English Translation of Urdu Ghalib 19

                              Ghalib Urdu 19


Urdu:  Ger na andoh e shab e furqat bayaan ho jaay ga
          Baitakalluf daagh e meh mohr e zabaan ho jaay ga

English:=== If the pain of parting I do not show
                  That I miss her so much she'd never know
                                        -

Urdu:  Zahra ger aisa hi shaam e hijr maen hota hay aab
          Perto e mehtaab sail e khaanomaam ho jaay ga

English:=== Without her nights are so terribly dark
                  That even the moon looks bleak and stark
                                          -

Urdu:  Lay toe loun soatay maen us kay paoun ka boasa mager
          Aisi baatoun say wo kaafir badgumaan ho jaay ga

English:=== And while she's sleeping, if I kiss her feet
                  She wakes up and tells me that I'm a cheat
                                            -

Urdu:  Dil ko hum sarf e wafa samjhay thay, kya ma'aloom tha
          Yaani yeh pehlay hi nazr e imtahaan ho jaay ga

English:=== When I tell her I love her, she takes her dart
                  And goes on to test my poor little heart
                                            -

Urdu:  Sub kay dil maen hay jageh taeri, jo too raazi hua
          Mujh pay goya ik zamaana mehrbaan ho jaay ga

English:=== And when she's nice, I somehow find
                  That the world has also become very kind
                                              -

Urdu:  Ger nigaah e garm farmaati rahi taaleem e zabt
          Shola khas maen, jaisay khoon rag maen, nihaan ho jaay ga

English:=== But when she's severe, she tells me to forbear
                  So I control my fire and grin and bear
                                              -

Urdu:  Baagh maen mujh ko na lay ja warna maeray haal per
          Her gul e tar aek chashm e khoonfishaan ho jaay ga

English:=== When I go to the park, the flowers take heed
                  And seeing my plight they start to bleed
                                              -

Urdu:  Wa'ay ger maera tera insaaf mehsher maen na ho
          Ab talak toe yeh tawaqqay hay keh waan ho jaay ga

English:=== And when with my sorrow I cannot cope
                  On the Day of Judgment I pin my hope
                                                -

Urdu:  Faaida kya soach, aakhir too bhee daana hay ASAD
          Dosti naadaan ki hay, jee ka ziyaan ho jaay ga

English:=== So everything, GHALIB, is as it was
                  And mine is truly a hopeless cause
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