\startsong
\stitle{dhotaa huu.N  jab mai.n piine ko us siimatan  ke paa.Nv}
\lyrics{Mirza Ghalib}
\singers{Mirza Ghalib}
\printtitle
#indian

dhotaa huu.N  jab mai.n piine ko us siimatan  ke paa.Nv
rakhaataa hai zid se khe.nch kar baahar lagan ke paa.Nv

%[siimatan = silver-bodied (fair skinned), lagan = basin]

dii saadagii se jaan pa.Duu.N  kohakan ke paa.Nv
hai haat kyo.n na TuuT gae piirazan ke paa.Nv

%[kohakan = a mountain digger (a reference to farhad); hai haat = alas;]
%[piirazan = old woman (a reference to the old woman
who gave farhad the false news of Shirin's death)]

bhaage the ham bahut so usii kii sazaa hai ye
hokar asiir daabate hai.n raahazan ke paa.Nv

%[asiir = prisoner; raahazan = robber]

maraham kii justajuu me.n phiraa huu.N jo duur-duur
tan se sivaa fiGaar hai.n is Kastaa tan ke paa.Nv

allaah re zauq-e-dashtan_vardii ke ba_ade-marg
hilate hai.n Kud-ba-Kud mere a.ndar kafan ke paa.Nv

%[dashtan_vardii = to roam around in wilderness; marg = death]

hai josh-e-gul bahaar me.n yaa.N tak ki har taraf
u.Date hue ulajhate hai.n murG-e-chaman ke paa.Nv

%[murG-e-chaman = birds of the garden]

shab ko kisii ke Kvaab me.n aayaa na ho kahii.n
dukhate hai.n aaj us but-e-naazuk_badan ke paa.Nv

'Ghalib' mere kalaam me.n  kyo.n kar mazaa na ho
piitaa huu.N Kusro-e-shiirii.n_suKan ke paa.Nv

%[Kusro-e-shiirii.n_suKan = sweet spoken king ( here referring to bahadur Shah zafar)]

#endindian
\endsong