ibn-e-mariyam huwa kare koee (Mirza Ghalib)

[aadeil]

ek behad khubsurat ghazal, Ghalib saab kee, jo zamaane ke rang bayaan kartee hai...

ibn-e-mariyam huwa kare koee
mere dukh kee dawa kare koee
[ ibn = son/child, mariyam = virgin Mary ]

shar'a-o-aaeen par madaar sahee
'eise qaatil ka kya kare koee ?
[ shar'a = the Islamic divine code of life, aaeen = law/custom/mode,
madaar = orbit/circumference/a place of turning ]

chaal, jaise kaDee kamaaN ka teer
dil meiN 'eise ke jaa kare koee
[ jaa = space ]

baat par waaN zubaan kaT_tee hai
woh kahaiN aur suna kare koee

bak rahaa hooN junooN meiN kya kya kuchch
kuchch na samjhe KHuda kare koee

na suno gar bura kahe koee
na kaho gar bura kare koee

rok lo, gar GHalat chale koee
baKHsh do gar KHata kare koee

kaun hai jo naheeN hai haajat_mand ?
kiskee haajat rawa kare koee
[ haajat_mand = person in need, haajat = need, rawa = fulfill ]

kya kiyaa KHijr ne sikandar se
ab kise rehnuma kare koee ?

jab tavaqqo hee uTh gayee 'GHalib'
kyoN kisee ka gila kare koee ?
[ tavaqqo = expectations, gila = complaint ]