Bazicha e atfal hai duniya mere aage

Sher byMirza Ghalib · 1797–1869

Hinglish

bazicha-e-atfal hai duniya mere aage hota hai shab-o-roz tamasha mere aage

— Mirza Ghalib

बाज़ीचा-ए-अतफ़ाल है दुनिया मेरे आगे होता है शब-ओ-रोज़ तमाशा मेरे आगे

The world is a children's playground before me; night and day, a spectacle plays out before me.

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