hai bas-ki har ek un ke ishaare mein nishan aur

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hai bas-ki har ik un ke ishāre meñ nishāñ aur

karte haiñ mohabbat to guzartā hai gumāñ aur

in every gesture of her’s, there, ulterior motive lies

when she professes love, therefore, suspicion does arise

yā-rab vo na samjhe haiñ na samjheñge mirī baat

de aur dil un ko jo na de mujh ko zabāñ aur

O Lord! She never understood nor ever will my plea

give her another heart or else the gift of speech to me

abrū se hai kyā us nigah-e-nāz ko paivand

hai tiir muqarrar magar is kī hai kamāñ aur

her glance is not connected to the arch upon her brow

an arrow it is certainly, but somewhere else the bow

tum shahr meñ ho to hameñ kyā ġham jab uTheñge

le ā.eñge bāzār se jā kar dil o jaañ aur

when your’e in town why should I fret at losing life and heart

from lovesick suitors I can buy these freely in the mart

har chand subuk-dast hue but-shikanī meñ

ham haiñ to abhī raah meñ hai sañg-e-girāñ aur

although in breaking idols I, can claim celerity

so long as “I” exists till then, stones in the path will be

hai ḳhūn-e-jigar josh meñ dil khol ke rotā

hote jo ka.ī dīda-e-ḳhūñ-nāba-fishāñ aur

blood of my liver’s patience boils, my heart would freely weep

if many more eyes could obtain, from which this blood wcould seep

martā huuñ is āvāz pe har chand sar uḌ jaa.e

jallād ko lekin vo kahe jaa.eñ ki haañ aur

I die to hear that voice, although, my head it may sever

“yes! strike again” she keeps telling, the executioner

logoñ ko hai ḳhurshīd-e-jahāñ-tāb kā dhokā

har roz dikhātā huuñ maiñ ik dāġh-e-nihāñ aur

in error, world-illuming sun men think it when they view

each day, a burning scar concealed, that I display anew

letā na agar dil tumheñ detā koī dam chain

kartā jo na martā koī din āh-o-fuġhāñ aur

had I not given you my heart, life would, in peace, have spent

had I not died, would bide my time, in weeping and lament

paate nahīñ jab raah to chaḌh jaate haiñ naale

ruktī hai mirī tab.a to hotī hai ravāñ aur

when they don’t find path to escape, rivers tend to rise

thus when my temperament’s contrained, further intensifies

haiñ aur bhī duniyā meñ suḳhan-var bahut achchhe

kahte haiñ ki ‘ġhālib’ kā hai andāz-e-bayāñ aur

while there are many poets great, for in the world to speak

but it is said that Gaalib does, possess a style unique

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