When ever I feel low, I go back to my diary of Mirza Ghalib's collection, and Mullah Asad always helps me, if not in changing my mood but atleast in thinking deep about it....
har ek baat pe kehte ho tum ke 'too kya hai' ?
tumheeN kaho ke yeh andaaze guftgoo kya hai ?
[ guftgoo = conversation ]
na shole meiN yeh karishma na barq meiN yeh ada
koee batao ki woh shoKHetund_KHoo kya hai ?
[ barq = lightning, tund = sharp/angry, KHoo = behavior ]
yeh rashk hai ki wo hota hai ham_suKHan tumse
wagarna KHaufe-bad_aamozi-e-adoo kya hai ?
[ rashk = jealousy, ham_suKHan = to speak together/to agree,
KHauf = fear, bad = bad/wicked, aamozee = education/teaching,
adoo = enemy ]
chipak raha hai badan par lahoo se pairaahan
hamaaree jeb ko ab haajat-e-rafoo kya hai ?
[ pairaahan = shirt/robe/cloth, haajat = need/necessity,
rafoo = mending/darning ]
jalaa hai jicm jahaaN dil bhee jal gaya hoga
kuredate ho jo ab raakh, justjoo kya hai ?
[ justjoo = desire ]
ragoN meiN dauDte firne ke ham naheeN qaayal
jab aaNkh hee se na Tapka to fir lahoo kya hai ?
woh cheez jiske liye hamko ho bahisht azeez
siwaay baadaegul_faam-e-mushkaboo kya hai ?
[ bahisht (or bihisht, both are correct) = heaven, baada = wine,
gul_faam = delicate and fragrant like flowers, mushkaboo = like
the smell of musk ]
piyooN sharaab agar KHum bhee dekh looN do chaar
yeh sheesha-o-qadah-o-kooza-o-suboo kya hai ?
[ KHum = wine barrel, qadah = goblet, kooza/suboo = wine pitcher ]
rahee na taaqat-e-guftaar,aur agar ho bhee
to kis ummeed pe kahiye ke aarzoo kya hai ?
[ guftaar = speech/discourse ]
huaa hai shaah ka musaahib, fire hai itaraata
wagarna shehar meiN 'GHalib' kee aabroo kya hai ?
[ musaahib = comrade/associate ]
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