English Translation of Urdu Ghalib 15

                                Ghalib Urdu 15


Urdu:  Yeh na thi hamaari qismat keh wisaal e yaar hota
          Ager aur jeetay rehtay, yahi intazaar hota

English:=== Oh, it's my destiny; oh, it's my fate
                  To meet my gal I've to wait and wait   
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Urdu:  Teray waaday per jiay hum toe yeh jaan jhoot jaana
          Keh khushi say mer na jaatay ager aaetabaar hota

English:=== She keeping her word I cannot conceive
                  I would die of joy if I could only believe
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Urdu:  Teri naazky say jaana keh bandha tha ahd boeda
          Kabhee too na toar sakta ager ustawaar hota 

English:=== She promised and promised but never came
                  When asked, the excuse she made was lame
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Urdu:  Koie maeray dil say poochhay teray teer e naamkash ko
          Yeh khalish kahaan say hoti jo jigar kay paar hota

English:=== You should come and see how she throws her dart
                  And how it goes and wounds the heart
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Urdu:  Yeh kahaan ki dosti hay keh banay haen dost naaseh
          Koie chaarasaaz hota, koie ghamgusaar hota

English:=== I wish my friends wouldn't give me advice
                  But give me some sympathy which would be nice
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Urdu:  Rag e sang say tapakta wo lahoo keh phir na thamta
          Jisay gham samajh rahay ho, yeh ager sharaar hota

English:=== For the pangs of love are a different breed
                  They can take a stone and make it bleed
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Urdu:    Gham agercheh jaangusal hay, pay bachaen kahaan keh dil hay
            Gham e ishq ger na hota, gham e roazgaar hota

English:=== With sorrow and pain though love is rife
                  Escape them you cannot; they're a part of life
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Urdu:  Kahoun kis say maen keh kya hay, shab e gham buri bala hay
          Mujhay kya bura tha merna ager aek baar hota


English:=== But there's nothing worse than the parting pain
                  Oh, how it kills you again and again
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Urdu:  Hoay mer kay hum jo ruswa, hoay kuin na gharq e darya
          Na kabhee janaaza uthhta, na kaheen mazaar hota 

English:=== I wish I'm swallowed by an ocean wave
                  Then I won't have a funeral; I won't have a grave
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Urdu:  Usay koen daekh sakta, keh yagaana hay wo yakta
          Jo doie ki boo bhee hoti toe kaheen do chaar hota

English:=== But during my life a girl I'll seek
                  Who is simply precious and totally unique
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Urdu:  Yeh masaail e tassawuf, yeh tera bayaan GHALIB
          Tujhay hum wali samajhtay jo na baadakhaar hota

English:=== But GHALIB tells me some poeple think
                  That I would be a saint if I didn't drink
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