English Translation of Urdu Ghalib 82

                                Ghalib Urdu 82


Urdu:  Daekhna qismat keh aap apnay pay rashk aa jaay hay
          Maen usay daekhoun, bhala kab mujh say daekha jaay hay

English:=== Of anyone who sees her I'm jealous outright
                  And I also even envy my own eyesight
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Urdu:  Haath dho dil say, yehi germi ger andaishay maen hay
          Aabgeena tundi e sehba say pighla jaay hay

English:=== The maid of the bar is quite a lass
                  Her pungent wine does melt my glass
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Urdu:  Ghair ko ya Rab wo kuinker munay gustaakhi keray
          Ger haya bhee us ko aati hay toe sharma jaay hay

English:=== She is also bashful and rather coy
                  But a little seduction she seems to enjoy
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Urdu:  Shouq ko lat hay keh her dam naala khainchay jaaiay
          Dil ki wo haalat keh dam lainay say ghabra jaay hay

English:=== My passion demands that I cry and cry
                  But I find it difficult to satisfy
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Urdu:  Dour chashm e bad teri bazm e tarab say, wah, wah
          Naghma ho jaata hay waan ger naala maera jaay hay
         
English:=== But when she hears it, she says, O my!         
                  May God protect her from the evil eye
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Urdu:  Gercheh hay tarz e taghaaful perdadaar e raaz e ishq
          Per hum aisay khoay jaatay haen keh wo pa jaay hay

English:=== And when I'm lost, people do infer
                  That I'm madly, madly in love with her
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Urdu:  Us ki bazmaaraaiaan sun ker dil e ranjoor yaan
          Misl e naqsh e muda'a e ghair baitha jaay hay

English:=== And when she invites me to her salon
                  She makes me feel I'm only a pawn
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Urdu:  Ho kay aashiq  wo parirukh aur naazuk bun gaya
          Rang khulta jaay hay jitna bhee urhta jaay hay

English:  And by her manners infer I can
              That she's in love with another man
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Urdu:  Naqsh ko us kay musawwir per bhee kya kya naaz hay
          Khainchta hay jis qader, utna hi khinchta jaay hay
                             
English:=== And when her picture I want to draw
                  She becomes very pale and filled with awe
                                                    -

Urdu:  Saaya maera mujh say misl e dood bhaagay hay ASAD
          Paas mujh aatishbajaan kay kis say thhehra jaay hay

English:=== But, GHALIB, I am my biggest enemy
                  Even my shadow's running away from me
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