हम से खुल जाओ ब-वक़्त-ए-मय-परस्ती एक दिन
हम से खुल जाओ ब-वक़्त-ए-मय-परस्ती एक दिन
वर्ना हम छेड़ेंगे रख कर उज़्र-ए-मस्ती एक दिन
whilst drinking wine, some day , you should, open up to me
else in the guise of drunkenness, a nuisance will I be
ग़र्रा-ए-औज-ए-बिना-ए-आलम-ए-इमकाँ न हो
इस बुलंदी के नसीबों में है पस्ती एक दिन
proud of the lofty basis of this fleeting life don’t be
for to be humbled here some day, is in its destiny
क़र्ज़ की पीते थे मय लेकिन समझते थे कि हाँ
रंग लावेगी हमारी फ़ाक़ा-मस्ती एक दिन
on credit wine I drank but then, I thought yes I did know
my drunken poverty one day, its colours surely show
नग़्मा-हा-ए-ग़म को भी ऐ दिल ग़नीमत जानिए
बे-सदा हो जाएगा ये साज़-ए-हस्ती एक दिन
a God-send you should deem it be, though it be sorrow's song
the music of life's instrument, silent will fall, ere long
धौल-धप्पा उस सरापा-नाज़ का शेवा नहीं
हम ही कर बैठे थे 'ग़ालिब' पेश-दस्ती एक दिन
was not her wont to join the fray, she was coy head to toe
I was the one who did one day, the first move make although
- पुस्तक : Deewan-e-Ghalib Jadeed (Al-Maroof Ba Nuskha-e-Hameedia) (पृष्ठ 258)
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