Maut ka ek din muayyan hai neend kyun raat bhar nahin aati

Sher byMirza Ghalib · 1797–1869

Hinglish

maut ka ek din muayyan hai neend kyun raat bhar nahin aati

— Mirza Ghalib

मौत का एक दिन मुअय्यन है नींद क्यूँ रात भर नहीं आती

The day of death is already fixed; why, then, does sleep not come all night?

hum ko un se wafa ki hai ummeed jo nahin jaante wafa kya hai

har ek baat pe kehte ho tum ki tu kya hai tumhi kaho ki ye andaaz-e-guftagu kya hai

hui muddat ki 'Ghalib' mar gaya par yaad aata hai wo har ik baat par kehna ki yun hota to kya hota

ye masail-e-tasawwuf, ye tera bayaan 'Ghalib' tujhe hum wali samajhte jo na baada-khwaar hota

nikalna khuld se aadam ka sunte aaye hain lekin bahut be-aabru ho kar tere kooche se hum nikle

aah ko chahiye ik umr asar hone tak kaun jeeta hai teri zulf ke sar hone tak