Gam-E-Duniyaa Se Gar Paaii Bhii Fursat Sar Uthaane Kii
Falak Kaa Dekhanaa Taqariib Tere Yaad Aane Kii
[Falak=sky; Taqariib=reason]
Khulegaa Kis Tarah Mazamuun Mere Maktuub Kaa Yaarab
Qasam Khaaii Hai Us Kaafir Ne Kaagaz Ke Jalaane Kii
[Mazamuun= Topic/subject; Maktuub=letter]
Lipatanaa Paraniyaan Men Sholaa-E-Aatish Kaa Aasaan Hai
Vale Mushkil Hai Hikamat Dil Men Soz-E-Gam Chhupaane Kii
[Paraniyaan=fine Muslin/silk Cloth; Vale=but; Hikamat=cure]
Unhen Manzuur Apane Zakhmiyon Kaa Dekh Aanaa Thaa
Uthe The Sair-E-Gul Ko Dekhanaa Shokhii Bahaane Kii
Hamaarii Saadagii Thii Iltafaat-E-Naaz Par Maranaa
Teraa Aanaa Na Thaa Zaalim Magar Tamahiid Jaane Kii
[Iltafaat=benevolence (Iltefaat-E-Naaz Meaning Beloved Here); Tamahiid=excuse]
Laqad-Kob-E-Havaadis Kaa Tahammul Kar Nahiin Sakatii
Merii Taaqat Ke Zaamin Thii Buton Ke Naaz Uthaane Kii
[Laqadkob-E-Havaadis=vagaries Of Misfortune]
[Tahammul=tolerance; Zaamin=one Who Takes Responsibility For]
Kahuun Kyaa Khuubi-E-Auzaag-E-Ibnaa-E-Zamaan “Ghalib”
Badii Kii Usane Jis Se Hamane Kii Thii Baarahaa Nekii
[Khuubi-E-Auzaag-E-Ibnaa-E-Zamaan=the Goodness Of Founders Of Today’s Society]
(This Is A Sarcastic Comment By Ghalib)