koi ummid bar nahin aati

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koī ummīd bar nahīñ aatī

koī sūrat nazar nahīñ aatī

no hope is there that now comes to light

nor is there any avenue in sight

maut kā ek din muayyan hai

niind kyuuñ raat bhar nahīñ aatī

when for death a day has been ordained

what reason that I cannot sleep all night?

aage aatī thī hāl-e-dil pe hañsī

ab kisī baat par nahīñ aatī

nothing now could even make me smile,

I once could laugh at my heart’s own plight

jāntā huuñ savāb-e-tā.at-o-zohd

par tabī.at idhar nahīñ aatī

virtues of restraint and prayer I know

but neither do my temperament excite

hai kuchh aisī hī baat jo chup huuñ

varna kyā baat kar nahīñ aatī

Do you think I know not how to speak?

There’s something- my tongue I have to bite

kyuuñ na chīḳhūñ ki yaad karte haiñ

merī āvāz gar nahīñ aatī

when absence of my voice makes her pine

why then should I not shout with all my might?

dāġh-e-dil gar nazar nahīñ aatā

bū bhī ai chārāgar nahīñ aatī

O healer does not any smell persist

if burning scars of heart are not in sight?

ham vahāñ haiñ jahāñ se ham ko bhī

kuchh hamārī ḳhabar nahīñ aatī

I’m at a place from where no news of me

now even to myself can come to light

marte haiñ aarzū meñ marne kī

maut aatī hai par nahīñ aatī

I die yearning as I hope for death

Death does come to me but then not quite

kaaba kis muñh se jāoge ‘ġhālib’

sharm tum ko magar nahīñ aatī

Ghalib,what face will you to the kaabaa take

when you are not ashamed and not contrite

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