koi ummid bar nahin aati
koi ummid bar nahin aati koi surat nazar nahin aati no hope is there that now comes to light nor is there any avenue in sight maut ka ek din muayyan hai niind kyuun raat bhar nahin aati when for death a day has been ordained what reason that i cannot sleep all night? aage aati thi hal-e-dil pe hansi ab kisi baat par nahin aati nothing now could even make me smile, i once could laugh at my heart's own plight janta huun savab-e-taat-o-zohd par tabiat idhar nahin aati virtues of restraint and prayer i know but neither do my temperament excite hai kuchh aisi hi baat jo chup huun varna kya baat kar nahin aati do you think i know not how to speak? there's something- my tongue i have to bite kyuun na chikhun ki yaad karte hain meri avaz gar nahin aati when absence of my voice makes her pine why then should i not shout with all my might? daghh-e-dil gar nazar nahin aata bu bhi ai chara-gar nahin aati o healer does not any smell persist if burning scars of heart are not in sight? ham vahan hain jahan se ham ko bhi kuchh hamari khabar nahin aati i'm at a place from where no news of me now even to myself can come to light marte hain aarzu men marne ki maut aati hai par nahin aati i die yearning as i hope for death death does come to me but then not quite ka'ba kis munh se jaoge 'ghhalib' sharm tum ko magar nahin aati ghalib,what face will you to the kaabaa take when you are not ashamed and not contrite koi ummid bar nahin aati koi surat nazar nahin aati no hope is there that now comes to light nor is there any avenue in sight maut ka ek din muayyan hai nind kyun raat bhar nahin aati when for death a day has been ordained what reason that i cannot sleep all night? aage aati thi haal-e-dil pe hansi ab kisi baat par nahin aati nothing now could even make me smile, i once could laugh at my heart's own plight jaanta hun sawab-e-taat-o-zohd par tabiat idhar nahin aati virtues of restraint and prayer i know but neither do my temperament excite hai kuchh aisi hi baat jo chup hun warna kya baat kar nahin aati do you think i know not how to speak? there's something- my tongue i have to bite kyun na chikhun ki yaad karte hain meri aawaz gar nahin aati when absence of my voice makes her pine why then should i not shout with all my might? dagh-e-dil gar nazar nahin aata bu bhi ai chaara-gar nahin aati o healer does not any smell persist if burning scars of heart are not in sight? hum wahan hain jahan se hum ko bhi kuchh hamari khabar nahin aati i'm at a place from where no news of me now even to myself can come to light marte hain aarzu mein marne ki maut aati hai par nahin aati i die yearning as i hope for death death does come to me but then not quite ka'ba kis munh se jaoge 'ghaalib' sharm tum ko magar nahin aati ghalib,what face will you to the kaabaa take when you are not ashamed and not contrite