\startsong
\stitle{aa, ki merii jaan me.n qaraar nahii.n hai}
\lyrics{Mirza Ghalib}
\singers{Mirza Ghalib}
\printtitle
#indian

aa, ki merii jaan me.n qaraar nahii.n hai
taaqat-e-bedaad-e-intazaar  nahii.n hai

%[qaraar = rest/repose, bedaad = injustice]

dete hai.n jannat hayaat-e-dahar ke badale
nashshaa baa_andaazaa-e-Kumaar nahii.n hai

%[hayaat = life; dahar = world; baa_andaaza = according to; Kummaar = intoxication ]

giriyaa nikaale hai terii bazm se mujh ko
haae! ki rone pe iKtiyaar nahii.n hai

%[giriyaa = weeping; iKtiyaar = control]

hamase abas hai gumaan-e-ra.njish-e-Kaatir
Kaak me.n ushshaq kii Gubaar nahii.n hai

%[abas = indifferent; gumaan = suspicion; ra.njish = unpleasantness;]
%[Kaak = ashes/dust; ushshaq = lovers; Gubaar = clouds of dust]

dil se uThaa lutf-e-jalvaa haae ma'anii
Gair-e-gul aaiinaa-e-bahaar nahii.n hai

%[ma'anii = meanings, Gair-e-gul = other than blossoms ]

qatl kaa mere  kiyaa  hai ahad to baare
waae! agar ahad ustawaar nahii.n hai

%['ahad = promise, baare = at last, ustawaar = frim/determined ]

tuu ne qasam mai_kashii kii khaaii hai 'Ghalib'
terii  qasam  ka kuchh  aitabaar nahii.n  hai!

%[mai_kashii = boozing, aitabaar = trust/faith]

#endindian
\endsong