aah ko chaahiye ik umr asar hone tak 
kaun jiita hai terii zulf ke sar hone tak 

daam har mauj me.n hai halqaa-e-sad_kaam-e-naha.ng 
dekhe.n kyaa guzre hai qatare pe gauhar hone tak 

[daam = net/trap; mauj = wave; halqaa = ring/circle; 
 sad = hundred; naha.ng = crocodile;] 
[sad_kaam-e-nahaNg = crocadile with a hundred jaws; gauhar = pearl] 

aashiqii sabr-talab aur tamannaa betaab 
dil kaa kyaa ra.ng karuu.N Khuun-e-jigar hone tak 

[sabr-talab = patient] 


ham ne maanaa ke taGaaful na karoge lekin 
Khaak ho jaaye.nge ham tumako Khabar hone tak 

[taGaaful = neglect/ignore] 

partav-e-Khuur se hai shabanam ko fanaa kii taaliim 
mai.n bhii huu.N ek inaayat kii nazar hone tak 

[partav-e-Khuur = sun's rays; shabanam = dew; fanaa = decimate; 
inaayat = favour] 

yak_nazar besh nahii.n fursat-e-hastii Gaafil 
garmii-e-bazm hai ik raqs-e-sharar hone tak 

[besh = excess; Gaafil = ignorant; raqs = dance, sharar = flash/fire] 


Gam-e-hastii kaa 'Asad' kis se ho juz marg ilaaj 
shamm'a har ra.ng me.n jalatii hai sahar hone tak 

[juz = other than; marg = death] 




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Ghalib 
Sung by Jagjit Singh