daayam padaa huaa tere dar par nahiin huun main

daayam padaa huaa tere dar par nahiin huun main
khaak aisii zindagii pe ke paththar nahiin huun main
[daayam=forever]
kyuun gardish-e-mudaam se ghabaraa na jaaye dil
insaan huun, pyaalaa-o-saagar nahiin huun main
[gardish=bad time/luck; mudaam=always]
yaarab! zamaanaa mujh ko mitaataa hai kis liye
lauh-e-jahaan pe harf-e-mukarrar nahiin huun main
[harf=alphabet; mukarrar=again]
had chaahiye sazaa men uquubat ke waaste
aakhir gunaahagaar huun, kaafir nahiin huun main
[uqoobat=pain]
kis waaste aziiz nahiin jaanate mujhe
laal-o-zumaruud-o-zar-o-gauhar nahiin huun main
[laal=ruby; zumuruud=emerald; zar=gold; gauhar=pearl]
rakhate ho tum qadam merii aankhon se kyuun dareg
rutabe men mahr-o-maah se kamatar nahiin huun main
[dareG=concealed, mahr=sun, maah=moon]
karate ho mujhako manaa-e-qadam_bosa kis liye
kyaa aasmaan ke bhii baraabar nahiin huun main
[bosa=kiss]
'Ghalib' wazifaa_khwaar ho, do shaah ko duaa
wo din gaye ki kahate the "naukar nahiin huun main"
[wazifaa_Khwaar=pensioner] -Mirza Ghalib