Tamanna

hazaron khwahishen aisi ki har khwahish pe dam nikle bahut nikle mere arman lekin phir bhi kam nikle i have a thousand yearnings , each one afflicts me so many were fulfilled for sure, not enough although the couplet captures the endlessness of human wanting: desires are so overpowering that each seems life-draining. even when some dreams are fulfilled, satisfaction remains out of reach, because the heart keeps multiplying new demands. the metaphor of “breath leaving” intensifies the emotional weight of longing and exhaustion.

insan ki khwahishon ki koi intiha nahin do gaz zamin bhi chahiye do gaz kafan ke baad

aarzu hai ki tu yahan aae aur phir umr bhar na jae kahin

aashiqi sabr-talab aur tamanna betab dil ka kya rang karun khun-e-jigar hote tak love has a need for patience, desires are a strain as long my ache persists, how shall my heart sustain ghalib sets up a conflict: love requires endurance, yet longing refuses to wait. the speaker feels trapped between the duty to be patient and the nature of desire that keeps agitating the heart. “blood of the liver” is a metaphor for deep, life-draining pain, suggesting that waiting itself becomes a slow bleeding of the self.

aaghaz-e-mohabbat ka anjam bas itna hai jab dil mein tamanna thi ab dil hi tamanna hai

ganwai kis ki tamanna mein zindagi main ne wo kaun hai jise dekha nahin kabhi main ne

hamari hi tamanna kyun karo tum tumhaari hi tamanna kyun karen hum

sab khwahishen puri hon 'faraaz' aisa nahin hai jaise kai ashaar mukammal nahin hote

aagahi karb wafa sabr tamanna ehsas mere hi sine mein utre hain ye khanjar sare

tujh se kis tarah main izhaar-e-tamanna karta lafz sujha to maani ne baghawat kar di

khwab, ummid, tamannaen, talluq, rishte jaan le lete hain aakhir ye sahaare sare

tamannaon mein uljhaya gaya hun khilaune de ke bahlaya gaya hun

baqi hai ab bhi tark-e-tamanna ki aarzu kyunkar kahun ki koi tamanna nahin mujhe

katti hai aarzu ke sahaare pe zindagi kaise kahun kisi ki tamanna na chahiye

main aa gaya hun wahan tak teri tamanna mein jahan se koi bhi imkan-e-wapsi na rahe

aarzu wasl ki rakhti hai pareshan kya kya kya bataun ki mere dil mein hai arman kya kya

zindagi kya jo basar ho chain se dil mein thodi si tamanna chahiye

dil mein wo bhid hai ki zara bhi nahin jagah aap aaiye magar koi arman nikal ke

tamanna teri hai agar hai tamanna teri aarzu hai agar aarzu hai

arman wasl ka meri nazron se tad ke pahle hi se wo baith gae munh bigad ke

baad marne ke bhi chhodi na rifaqat meri meri turbat se lagi baithi hai hasrat meri even after death my love did not forsake at my grave my desires kept a steady wake

hum aaj rah-e-tamanna mein ji ko haar aae na dard-o-gham ka bharosa raha na duniya ka

hum na manenge khamoshi hai tamanna ka mizaj han bhari bazm mein wo bol na pai hogi

khwahishon ne dubo diya dil ko warna ye bahr-e-be-karan hota

mere sare badan par duriyon ki khak bikhri hai tumhaare sath mil kar khud ko dhona chahta hun main

yar pahlu mein hai tanhai hai kah do nikle aaj kyun dil mein chhupi baithi hai hasrat meri my love beside me, solitude, tell them to play a part why do my desires cower hidden in my heart

ek bhi khwahish ke hathon mein na mehndi lag saki mere jazbon mein na dulha ban saka ab tak koi

jine walon se kaho koi tamanna dhunden hum to aasuda-e-manzil hain hamara kya hai

meri hasti hai meri tarz-e-tamanna ai dost khud main fariyaad hun meri koi fariyaad nahin

ye iltija dua ye tamanna fuzul hai sukhi nadi ke pas samundar na jaega