Jafa

ki mere qatl ke ba'd us ne jafa se tauba hae us zud-pashiman ka pashiman hona after she had slain me then from torture she forswore alas! the one now quickly shamed was not so before this couplet highlights the tragic irony of a repentance that comes too late. ghalib mocks the beloved's nature of being 'quick to regret' (zood-pashemaan) because, in this specific instance, the decision to stop being cruel occurred only after the lover had already died from that very cruelty.

zulm phir zulm hai badhta hai to mit jata hai khun phir khun hai tapkega to jam jaega

ada aai jafa aai ghurur aaya hijab aaya hazaron aafaten le kar hasinon par shabab aaya

aise bigde ki phir jafa bhi na ki dushmani ka bhi haq ada na hua she was so annoyed she did not even torment me in doing so denied what was due to enmity

jab bhi walid ki jafa yaad aai apne dada ki khata yaad aai

tir par tir lagao tumhein dar kis ka hai sina kis ka hai meri jaan jigar kis ka hai

lutf aane laga jafaon mein wo kahin mehrban na ho jae i've started to enjoy her tortures by and by i hope she doesn't now decide to

pahle rag rag se meri khun nichoda us ne ab ye kahta hai ki rangat hi meri pili hai

qaem hai ab bhi meri wafaon ka silsila ek silsila hai un ki jafaon ka silsila

tum na tauba karo jafaon se hum wafaon se tauba karte hain

jitni wo mere haal pe karte hain jafaen aata hai mujhe un ki mohabbat ka yaqin aur more the cruelty from her that i receive more in her affection for me do i believe

zalim jafa jo chahe so kar mujh pe tu wale pachhtawe phir tu aap hi aisa na kar kahin o cruel one any torture, on me implement just refrain from actions which you may repent

un ki jafaon par bhi wafa ka hua guman apni wafaon ko bhi faramosh kar diya

shikwa us but ke jafa ka jo kiya main to kaha tum to duniya mein ho ek ahl-e-wafa tum ko kya

jafa par nahin jab wo dil hi mein nadim nazar se nadamat ka izhaar kyun ho

ye chalan hain to tumhein hashr se denge tashbih log saffak kahenge badi ruswai hai