\startsong
\stitle{aamad-e-Khat se huaa hai sard jo baazaar-e-dost}
\singers{Mirza Ghalib}
\printtitle
#indian

aamad-e-Kat se huaa hai sard jo baazaar-e-dost
duud-e-shama-e-kushtaa thaa shaayad Kat-e-ruKsaar-e-dost

%[aamad = arrival; Kat = hair; sard = cold]
%[duud-e-shama-e-kushtaa = smoke from a broken (extinguished) lamp]

ai dil naa'aaqabat a.ndesh zabt-e-shauq kar
kaun laa sakataa hai taab-e-jalvaa-e-diidaar-e-dost

%[naa'aaqabat a.ndesh = unaware of the consequences]
%[zabt-e-shauq = control one's desire]
%[taab-e-jalvaa-e-diidaar = brilliance of vision of beauty]

Kaanaa viraa.Nsaazii-e-hairat tamaashaa kiijiye
suurat-e-naqsh-e-qadam huu.N raftaa-e-raftaar-e-dost

%[Kaanaa viraa.Nsaazii-e-hairat = amazement  at the ruin of one's home]
%[suurat-e-naqsh-e-qadam = like footprints; raftaa-e-raftaar = walking in a delirium]

ishq me.n bedaad-e-rashq-e-Gair ne maaraa mujhe
kushtaa-e-dushman huu.N aaKir garche thaa biimaar-e-dost

%[bedaad-e-rashq-e-Gair = injustice of rival's envy]
%[kushtaa-e-dushman = broken by the enemy]

chashm-e-may raushan ke us bedard kaa dil shaad hai
diidaa-e-pur-Kuu.N hamaaraa saagar-e-sar-shaar-e-dost

chashm-e-may = intoxicated eyes; shaad = happy]
%[diidaa-e-pur-Kuu.N = bloodshot eyes; saagar-e-sar-shaar = filled to the brim]

#endindian
\endsong