Aah ko chahiye ik umr asar hone tak

Sher byMirza Ghalib · 1797–1869

Hinglish

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

— Mirza Ghalib

आह को चाहिए इक उम्र असर होने तक कौन जीता है तेरी ज़ुल्फ़ के सर होने तक

A sigh needs a lifetime before it has any effect; who lives long enough to see your tresses conquered?

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

hum ne maana ki taghaful na karoge lekin khaak ho jayenge hum tum ko khabar hone tak