English Translation of Urdu Ghalib 81

                                Ghalib Urdu 81


Urdu:  Us bazm maen mujhay naheen banti haya kiay
          Baethha raha agercheh ishaaray hua kiay

English:=== Oh, how in her salon, where I'm normally shy
                  She sends me the signals by winking her eye
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Urdu:  Dil hi toe hay siyaasat e derbaan say der gaya
          Maen aur jaaon der pay teray bin sada kiay

English:=== Her doorman is a fellow I simply abhor
                  So I go like a beggar and knock at her door
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Urdu:  Rekhta phiroun houn khirqa o sajjaada rehn e mai
          Muddat hui hay daawat e aab o hawa kiay

English:=== And the barman in the pub is truly a clown
                  To purchase a drink I've to pawn my gown
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Urdu:  Baisarfa hi guzarti hay, ho gercheh umr e Khizr
          Hazrat bhee kal kahaen gay keh hum kya kiya kiay

English:=== So a short life is more than enough for me
                  And I don't want to live till eternity
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Urdu:  Maqdour ho toe khaak say poochoun keh aey laiem
          Too nay wo ganjha e graanmaaya kya kiay 

       
English:=== And sometimes I ask the dust, "O you
                  With all those beauties what did you do?"
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Urdu:  Kis roz tohmataen na taraasha kiay adoo
          Kis din hamaaray ser pay na aaray chala kiay

English:=== My terrible rivals oh, how I despise
                  I put up with all their slanders and lies
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Urdu:  Sohbat maen ghair ki na parhi ho kaheen yeh khoo
          Daenay laga hay bosa baghair iltaja kiay

English:=== She'd never ever kiss me, but my rival to spite
                  She kissed me once in a moonlit night
                                                    -

Urdu:  Zid ki hay baat aur mager khoo buri naheen
          Bhoolay say us nay sainkrhoun waaday wafa kiay

English:=== And sometimes I am amazed to find
                  That she simply forgets to be unkind
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Urdu:  GHALIB tumheen kaho keh milay ga jawaab kya
          Maana keh tum kaha kiay aur wo suna kiay

English:=== But, GHALIB, when I go to her in tears 
                  I don't know what I say and what she hears?
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