We are well aware of the actual reality regarding Paradise, but...

To keep the heart happy, Ghalib, this idea is quite good.

We are well aware of the actual reality regarding Paradise, but...

To keep the heart happy, Ghalib, this idea is quite good.

When I see them, a sudden glow comes to my face.

They assume that means the sick person is doing well.

When I see them, a sudden glow comes to my face.

They assume that means the sick person is doing well.

In love, living and dying feel the same; there is no real difference.

We keep ourselves alive only by looking at the beloved whose glance can take our breath away.

In love, living and dying feel the same; there is no real difference.

We keep ourselves alive only by looking at the beloved whose glance can take our breath away.

I am not convinced by the worth of blood that merely circulates within the veins.

If it does not drip from the eyes as tears, then what purpose does that blood serve?

I am not convinced by the worth of blood that merely circulates within the veins.

If it does not drip from the eyes as tears, then what purpose does that blood serve?

I have countless desires, and each desire feels so intense it could take my breath away.

Many of my wishes did come true, yet they still feel too few.

I have countless desires, and each desire feels so intense it could take my breath away.

Many of my wishes did come true, yet they still feel too few.

When a person becomes used to grief, the grief itself fades away.

So many hardships fell on me that they started to feel easy.

When a person becomes used to grief, the grief itself fades away.

So many hardships fell on me that they started to feel easy.

There are indeed many other excellent masters of poetry in the world.

But people say that Ghalib's style of expression is something truly unique.

There are indeed many other excellent masters of poetry in the world.

But people say that Ghalib's style of expression is something truly unique.

Ghalib, do not think that you are the only master of Urdu poetry.

People say that in the past era, there was also a poet named Mir.

Ghalib, do not think that you are the only master of Urdu poetry.

People say that in the past era, there was also a poet named Mir.

It was not written in my destiny that I would be united with my beloved.

Even if I had lived longer, I would have spent that time merely waiting.

It was not written in my destiny that I would be united with my beloved.

Even if I had lived longer, I would have spent that time merely waiting.

Ghalib, with what face or audacity will you go to the holy Kaaba?

Yet, it seems that you do not feel any shame for your actions.

Ghalib, with what face or audacity will you go to the holy Kaaba?

Yet, it seems that you do not feel any shame for your actions.

When there was nothing, God existed; had nothing been created, God still would have existed.

My own existence has been my ruin; if I had not existed as a separate self, I would have been Divine.

When there was nothing, God existed; had nothing been created, God still would have existed.

My own existence has been my ruin; if I had not existed as a separate self, I would have been Divine.

Ask my heart what your half-drawn arrow has done to me.

If it had pierced clean through the liver, this lingering sting would not exist.

Ask my heart what your half-drawn arrow has done to me.

If it had pierced clean through the liver, this lingering sting would not exist.

The ultimate joy of a drop lies in merging completely into the river.

When pain exceeds all limits, it transforms into its own cure.

The ultimate joy of a drop lies in merging completely into the river.

When pain exceeds all limits, it transforms into its own cure.

A lover's sigh requires an entire lifetime to show its effect on the beloved.

But who can survive long enough to see the complexity of your tresses conquered?

A lover's sigh requires an entire lifetime to show its effect on the beloved.

But who can survive long enough to see the complexity of your tresses conquered?

We drank wine on borrowed money, yet we kept telling ourselves, yes.

One day, this hunger-born drunkenness of ours will finally show its effect.

We drank wine on borrowed money, yet we kept telling ourselves, yes.

One day, this hunger-born drunkenness of ours will finally show its effect.

It is established that it is incredibly difficult for every task to be easy.

Even for a man, it is not readily attainable to become a true human.

It is established that it is incredibly difficult for every task to be easy.

Even for a man, it is not readily attainable to become a true human.

To me, this world is like a children’s playground.

Day and night, I only see its show playing out before my eyes.

To me, this world is like a children’s playground.

Day and night, I only see its show playing out before my eyes.

There is a vast difference in status between the door of a tavern and a pious Preacher.

However, I know this much: yesterday he was entering the tavern just as I was leaving.

There is a vast difference in status between the door of a tavern and a pious Preacher.

However, I know this much: yesterday he was entering the tavern just as I was leaving.

My pain did not endure the humiliation of being indebted to medicine.

I did not recover, and it is actually good that I did not.

My pain did not endure the humiliation of being indebted to medicine.

I did not recover, and it is actually good that I did not.