Masjid ke Zaer-e-Saya Kharabaat Chahiye-ghazal by mirza ghalib

 Masjid ke Zaer-e-Saya Kharabaat Chahiye-Ghazal by Mirza Ghalib

Masjid ke zair-e saya khrabat chahiye
Bhoon paas aankh qibla hajat chahiye

Aashiq hue hain aap bhi aik aur shakhs par
Aakhir sitam ki kuch to mukafaat chahiye

Day daad ae fallak! dil e hasrat parast ki
Haan kuch nah kuch talaafi mafat chahiye

Sekhe hain Meh rukhon ke liye hum msvori
Taqreeb kuch to bahar mulaqaat chahiye

Me se gharz nishat hai kis ro siyah ko
Ik Gona bekhudi mujhe din raat chahiye

Hai rang Lala o Gul o nsrin judda judda
Har rang mein bahhar ka asbat chahiye

Nasho o numa hai asal se Ghalib Faroo ko
Khamoshi hi se niklay hai jo baat chahiye

 

O provider of succor, see how close

The brow is to the eye;

The signifies that near the mosque

  A tavern must be found.

You have now become

The lover of someone;

At last there must be retribution

For your oppression,

O sky, do justice

To the stifled desires of my heart;

So much amends, at least,

From thee I must expect,

 We have even learnt the art

Of painting for the moon-faced ones;

New we must find out

An occasion to meet them.

Who is the evil omened one who thinks?

That we are only seeking pleasure?

For the whole day and night

I wish for self-forgetfulness.

The color is red and the flowers and buds are different

Every color needs spring.

The growth is from the original to the branches

Silence is what comes out of it.

translation by Yusuf Hussain