“Wo aakey khwaab mein taskine-iztiraab to de, Vale mujhe tapishe-dil majaale-khwaab to de. [Taskine-iztiraab: peace to a restless mind; tapishe-dil : heart in turmoil; majaale-khwab : strength to sleep] She comes in my dream and relieves me of my restlessness… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Hain aur bhee duniyaa mein sukhanvar bahut achhe, Kahte hain ki Ghaalib kaa hai andaaz-e-bayaan aur.” — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Na sataish ki tamanna na silay ki parwah, Gar nahin hain mere ashar mein maane na sahi” — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Jalaa hai jism jahaan dil bhii jal gayaa hoga, Kuredate ho jo ab raakh justajuu kyaa hai? [justajuu : desire] The fire (of love)… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Wo aakey khwaab mein taskine-iztiraab to de, Vale mujhe tapishe-dil majaale-khwaab to de. [Taskine-iztiraab: peace to a restless mind; tapishe-dil : heart in turmoil;… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Ishrat-e qatra hai dariya mein fanaa ho jaana, Dard ka had se guzarna hai dawa ho jaana. [Ishrat-e qatra : glory/joy of a drop; fanaa : obliteration] The joy/goal of a water drop is to ultimately mingle into the ocean. Similarly, as the lover's feelings get intense, the lover's misery ends only with extreme unendurable pain which also seems to… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share
“(However we talk about revelation of Truth or God, it cannot be described except in terms of wine and goblet)” — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Unke dekhe se Jo aa jaatee hai munh par raunaq, Woh samajhte hain ke beemaar ka haal achcha hai. The beloved visits her suffering… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Aasaan kahnay kee kartay hain farmaaish, Goyam mushkil wagarna goyam mushkil.” — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Dil-e naazuk pah uske raham aata hai mujhe Ghalib, Na kar sar-garm us kaafir ko ulfat aazmaane mein. (I feel pity for her delicate… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Ba hamdigar huay hain dil-o-deedah phir raqib, Nazzara-e-khayaal kaa samaan kiyay huay. [The heart and the eyes are competing for the beloved. One, with… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
“Ibn-e-Mariyam hua kare koi mere dukh ki dava kare koi Ghalib says that he has heard of miracles been done by the Messiah. But he wants his pain of love to be cured by a miracle too. Some scholars see an audacity in this verse but that is Ghalib’s style of catching attention and highlighting his woes.” — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share
“Ghalib bura na maan jo waiz bura kahe Aisa bhi koi hai sab achha kahen jise” — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image