Mirza Ghalib
dil mira soz-e-nihan se be-muhaba jal gaya
atish-e-khamosh ki manind goya jal gaya
in passion’s hidden heat my heart, did choose to bravely burn
like fire silent and unseen, to ashes it did turn
dil men zauq-e-vasl o yad-e-yar tak baaqi nahin
aag is ghar men lagi aisi ki jo tha jal gaya
neither the yen for union nor her thoughts this heart retained
for such a blaze consumed this house, burnt all that it contained
main adam se bhi pare huun varna ghafil bar-ha
meri ah-e-atishin se bal-e-unqa jal gaya
Ye ignorant! beyond the state of nothingness I’ve turned
else by my fiery sighs the feathers of the phoenix burned
arz kiije jauhar-e-andesha ki garmi kahan
kuchh khayal aaya tha vahshat ka ki sahra jal gaya
my flaming intensity of thought to whom can I narrate
just thinking of the desert caused, it to incinerate
dil nahin tujh ko dikhata varna daghon ki bahar
is charaghan ka karun kya kar-farma jal gaya
my heart’s no more, my burning scars, else I would show to you
the lamp itself is charred now with , these lights what do I do
main huun aur afsurdagi ki aarzu ‘ghalib’ ki dil
dekh kar tarz-e-tapak-e-ahl-e-duniya jal gaya
now I exist alone just with hope of melancholy
because my heart is seared by people’s insincerity
khanman-e-ashiqan dukan-e-atish-baz hai
shola-ru jab ho gae garm-e-tamasha jal gaya
ta kuja afsos-e-garmi-ha-e-sohbat ai khayal
dil ba-soz-e-atish-e-dagh-e-tamanna jal gaya
hai ‘asad’ begana-e-afsurdagi ai bekasi
dil z-andaz-e-tapak-e-ahl-e-duniya jal gaya
duud mera sumbulistan se kare hai ham-sari
bas-ki shauq-e-atish-e-gul se sarapa jal gaya
shama-ruyan ki sar-angusht-e-hinai dekh kar
ghuncha-e-gul par-fishan parvana-asa jal gaya
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