aa ki merii jaan me.n qaraar nahii.n hai

aa ki merii jaan me.n qaraar nahii.n hai
taaqat-e-bedaad-e-intazaar nahii.n hai

[qaraar=rest/repose, bedaad=injustice]


dete hai.n jannat hayaat-e-dahar ke badale
nashshaa baa_andaazaa-e-Khumaar nahii.n hai

[hayaat = life; dahar = world]
[baa_andaazaa = according to; Khumaar = intoxication]


giriyaa nikaale hai terii bazm se mujh ko
haaye! ki rone pe iKhtiyaar nahii.n hai

[giriyaa = weeping; iKhtiyaar = control]


ham se abas hai gumaan-e-ranjish-e-Khaatir
Khaak me.n ushshaq kii Gubaar nahii.n hai

[abas=indifferent; gumaan=suspicion; ranjish=unpleasantness;]
[Khaak=ashes/dust; ushshaq=lovers; Gubaar=clouds of dust]


dil se uThaa lutf-e-jalvaa haaye ma_anii
Gair-e-gul aa_iinaa-e-bahaar nahii.n hai

[ma_anii = meanings, Gair-e-gul = other than blossoms ]


qatl kaa mere kiyaa hai ahad to baare
vaaye! agar ahad ustavaar nahii.n hai

[ahad = promise, baare = at last, ustavaar = firm/determined ]


tuu ne qasam mai_kashii kii khaa_ii hai 'Ghalib'
terii qasam ka kuchh aitabaar nahii.n hai

[mai_kashii = boozing; aitabaar = trust/faith]

By   Mirza Ghalib 

aa bhii jaao kii zindagii kam hai

aa bhii jaao kii zindagii kam hai
tum nahii.n ho to har Khushii kam hai

vaadaa kar ke ye kaun aayaa nahii.n
shahar me.n aaj raushanii kam hai

jaane kyaa ho gayaa hai mausam ko
dhuup ziyaadaa hai chaa.Ndanii kam hai

aa_iinaa dekh kar Khayaal aayaa
aaj kal un kii dostii kam hai

tere dam se hii mai.n mukammal huu.N
bin tere terii 'Yamini' kam hai