\startsong
\stitle{daayam pa.Daa huaa tere dar par nahii.n huu.N mai.n}
\lyrics{Mirza Ghalib}
\singers{Begum Akhtar}
\printtitle
#indian

daayam pa.Daa huaa tere dar par nahii.n huu.N mai.n
Kaak aisii zi.ndagii pe ke paththar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

%[daayam = forever]

kyuu.N gardish-e-mudaam se ghabaraa na jaaye dil
insaan huu.N pyaalaa-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 (here it means obsolete) ]

had chaahiye sazaa me.n uquubat ke vaaste
aaKir gunahagaar huu.N kaafir nahii.n huu.N mai.n

%[uquubat = wrongdoing/sin]

#endindian
\endsong