dil hi to hai na sang-o-KHisht dard se bhar na aae kyun

dil hi to hai na sang-o-khisht dard se bhar na aae kyun
roenge hum hazar bar koi hamein satae kyun
it's just a heart
no stony shard


why shouldn't it fill with pain
i will cry a thousand times
why should someone complain?
dair nahin haram nahin dar nahin aastan nahin


baithe hain rahguzar pe hum ghair hamein uthae kyun
neither door nor threshold 'tis
no temple 'tis nor mosque
why should rivals bid me leave? the street's public domain


jab wo jamal-e-dil-faroz surat-e-mehr-e-nim-roz
aap hi ho nazara-soz parde mein munh chhupae kyun
when she has a lustrous face
as bright as the sun at noon


a burning spectacle is she
why veiled does she remain?
dashna-e-ghamza jaan-sitan nawak-e-naz be-panah
tera hi aks-e-rukh sahi samne tere aae kyun


dagger-like glances
arrow-like airs
fatal well could be
thus even from facing you


your image should refrain
qaid-e-hayat o band-e-gham asl mein donon ek hain
maut se pahle aadmi gham se najat pae kyun
prison of life and sorrow's chains in truth are just the same


then relief from pain
ere death
why should man obtain
husn aur us pe husn-e-zan rah gai bul-hawas ki sharm


apne pe e'timad hai ghair ko aazmae kyun
beauty and its self-esteem did spare my rival shame
when she is self-confident
in testing him what gain?


wan wo ghurur-e-izz-o-naz yan ye hijab-e-pas-e-waza'
rah mein hum milen kahan bazm mein wo bulae kyun
she won't call me to her house
by the wayside i can't meet


she is proud of name and grace
and i by form refrain
han wo nahin khuda-parast jao wo bewafa sahi
jis ko ho din o dil aziz us ki gali mein jae kyun


let her a non-believer be
unfaithful too
and therefore
if you value faith and heart


then from her street abstain
'ghaalib'-e-khasta ke baghair kaun se kaam band hain
roiye zar zar kya kijiye hae hae kyun
in poor ghalib's absence say


what tasks are stopped today
then why shed such copious tears
why lament in vain?