Jahan Tera Naqsh-e-qadam Dekhte Hain Khyaaba Khyaaba Erum Dekhte Hain Quotes

Jahan tera naqsh-e-qadam dekhte hain
Khyaaba khyaaba erum dekhte hain

Where impression of your presence, I see
Visions of heavens all around, I see


Tere sarv-qaamat say ik qadd-e-aadam
Qayamat ke fitne ko kam dekhte hain

Your beautiful tall stature makes even
The turmoil of the end of days look shorter, in my view


Tamasha ke aye mahv-e-aa-eena daari
Tujhe kis tamanna se hum dekhte hain

Amusing it is, that you are absorbed in your reflection
While, with such a longing, I see you


Bana kar faqeeron ka hum bhays Ghalib
Tamasha-e ahl-e-karam dekhte hain

In a begger's guise Ghalib
Spectacle of generocity, I see

Udhar woh bad-ghumaanee hai, idhar yeh naatavaanee hai
na poocha jaaye hai us-se, na bola jaaye hai mujhse..

Details:
bad-ghumaanee - suspicion
naatavaanee - weakness

Nikle jo duniya ki bheed mein,
toh 'Ghalib' yeh jaana hai..
Har woh shaks udaas hai,
jisko Monday office jana hai.

Hue hain paanv hee pehle nabard-e- ishq mein zakhmee
na bhaaga jaaye hai mujhse, na thehra jaaye hai mujhse..

Details:
nabard-e-ishaq - struggle in love

Ishrat-e qatra hai dariya mein fana ho jana
dard ka hudd se guzarna hai dawa ho jana..

Humko to duniya mein koi bewafa na mila,
kami jo paayi to apni mohabbat mein paayi..
- Ghalib

Vo bad-khuu aur meri daastaan-e- ishq tuulaanii
ibaarat mukhtasar qaasid bhi ghabaraa jaaye hai mujh se..

Details:
ibaarat - composition, writing
bad-khuu - ill natured person
tuulaanii - long
qaasid - messenger