Mirza Ghalib

This is a collection of GHazals of Mirza GHalib in pseudo-hypertext. Most of the stuff here has been taken from document on GHalib created by P.N. Prakash (whose e-mail address was Prakash@anlphy.phy.anl.gov but I have long since lost touch with him). Some GHazals have been sent to me by other people on the internet. In such cases I have included the name and e-mail address of the submitter in the GHazal.

This archive now has 49 GHazals. 37 of these GHazals are currently available as a part of the ITRANS Song Book and here is a Devnagri (postscript) version of them taken from the ITRANS SongBook. Or you can just take this ASCII version and download it to your computer. If you have some GHazal by GHalib which you don't see in here or any other stuff by GHalib that you would like to add to this archive, or any other comments or suggestions, please send us an e-mail.

Go to Abhay Avachat's Aashi'yaana for much more on Urdu poetry. You can also check out the archive of Hindi Movie Songs which currently has the lyrics of more than a seventeen hundred songs. You should definitely browse through these pages (created by various people on the internet) if you are interested in hindi film music.

Here are the GHazals in approximate alphabetic order (by first line). Click on the o to get words of the corresponding GHazal. Before that, maybe you want to look at this note on pronounciation. If you have trouble with Urdu (like me) Dinesh Prabhu's Urdu Dictionary might be of some help. There is also a nice article about the definition of a ghazal that you might find interesting.

haiN aur bhee duniya meiN suKHanwar bohot achche
kehte haiN ki 'GHalib' ka hai andaaz-e-bayaaN aur

o aa, ki meree jaan ko qaraar naheeN hai
o aah ko chaahiye ik 'umr asar hone tak
o 'arz-e-niyaaz-e-ishq ke qaabil naheeN raha
o baazeechaa-e-atfaal hai duniya mere aage
o be-'eitadaaliyoN se, subuk sab meiN ham huve
o bus ki dushwaar hai har kaam ka aasaaN hona
o daayam paDa huaa tere dar par naheeN hooN maiN
o dard minnat_kash-e-dawa na huaa
o dekhna qismat ki aap apne pe rashk aajaaye hai
o dhota hooN jab maiN peene ko us seem_tan ke paaNv
o dil-e-naadaaN tujhe huaa kya hai ?
o dil hee to hai na sang-o-KHisht dard se bhar na aaye kyoN ?
o dil se teree nigaah jigar tak utar gayee
o diyaa hai dil agar usko, bashar hai kya kahiye ?
o fir kuchch is dil ko beqaraaree hai
o fir mujhe deeda-e-tar yaad aaya
o GHair leiN mehfil meiN bose jaam ke
o ghar jab bana liya hai tere dar par kahe baGHair
o hai bas ki har ik unke ishaare meiN nishaaN aur
o hairaaN hooN dil ko ro'ooN ki peetooN jigar ko maiN ?
o har ek baat pe kehte ho tum ke 'too kya hai' ?
o hazaaroN KHwahishaiN 'eisee ke har KHwahish pe dam nikle
o husn-e-mah, garche ba_haNgaam-e-kamaal achcha hai
o ibn-e-mariyam huwa kare koee
o ishq mujhko naheeN, wehshat hee sahee
o jaur se baaz aaye par baaz aayaiN kya ?
o jis bazm meiN too naaz se guftaar meiN aave
o kabhee nekee bhee uske jee meiN gar aa jaaye hai mujhse
o kisee ko de ke dil koee nawaa_sanj-e-fuGHaaN kyoN ho ?
o koee din gar zindagaanee aur hai
o koee ummeed bar naheeN aatee
o laazim tha ki dekho mera rasta koee din aur
o maze jahaan ke apnee nazar meiN KHaak naheeN
o meharbaaN ho ke bulaa lo mujhe chaaho jis waqt
o miltee hai KHoo-e-yaar se naar iltihaab meiN
o muddat huee hai yaar ko mehmaaN kiye hue
o na tha kuchch to KHuda tha, kuchch na hota to KHuda hota
o naqsh fariyaadee hai kiskee shoKHee-e-tehreer ka
o nuktaacheeN hai GHam-e-dil usko sunaaye na bane
o rone se aur ishq meiN be_baak ho gaye
o shauq har rang raqeeb-e-sar-o-saamaaN niklaa
o Taskin ko ham na roen jo zauq-e-nazr mile
o us bazm meiN mujhe naheeN bantee haya kiye
o woh aake KHwaab meiN taskeen-e-iztiraab to de
o woh firaaq aur woh wisaal kahaaN ?
o ye jo ham hijr meiN deewaar-o-dar ko dekhte haiN
o ye na thee hamaaree qismat ke wisaal-e-yaar hota
o zikr us pareewash kaa, aur phir bayaaN apnaa
o zulmat_kade meiN mere shab-e-GHam ka josh hai

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