Urdu: Baazeecha e atfaal hay dunya meray aagay
Hota hay shab o roz tamaasha meray aagay
English:=== Everything in the world is in disarray
To me it looks like a child's play
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Urdu: Ik khail hay aurang e Suleimaan meray nazdeek
Ik baat hay aijaaz e Maseeha meray aagay
English:=== The throne of Solomon isn't worth much
And the touch of Jesus is only a touch
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Urdu: Juz naam naheen soorat e aalam mujhay manzoor
Jjuz wehm naheen hasti e ashia meray aagay
English:=== The basis of being is greatly in doubt
And it's hard to guess what it's all about
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Urdu: Hota hay nihaan gard maen sehara merat hotay
Ghista hat jabeen khaak pay darya meray aagay
English:=== And in the ocean I see nothing grand
And the desert to me is just a little sand
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Urdu: Mat poochh keh kya haal hay maera teray peechhay
Too daekh keh kya rang hay taera meray aagay
English:=== With her my life is full of bloom
And when she's away, there's nothing but gloom
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Urdu: Such kehtay ho khudbeen o khudaaraa houn, na kuin houn
Baitha hay but e aainaseema meray aagay
English:=== Her cheek is shiny like a looking glass
Which gives my image a certain class
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Urdu: Phir daekhiay andaaz e gulafshaani e guftaar
Rakh day koie paimaana e sehba meray aagay
English:=== And after drinking a little bit of wine
When I start to talk I shine and shine
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Urdu: Nafrat ka gumaan guzray hay, maen rashk say guzra
Kuinker kahoun lo naam na un ka meray aagay
English:=== But I do feel a tinge of jealousy
When they rave about her in front of me
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Urdu: Eimaan mujhay roekay hay jo khainchay hay mujhay kufr
Kaaba meray peechay hay, kaleesa meray aagay
English:=== And I see in there the image divine
Whether it's a temple, a mosque, or a shrine
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Urdu: Aashiq houn pay maashooqfaraibi hay mera kaam
Majnoon ko bura kehti hay Laila meray aagay
English:=== With the beautiful girls I like to be
And Juliets over Romeos do prefer me
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Urdu: Khush hotay haen per wasl maen yuin mer naheen jaatay
Aaie shab e hijraan ki tamanna merat aagay
English:=== With them my life is full of delight
And without them dark and bleak is my night
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Urdu: Hay moajzan ik qulzum e khoon, kaash yehi ho
Aata hay abhee daekhiay kya kya meray aagay
English:=== And in their absence I must concede
My poor heart breaks and I bleed and bleed
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Urdu: Go haath maen junbish naheen aankhoun men toe dam hay
Rehnay do abhee saagher o meena meray aagay
English:=== I know I'm weak but as long as I can see
Please leave a little wine in front of me
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Urdu: Humpaisha o hummushrab o o humraaz hay maera
GHALIB ko bura kuin kahe, achha meray aagay
English:=== And though I must say I sound rather mad
But, GHALIB, you know I'm not that bad
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