Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, who wrote under the pen name 'Ghalib' is one of the most quotable Urdu poets whose sher or couplets relate with almost all situations of life.
His words on love, loss and life continue to enlighten us and calm our soul.
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ये न थी हमारी क़िस्मत कि विसाल-ए-यार होता अगर और जीते रहते यही इंतिज़ार होता
[It was not in my destiny to unite with my beloved. Had I kept on living (if I hadn't died on the day you left me), there would have been this same waiting.]
तिरे वा'दे पर जिए हम तो ये जान झूट जाना कि ख़ुशी से मर न जाते अगर ए'तिबार होता
[Don't deceive yourself by thinking that your promise made me live. I'd have died of happiness had I believed in your promise.]
तिरी नाज़ुकी से जाना कि बँधा था अहद बोदा कभी तू न तोड़ सकता अगर उस्तुवार होता
[From your daintiness/ delicacy I understood the frailty of your vow (promise). You couldn't have broken it if it was strong.]
कोई मेरे दिल से पूछे तिरे तीर-ए-नीम-कश को ये ख़लिश कहाँ से होती जो जिगर के पार होता
[Someone should ask my heart about the pain inflicted by a half drawn arrow. If the arrow was fully drawn and had passed his heart (he would have been dead), he would not have felt this sweet pain.]
ये कहाँ की दोस्ती है कि बने हैं दोस्त नासेह कोई चारासाज़ होता कोई ग़म-गुसार होता
[ What kind of friendship is this that all my friends have become advisors. Someone should have tried to heal me (lessen my pain), someone should have shared my sorrows]
रग-ए-संग से टपकता वो लहू कि फिर न थमता जिसे ग़म समझ रहे हो ये अगर शरार होता
[Blood would have endlessly oozed from the veins of stone If what we are thinking of as grief was a spark of fire]
ग़म अगरचे जाँ-गुसिल है प कहाँ बचें कि दिल है ग़म-ए-इश्क़ गर न होता ग़म-ए-रोज़गार होता
[Although this sorrow's fatal but it can not be avoided as I have a heart If I was not troubled by the sorrows of love, I would have been dealing with the problems of day to day living.
कहूँ किस से मैं कि क्या है शब-ए-ग़म बुरी बला है मुझे क्या बुरा था मरना अगर एक बार होता
[To whom should I say that this night of sorrow is a curse. I don't mind dying if it happens once ( these nights of separation from you is like dying every night)]
हुए मर के हम जो रुस्वा हुए क्यूँ न ग़र्क़-ए-दरिया न कभी जनाज़ा उठता न कहीं मज़ार होता
[The shame I endured after death, why did I not drown in the sea? There would have been no funeral, nor a grave to be seen.]
उसे कौन देख सकता कि यगाना है वो यकता जो दुई की बू भी होती तो कहीं दो-चार होता
[How can anyone see him(The Creator/ God) as he is unique, unprecedented, unmatchable. If there was even a hint of duality( that there was more than one Creator) I would have found myself face to face with him somewhere.]
ये मसाईल-ए-तसव्वुफ़ ये तिरा बयान 'ग़ालिब' तुझे हम वली समझते जो न बादा-ख़्वार होता
[Oh Ghalib, your declarations/ philosophy on mysticism (the issues in Sufism) People would have considered you a saint/ a preacher, if you had not been a wine drinker.]
विसाल-ए-यार - meeting with beloved नाज़ुकी - delicacy/ fineness अहद -Pledge बोदा -weak, worthless उस्तुवार -firm, strong तीर-ए-नीम-कश - half-drawn arrow ख़लिश - pain नासेह - preacher चारासाज़ - one who cures, friend ग़मगुसार - intimate friend (one who shares your grief) रग - vein रुस्वा - disgraced, scandalized संग - stone शरार - spark जाँ-गुसिल - deadly/ heartbreaking ग़म-ए-इश्क़ - sorrows of love ग़म-ए-रोज़गार - worries of life शब-ए-ग़म - the night of sorrow due to the beloved's separation ग़र्क़-ए-दरिया - drowned in the sea जनाज़ा - funeral मज़ार - grave यगाना - unprecedented, unmatched यकता - unique दुई - hypocrisy मसाईल-ए-तसव्वुफ़ -problems of mysticism/ Sufism बयान - declaration/ वली - saint/ holy man बादा-ख़्वार - drinker/ boozer
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ye na thi hamari qismat ki visal-e-yar hota agar aur jite rahte yahi intizar hota
tere wade par jiye hum to ye jaan jhut jaana ki khushi se mar na jate agar e'tibar hota
teri nazuki se jaana ki bandha tha ahd boda kabhi tu na tod sakta agar ustuwar hota
koi mere dil se puchhe tere tir-e-nim-kash ko ye khalish kahan se hoti jo jigar ke par hota
ye kahan ki dosti hai ki bane hain dost naseh koi chaarasaz hota koi gham-gusar hota
rag-e-sang se tapakta wo lahu ki phir na thamta jise gham samajh rahe ho ye agar sharar hota
gham agarche jaan-gusil hai pa kahan bachen ki dil hai gham-e-ishq gar na hota gham-e-rozgar hota
kahun kis se main ki kya hai shab-e-gham buri bala hai mujhe kya bura tha marna agar ek bar hota
hue mar ke hum jo ruswa hue kyun na gharq-e-dariya na kabhi janaza uthta na kahin mazar hota
use kaun dekh sakta ki yagana hai wo yakta jo dui ki bu bhi hoti to kahin do-chaar hota
ye masail-e-tasawwuf ye tera bayan 'ghaalib' tujhe hum wali samajhte jo na baada-khwar hota
