Ragon mein daudte phirne ke hum nahin qayal

Sher byMirza Ghalib · 1797–1869

Hinglish

ragon mein daudte phirne ke hum nahin qayal jab aankh se hi na tapka to phir lahu kya hai

— Mirza Ghalib

रगों में दौड़ते फिरने के हम नहीं क़ाइल जब आँख से ही न टपका तो फिर लहू क्या है

I am not impressed by blood that merely runs through the veins; if it never drips from the eye, what kind of blood is that?

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