English Translation of Urdu Ghalib 21

                                Ghazal Urdu 21


Urdu:  Gila hay shouq ko dil maen bhee tangi e ja ka
          Gohr maen mehv hua iztaraab darya ka

English:=== My heart containing my surging emotion
                  Is like an oyster holding an ocean
                                            -

Urdu:  Yeh jaanta houn keh too aur paasikh e maktoob
          Mager sitamzada houn zouq e khaamafarsa ka

English:=== I write and write, and try and try
                  But she to my letters does not reply
                                              -

Urdu:  Hina e pa e khizaan hay bahaar ager hay yehi
          Dawaam kulfat e khaatir hay aish dunya ka

English:=== After every winter there comes the spring
                  And joy do pain and sorrow bring
                                              -

Urdu:  Gham e firaaq maen takleef e sair e baagh na do
          Mujhay dimaagh naheen khandaha e baija ka

English:=== When the pain of her parting does overpower
                  I don't want to see a smiling flower
                                                -

Urdu:  Hunooz mehrami e husn ko tarasta houn
          Karay hay her bun e moo kaam chashm e beena ka

English:=== But when her beauty I go to pry
                  My every pore does become an eye
                                                -

Urdu:  Dil us ko, pehlay hi naaz o ada say, day baithhay
          Hamaen dimaagh kahaan husn kay taqaaza ka

English:=== The moment I saw her I could not part
                  And could not wait to give her my heart
                                                -

Urdu:  Na kehh keh girya ba miqdaar e hasrat e dil hay
          Meri nigaah maen hay jum o kharj darya ka

English:=== With a yearning heart, and hopes, and fears
                  A terrible flood can cause my tears
                                                -

Urdu:  Falak ko daekh kay kerta houn us ko yaad ASAD
          Jafa maen us ki hay andaaz kaarfarma ka

English:=== And, GHALIB, I love her; she's my queen
                  And for me her tyranny is quite routine
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