aa ki merii jaan me.n qaraar nahii.n hai

aa ki merii jaan me.n qaraar nahii.n hai

aa ki merii jaan me.n qaraar nahii.n hai 

taaqat-e-bedaad-e-intazaar nahii.n hai 

[qaraar=rest/repose, bedaad=injustice] 

dete hai.n jannat hayaat-e-dahar ke badale 

nashshaa baa_andaazaa-e-Khumaar nahii.n hai 

[hayaat = life; dahar = world]

[baa_andaazaa = according to; Khumaar = intoxication] 

giriyaa nikaale hai terii bazm se mujh ko 

haaye! ki rone pe iKhtiyaar nahii.n hai 

[giriyaa = weeping; iKhtiyaar = control] 

ham se abas hai gumaan-e-ranjish-e-Khaatir 

Khaak me.n ushshaq kii Gubaar nahii.n hai 

[abas=indifferent; gumaan=suspicion; ranjish=unpleasantness;] 

[Khaak=ashes/dust; ushshaq=lovers; Gubaar=clouds of dust] 

dil se uThaa lutf-e-jalvaa haaye ma_anii 

Gair-e-gul aa_iinaa-e-bahaar nahii.n hai 

[ma_anii = meanings, Gair-e-gul = other than blossoms ] 

qatl kaa mere kiyaa hai ahad to baare 

vaaye! agar ahad ustavaar nahii.n hai 

[ahad = promise, baare = at last, ustavaar = firm/determined ] 

tuu ne qasam mai_kashii kii khaa_ii hai 'Ghalib' 

terii qasam ka kuchh aitabaar nahii.n hai