Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 11:50:00 PDT
From: Ramesh Hariharan (rameshh@tp.ac.sg)
Subject: Ghalib: koee ummeed bar naheeN aatee

Hi
Another one from who-else-but Ghalib! Enjoy!

1. koee ummeed bar naheeN aatee
koee soorat nazar naheeN aatee

[None of my hopes/desires get completed/fulfilled
there is no solution/remedy that I can see]

2. maut ka ek din mu'ayyan hai [ mu'ayyan = definite ]
neeNd kyoN raat bhar naheeN aatee ?

[Death is definitely going to come one day
Why don't (I) get sleep the whole night?]

3. aage aatee thee haal-e-dil pe haNsee
ab kisee baat par naheeN aatee

[Before, I used to laugh at my state of affairs(of the heart)
Now, I do not feel like laughing at anything at all]

4. hai kuchch 'eisee hee baat jo chup hooN
warna kya baat kar naheeN aatee ?

[There is surely some reason that I am quiet
Otherwise, would'nt I have talked/would'nt I have been able to talk??]

5. ham wahaaN haiN jahaaN se hamko bhee
kuchch hamaaree KHabar naheeN aatee

[I am at such a place/location from where,
I also do not get any news about myself at all]

6. kaaba'a kis muNh se jaaoge 'GHalib' [kaaba'a - Islam's holiest shrine in Mecca]
sharm tumko magar naheeN aatee

[With what face will you go to the kaaba, "Ghalib"
You do not get/feel shameful at all]

regards
Ramesh