\startsong
\stitle{har ek baat pe kahate ho tum ki tuu kyaa hai}
\lyrics{Mirza Ghalib}
\singers{Mirza Ghalib}
\printtitle
#indian

har ek baat pe kahate ho tum ki tuu kyaa hai
tumhii.n kaho ke ye a.ndaaz-e-guftaguu kyaa hai

na shole me.n ye karishmaa na barq me.n ye adaa
koii bataao ki vo shoK-e-tu.ndaKuu kyaa hai

ye rashk hai ki vo hotaa hai hamasuKan hamase
vagarnaa Kauf-e-badaamozii-e-ad kyaa hai

%[rashk = jealousy; hamasuKan = some who agrees with you]
%[Kauf = fear; aamozii = teaching; aduu = enemy]

chipak rahaa hai badan par lahuu se pairaahan
hamaarii jeb ko an haajat-e-rafuu kyaa hai

%[pairaahan = dress/cloth/robe; haajat = need; rafuu = darning]

jalaa hia jism jahaa.N dil bhii jal gayaa hogaa
kuredate ho jo ab raakh justajuu kyaa hai

rago.n me.n dau.Date phirane ke ham nahii.n qaayal
jab aa.Nkh hii se na Tapakaa to phir lahuu kyaa hai

vo chiiz jisake liye hamako ho bahisht aziiz
sivaa_e baadaa-e-gulfaam-e-mushkabuu kyaa hai

%[bahisht = heaven; baadaa = wine; gulfaam = delicate/like a flower]
%[mushkabuu = the smell of musk]

piyuu.N sharaab agar Kum bhii dekh luu.N do chaar
ye shiishaa-o-qadaah-o-kuuzaa-o-subuu kyaa hai

%[Kum = wine barrel, qadaah = goblet, subuu = wine pitcher ]

rahii na taaqat-e-guftaar aur agar ho bhii
to kis ummiid pe  kahiye ke aarazuu  kyaa hai

%[guftaar = speech]

banaa  hai  shaah kaa musaahib, phire hai itaraataa
vagarnaa shahar me.n "Ghalib" kii aabaruu kyaa hai

%[musaahib = associate]

#endindian
\endsong