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hamein bhi nind aa jaegi hum bhi so hi jaenge abhi kuchh be-qarari hai sitaro tum to so jao

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? this couplet captures the irony between rational belief in destiny and human emotional restlessness. ghalib argues that if death is predestined and cannot occur before its time, there is no logical reason to fear the night or stay awake guarding one's life. yet, an inexplicable anxiety or existential dread persists, denying him peace and sleep.

bin tumhaare kabhi nahin aai kya meri nind bhi tumhaari hai

utho ye manzar-e-shab-tab dekhne ke liye ki nind shart nahin khwab dekhne ke liye

aai hogi kisi ko hijr mein maut mujh ko to nind bhi nahin aati

is safar mein nind aisi kho gai hum na soe raat thak kar so gai

nind to dard ke bistar pe bhi aa sakti hai un ki aaghosh mein sar ho ye zaruri to nahin e'en on a bed of pain, sleep well could come in her arms,merely, recumbent, it need not be

ye zaruri hai ki aankhon ka bharam qaem rahe nind rakkho ya na rakkho khwab meyari rakho

aaj phir nind ko aankhon se bichhadte dekha aaj phir yaad koi chot purani aai

thi wasl mein bhi fikr-e-judai tamam shab wo aae to bhi nind na aai tamam shab the couplet shows how love’s fear can survive even its fulfillment: union does not erase the dread of parting. the lover’s mind keeps anticipating loss, so peace never arrives. that anxious expectation becomes so strong that even the beloved’s presence cannot bring sleep.

wasl ho ya firaq ho 'akbar' jagna raat bhar musibat hai whether in blissful union or in separation staying up all night, is a botheration

sukun de na sakin rahaten zamane ki jo nind aai tere gham ki chhanw mein aai

muddat se khwab mein bhi nahin nind ka khayal hairat mein hun ye kis ka mujhe intizar hai

ta phir na intizar mein nind aae umr bhar aane ka ahd kar gae aae jo khwab mein this couplet presents a cruel paradox of love. the beloved visited the poet in a dream and promised to return, but this very promise ensures the poet will remain eternally awake in anticipation. since the beloved only appears in dreams, and the poet can no longer sleep due to the excitement of waiting, the reunion becomes impossible.

sham se un ke tasawwur ka nasha tha itna nind aai hai to aankhon ne bura mana hai

nind bhi jagti rahi pure hue na khwab bhi subh hui zamin par raat dhali mazar mein

bahut kuchh tum se kahna tha magar main kah na paya lo meri diary rakh lo mujhe nind aa rahi hai

hamare khwab chori ho gae hain hamein raaton ko nind aati nahin hai

nind ko log maut kahte hain khwab ka nam zindagi bhi hai

malum thin mujhe teri majburiyan magar tere baghair nind na aai tamam raat

chun sham-e-sozan chun zarra hairan ze mehr-e-an-mah bagashtam aakhir na nind nainan na ang chainan na aap aawe na bheje patiyan

nindon mein phir raha hun use dhundhta hua shamil jo ek khwab mere rat-jage mein tha

kaisa jadu hai samajh aata nahin nind meri khwab sare aap ke

taron ka go shumar mein aana muhaal hai lekin kisi ko nind na aae to kya kare

bhari rahe abhi aankhon mein us ke nam ki nind wo khwab hai to yunhi dekhne se guzrega

kash koi hum se bhi puchhe raat gae tak kyun jage ho

tanhai se aati nahin din raat mujhe nind ya-rab mera ham-khwab o ham-aghosh kahan hai

ab aao mil ke so rahen takrar ho chuki aankhon mein nind bhi hai bahut raat kam bhi hai

dene wale tu mujhe nind na de khwab to de mujh ko mahtab se aage bhi kahin jaana hai

chor hai dil mein kuchh na kuchh yaro nind phir raat bhar na aai aaj