Kii Vafaa Hamase To Gair Use Jafaa Kahate Hain
Hotii Aaii Hai Ke Achchhon Ko Buraa Kahate Hain
Aaj Ham Apanii Pareshaanii-E-Khaatir Un Se
Kahane Jaate To Hain, Par Dekhiye Kyaa Kahate Hain
Agale Vaqton Ke Hain Ye Log, Inhen Kuchh Na Kaho
Jo May-O-Nagmen Ko Andoharuubaa Kahate Hain
[Andoharuubaa=cure For Pain Or Sorrow]
Dil Men Aa Jaae Hai, Hotii Hai Jo Fursat Gash Se
Aur Phir Kaun Se Naale Ko Rasaa Kahate Hain?
[Gash=senseless/in A Faint; Rasaa=with A Long Reach]
Hai Par-E-Sarahad-E-Idaraak Se Apanaa Masjuud
Qible Ko, Ahal-E-Nazar, Qiblaanumaa Kahate Hain
[Par-E-Sarahad-E-Idaraak=beyond The Boundaries Of Knowledge]
[Masjuud=to Whom One Bows Ie God]
Paa-E-Afagaar Pe Jab Se Tujhe Raham Aayaa Hai
Khaar-E-Raah Ko Tere Ham Mehr-E-Giyaa Kahate Hain
[Paa-E-Afagaar=wounded Feet; Khaar-E-Raah=thorn In The Road]
[Mehr-E-Giyaa=(Blade Of) Grass Of Kindness]
Ik Sharar Dil Men Hai, Us Se Koii Ghabaraayegaa Kyaa
Aag Mataluub Hai Hamako, Jo Havaa Kahate Hain
Dekhiye Laatii Hai Us Shokh Kii Nakhvat Kyaa Rang
Us Kii Har Baat Pe Ham Naam-E-Khudaa Kahate Hain
[Nakhvat=pride]
Vahashat-O-Sheftaa Ab Marsiyaa Kahaven Shaayad
Mar Gayaa “Ghalib”-E-Aashuftaanavaa Kahate Hain
[Vahashat-O-Sheftaa=two Poets Of That Time;
Marsiyaa=eulogy/poem Of Sorrow]
[Aashuftaanavaa=one Who Speaks Nonsense]