\startsong
\stitle{bas ki dushwaar hai har kaam ka aasaa.N honaaa}
\lyrics{Mirza Ghalib}
\singers{Mirza Ghalib}
\printtitle
#indian

bas ki dushwaar hai har kaam ka aasaa.N honaaa
aadamii ko bhii mayassar nahii.n insaa.N honaa

%[dushwaar = difficult; mayassar = possible]

giriyaa chaahe hai Karaabii mere kaashaane kii
dar-o-diivaar se Tapake hai bayaabaa.N honaa

%[giriyaa = wiiping; kaashaanaa = small house; bayaabaa.N = wilderness]

waa-e-diiwaangii-e-shauq ke har dam mujh ko
aap jaanaa udhar aur aap  hii  hairaa.N  honaa

jalvaa az_bas ke taqaaza-e-nigah  karataa hai
jauhar-e-aaiina bhii chaahe hai mizaGaa.N honaa

%[az_bas = intensely; jauhar = skill/knowledge, mizaGaa.N = eyelid]

ishrat-e-qatl_gah-e-ahal-e-tamannaa mat puuchh
iid-e-nazzaaraa hai shamashiir kaa uriyaa.N honaa

%[ishrat = joy/delight, shamashiir = sword, uriyaa.N = naked/bare]

le gaye Kaak me.n ham daaG-e-tamannaa-e-nishaat
tuu ho aur aap ba_sad_ra.ng-e-gulistaa. N honaa

%[nishaat (or nashaat) = enthusiasm/happiness, sad_rang = hundred colours]

ishrat-e-paaraa-e-dil,  zaKm-e-tamannaa_Kaanaa
lazzat-e-riish-e-jigar Garq-e-namakdaa.N honaa

%[ishrat = joy/delight; paaraa = fragment/piecek lazzat = taste]
%[riish = wound; Garq = drown/sink; namakdaa.N = container to keep salt]

kii mere qatl ke baad us ne jafaa se taubaa
haae us zod_pashemaa.N kaa pashemaa.N honaa

%[zod = quickly; pashemaa.N = ashamed/embarrassed]

haif us chaar girah kapa.De kii qismat 'Ghalib'
jis kii qismat me.n ho aashiq kaa garebaa.N honaa

%[haif = alas!; girah = one sixteenth of a yard; garebaa.N = collar]

#endindian
\endsong