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daayam pa.Daa huaa tere dar par nahii.n huu.N mai.n
Mirza Ghalib


daayam pa.Daa huaa tere dar par nahii.n huu.N mai.n
Khaak aisii zindagii pe ke patthar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

[daayam = forever]

kyuu.N gardish-e-mudaam se ghabaraa na jaaye dil
insaan huu.N piyaalaa-o-saaGar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

yaa rab! zamaanaa mujh ko miTaataa hai kis liye
lauh-e-jahaa.N pe harf-e-mukarrar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

[lauh = slate used for writing; harf-e-mukarrar = repeated letter (obsolete)]

had chaahiye sazaa me.n uquubat ke vaaste
aaKhir gunah_gaar huu.N kaafir nahii.n huu.N mai.n

[uquubat = wrongdoing/sin]

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