye hasrat-e-naaz

    Nahin dil mein mere woh qatra-e-khoon Jis se mizhgaan hui na ho gulbaaz

    Aye tera ghamza yak-qalam-angez Aye tera zulm sar-ba-sar andaaz

    Tu hua jalwa-gar mubarak ho Rezish-e-sajda-e-jabeen-e-niyaaz

    Mujh ko poochha toh kuch ghazab na hua Main ghareeb aur tu ghareeb-nawaaz

    Asadullah Khan tamaam hua Aye dareegha woh rind-e-shaahid-baaz