English Translation of Urdu Ghalib 42

                                Ghalib Urdu 42


Urdu:  Na gul e naghma houn, na perda e saaz
          Maen houn apni shakist ki aawaaz

English:=== It's surely not music, O can't you tell
                  For to me it sounds like a tolling bell
                                          -

Urdu:  Too aur aaraaish e kham e kaakul
          Maen aur andaeshaha e dour daraaz

English:=== She is always arranging her curly hair
                  And here, my hair I'm ready to tear
                                          -

Urdu:  Laaf e tamkeen, faraeb e saadadili
          Hum haen aur raazha e seenagudaaz

English:=== The boasting is only for a simpleton
                  With my pain and sorrow I've been overrun
                                        -

Urdu:  Houn gariftaar e ulfat e sayyaad
          Werna baaqi hay taaqat e perwaaz

English:=== Oh, I'm a bird who's made to soar
                  But I'm in love with my predator
                                          -

Urdu:  Wo bhee din ho keh us sitamger say
          Naaz khaenchoun ba ja e hasrat e naaz

English:=== And she has her ego; she has her pride
                  But my love is also very dignified
                                          -

Urdu:  Naheen dil maen meray wo qatra e khoon
          Jis say mizhgaan hoie na ho gulbaaz

English:=== Oh, I'm a victim of her long eyelashes
                  With them my heart oh, how she slashes
                                          -

Urdu:  Mujh ko poochha toe kuchh ghazab na hua
          Maen ghareeb aur too ghareebnawaaz

English:=== And about her beauty I rave and rave
                  For she's my queen, and I'm her slave
                                              -

Urdu:  Aey tera ghamza yak qalamangaiz
          Aey tera zulm ser ba ser andaaz

English:=== Oh, when she flirts, she looks like a rose
                  And when she's cruel, it seems like a pose
                                          -

Urdu:  Too hua jalwager, mubaarak ho
          Raizish e sajda e jabeen e niyaaz

English:=== And when her lovers she comes to meet
                  They fall on the ground and kiss her feet
                                            -

Urdu:  ASAD ullah Khan tamaam hua
          Aey daraegha, wo rind e shaahidbaaz
             
English:=== And, GHALIB, I love the beautiful girls
                  For to me they're like the gems and pearls
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