English Translation of Urdu Ghalib 53

                                Ghalib Urdu 53


Urdu:  Kal kay liay ker aaj na khissat sharaab maen
          Wo sooe zan hay Saaqi e Koser kay baab maen

English:=== O don't be stingy with my cup of wine
                  For your Heavenly vat has plenty of wine
                                            -

Urdu:  Haen aaj kuin zaleel keh kal tak na thi pasand
          Gustaakhi e farishta hamaari janaab maen

English:=== Yes, we're all topers; we drink very hard
                  Even angels for us have a lot of regard
                                            -

Urdu:  Jaan kuin nikalnay lagti hay tan say dam e samaa
          Ger wo sada samaaie hay chang o rabaab maen

English:=== At the sound of music we go in a trance
                  We hear from God and we dance and dance
                                            -

Urdu:  Ro maen hay rakhsh e umr, kahaan daekhiay thamay
          Nay haath baag per hay, na pa hay rakaab maen

English:=== We don't know the goal,but without a course
                  Our life is like a runaway horse
                                            -

Urdu:  Itna hi mujh ko apni haqiqat say boad hay
          Jitna keh wehm e ghair say houn paech o taab maen

English:=== And what are we, we do not know
                  We doubt each other, whether friend or foe
                                              -

Urdu:  Asl e shahood o shaahid o mashhood awk hay
          Hairaan houn phir mushaahida hay kis hisaab maen

English:=== Oh, we're the observers, and we're the observed
                  We see our backs, our sights are curved
                                              -

Urdu:  Hay mushtamil namood e sooer per wajood behr
          Yaan kya dhara hay qatra o moaj o habaab maen

English:=== There's nothing in the ocean; it's only an illusion
                  These storms and waves are a source of confusion
                                                -

Urdu:  Sharm ik ada e naaz hay, apnay hi say sahi
          Haen kitnay baihijaab keh haen yuin hijaab maen

English:=== The overt and the hidden are one and the same
                  What's hidden in a candle comes out as a flame
                                                -

Urdu:  Aaraaish e jamaal say faarigh naheen hunooz
          Paish e nazar hay aaina daaim naqaab maen

English:=== When beauty acquires a form female
                  A mirror it keeps behind the veil
                                                  -

Urdu:  Hay ghaib, ghaib jis ko samajhtay haen hum shahood
          Haen khaab maen hunooz jo jaagay haen khaab maen

English:=== We think we're awake, or so it may seem
                  But still we're dreaming while awake in a dream
                                                  -

Urdu:  GHALIB nadeem e dost say aati hay boo e dost
          Mashghool e Haq houn bandagi e Bu Taraab maen

English:=== And, GHALIB, to you it may sound rather odd
                  But in Ali I see the image of God
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