The 154th death anniversary of classical Urdu and the most famous poet of the Persian language, Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan Ghalib, is being observed on Wednesday. Ghalib was born on December 27, 1796, in Akbarabad. He was an all-time great classical Urdu and Persian poet. He wrote several Ghazals during his life, which have been sung in many different ways by different people. Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan Ghalib is considered, in South Asia, to be one of the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. He was one of the great Urdu poets who led a drastic revolution in Urdu poetry with his words. Ghalib began composing verses at the early age of 10 or 12 and had written many of his best-known ghazals by the time he was 19. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also all around the world
Now no more capable of seeking my love
The love I was sure of; is now not the same
I go there bearing scars of unfulfilled desires
As I put out the lamp,
no, room for me; my desires
My pitiful heart!
Look for a better way to die,
I’m no more so valiant,
can’t thrive, but to die
The mirror reflects thy beauty
It is multifaceted!
So pure lure and made up
is now differentiated
My aspiration has been unveiled,
her beautiful face
None can hold me back to
to glance at her face
Though I’ve been indebted
to tyrannies of life
Never was unaware of you,
and thy life!
A sense of honesty is no more
in her realm
only regret and despair
from her realm
I’m not too petrified of
unjust love Asad
The heart I valued so much,
is not the same
Despite the fact,
I’m a sweet-spoken being
There’s no one to converse
with any being
To sacrifice life is brave
and heart touching
Got no time to flounce;
why sigh or groan
Longing for drizzling
in a vale of dismay
No choice but to weep
to the exit of dismay
My love for her is now
only to heave a sigh
Though there’s not a hitch
with any way
I remember the way she mourned;
Asad, The heart I was so fond of
is not the same!
**** arz-e-niyāz-e-ishq ke qābil nahīñ rahā jis dil pe naaz thā mujhe vo dil nahīñ rahā
MIRZA GHALIB
arz-e-niyāz-e-ishq ke qābil nahīñ rahā
jis dil pe naaz thā mujhe vo dil nahīñ rahā
jaatā huuñ dāġh-e-hasrat-e-hastī liye hue
huuñ sham-e-kushta dar-ḳhur-e-mahfil nahīñ rahā
marne kī ai dil aur hī tadbīr kar ki maiñ
shāyān-e-dast-o-bāzū-e-qātil nahīñ rahā
bar-rū-e-shash-jahat dar-e-ā.īna baaz hai
yaañ imtiyāz-e-nāqis-o-kāmil nahīñ rahā
vā kar diye haiñ shauq ne band-e-naqāb-e-husn
ġhair-az-nigāh ab koī haa.il nahīñ rahā
go maiñ rahā rahīn-e-sitam-hā-e-rozgār
lekin tire ḳhayāl se ġhāfil nahīñ rahā
dil se havā-e-kisht-e-vafā miT ga.ī ki vaañ
hāsil sivā.e hasrat-e-hāsil nahīñ rahā
bedād-e-ishq se nahīñ Dartā magar ‘asad’
jis dil pe naaz thā mujhe vo dil nahīñ rahā
har-chand maiñ huuñ tūti-e-shīrīñ-suḳhan vale
ā.īna aah mere muqābil nahīñ rahā
jāñ-dād-gāñ kā hausla fursat-gudāz hai
yaañ arsa-e-tapīdan-e-bismil nahīñ rahā
huuñ qatra-zan ba-vādī-e-hasrat shabāna roz
juz tār-e-ashk jāda-e-manzil nahīñ rahā
ai aah merī ḳhātir-e-vābasta ke sivā
duniyā meñ koī uqda-e-mushkil nahīñ rahā
andāz-e-nāla yaad haiñ sab mujh ko par ‘asad’
jis dil pe naaz thā mujhe vo dil nahīñ rahā
