Hui muddat ki ghalib mar gaya par yaad aata hai

Sher byMirza Ghalib · 1797–1869

Hinglish

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

— Mirza Ghalib

हुई मुद्दत कि 'ग़ालिब' मर गया पर याद आता है वो हर इक बात पर कहना कि यूँ होता तो क्या होता

It has been ages since Ghalib died, yet he is still remembered — for saying at every turn, "What if it had been like this?"

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

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

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