Mirza Ghalib

aashiqi sabr-talab aur tamanna betaab dil ka kya rang karoon khoon-e-jigar hote tak

be-niyaazee had se guzree bandah-parvar kab talak* ham kaheinge haal-e-dil aur aap farmaaveinge kyaa * inattention/independence passed beyond the limit-- Protector of Servants, for how long

hai ab is ma'moore mein qaht-e-gham-e-ulfat asad ham ne yeh maanaa kih dilli mein rahe khaaveinge kyaa there is now in this town a famine of the grief of love, Asad we agreed to this: that we would remain/live in Delhi-- what will we eat?

Looking forward to book signing today. Hope to see some of you!

1). Amrit Books, CP – 11:40AM 2). Bahri Sons, Khan Market – 12:30 PM 3). Faqirchand, Khan Market – 01:00 PM 4). Midland South Ex – 1:50 PM 5). Midland Hauz Khas – 2:30 PM 6). Bahri Sons, Saket – 3:30PM This is my schedule for book signing.

I am in Delhi and will be signing a few copies at some bookstores on the 20th. If anyone is interested please message me.

hu'ee jin se tavaqqu ḳhastagee ki daad paane ki vuh ham se bhi ziyaadah khastah-e tegh-e sitam nikle tavaqqu - hoped/expected daad - justice/understanding ḳhastagee - woundedness khastah-e tegh-e sitam - wounded by the sword of tyranny

magar likhvaa'e ko'ee us ko khat to ham se likhvaa'e hu'ee subh aur ghar se kaan par rakh kar qalam nikle

nikalnaa khuld se aadam ka sunte aa'e hain lekin bahut be-aabroo ho kar tere kooche se ham nikle

ghar jab bana liya tere dar par kahe baġhair jaanega ab bhi tu na mera ghar kahe baġhair

...If among those six three will get well, then the four will fall ill. So far the outcome was good but now people have begun to die. A poisonousness has developed in the air. It's a story like this: raat din gardish mein hain saat aasmaan ho rahega kuch nah kuch ghabraa'ein kya

1854, to Aram: Here a major sickness is spreading, and is it any ordinary sickness? All kinds of fevers, most of them recurrent ones. That is, if in a house there are ten people, then six will be sick, and four healthy. (1/2)

haan ay falak-e-peer* javaan tha abhi arif* kya tera bigarta jo nah marta koi din aur tum kaun-se the aise khare daad-o-sitad* ke karta malak-ul-maut* taqaaza* koi din aur * - ancient sky - possessor of (mystical) knowledge - one strict in accounts - angel of death - claim

Laazim thaa kih dekho miraa rastaa koi din aur Tanhaa gaye kyun ab raho tanhaa koi din aur

Ghalib: I envy the situation of island-dwellers in general, and of the lord of Farrukhabad* in particular, whom they put off the ship and left on the shore of the land of Arabia. * who was charged with complicity in the War of 1857, and at his own request was sent to Arabia.

padye gar beemaar to koi nah ho beemaar-daar aur agar mar jaa'iye to nauhah-khvaan koi nah ho beemaar-daar - sick-attendant nauhah-khvaan - lament-reciter

rahye ab aisee jagah chal kar jahaan koi nah ho ham-sukhan* koi nah ho aur ham-zabaan* koi nah ho be-dar-o-deevaar saa ik ghar banaayaa chaahiye koi ham-saayah* nah ho aur paasbaan* koi nah ho 1 - speech-sharers 2 - language-sharers 3 - neighbours 4 - gatekeeper

Four things kept Delhi alive – the fort, the daily crowds at the Jama Masjid, the weekly walk to the Yamuna Bridge, and the yearly fair of the flower-sellers. None of these survives, so how could Delhi survive? Yes, there used to be a city of this name in the land of Hindustan."

1861, in a letter to a friend: “The city has become a desert… by God, Delhi is no more a city, but a camp, a cantonment… No fort, no city, no bazaars, no watercourses...

be-niyaazee had se guzree bandah-parvar kab talak* ham kaheinge haal-e-dil aur aap farmaaveinge kyaa * inattention/independence passed beyond the limit-- Protector of Servants, for how long