Gilah Hai Shauq Ko

Mirza Ghalib 1797 (Kala Mahal) – 1869 (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)



गिलह है शौक़ को दिल में भी तन्‌गी-ए जा का
गुहर में मह्‌व हुआ इज़्‌तिराब दर्‌या का

यह जान्‌ता हूं कि तू और पासुख़-ए मक्‌तूब
मगर सितम-ज़दह हूं ज़ौक़-ए ख़ामह-फ़र्‌सा का

हिना-ए पा-ए ख़िज़ां है बहार अगर है यिही
दवाम कुल्‌फ़त-ए ख़ातिर है `ऐश दुन्‌या का

ग़म-ए फ़िराक़ में तक्‌लीफ़-ए सैर-ए गुल न दो
मुझे दिमाग़ नहीं ख़न्‌दहहा-ए बे-जा का

हनूज़ मह्‌रमी-ए हुस्‌न को तरस्‌ता हूं
करे है हर बुन-ए मू काम चश्‌म-ए बीना का

दिल उस को पह्‌ले ही नाज़-ओ-अदा से दे बैठे
हमें दिमाग़ कहां हुस्‌न के तक़ाज़ा का

न कह कि गिर्‌यह ब मिक़्‌दार-ए हस्‌रत-ए दिल है
मिरी निगाह में है जम`अ-ओ-ख़र्‌च दर्‌या का

फ़लक को देख के कर्‌ता हूं उस को याद असद
जफ़ा में उस की है अन्‌दाज़ कार-फ़र्‌मा का

[Devanagari Script]

gilah hai shauq ko dil meñ bhī tangī-e jā kā
guhar meñ maḥv hua iẓtiraab daryā kā

yih jāntā hūñ kih tū aur pāsuḳh-e maktūb
magar sitam-zadah hūñ żauq-e ḳhāmah-farsā kā

ḥinā-e pā-e ḳhizāñ hai bahār agar hai yihī
davām kulfat-e ḳhāt̤ir hai ʿaish dunyā kā

ġham-e firāq meñ taklīf-e sair-e gul nah do
mujhe dimāġh nahīñ ḳhandah'hā-e be-jā kā

hanūz maḥramī-e ḥusn ko tarastā hūñ
kare hai har bun-e mū kām chashm-e bīnā kā

dil us ko pahle hī nāz-o-adā se de baiṭhe
hameñ dimāġh kahāñ ḥusn ke taqāẓā kā

nah kah kih giryah bah miqdār-e ḥasrat-e dil hai
mirī nigāh meñ hai jamʿa-o-ḳharch daryā kā

falak ko dekh ke kartā hūñ us ko yād asad
jafā meñ us kī hai andāz kār-farmā kā

[Roman Script]

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 07, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
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Words 256
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Mirza Ghalib

Ghalib born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a prominent Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. more…

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