Thursday, June 28, 2012

One of my favorite ghazals of Mirza Ghalib

रहिये अब ऐसी जगह चलकर, जहां कोई न हो
हम-सुखन कोई न हो और हम-जुबां कोई न हो

बेदरो-दीवार-सा इक घर बनाया चाहिए
कोई हमसाया न हो और पासबां कोई न हो

पदिये गर बीमार, तो कोई न हो तीमारदार
और अगर मर जाइए, तो नौहाख्वाँ कोई न हो

Meaning -

Let us go now and live at a place where nobody goes
Where there’s none to speak with us, nobody to understand our language
Without door, without wall, a house will be built
Nobody to stick around us and no neighbour
If we fall ill, there should be no person to take care of us
And if we die, there is none to mourn the death

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