koee ummeed bar naheen aatee

1. koee ummeed bar naheen aatee

No hope comes my way

koee soorat nazar naheen aatee

No visage shows itself to me

2. maut ka ek din mu’ayyan hai

That death will come one day is definite

neehd kyon raat bhar naheeh aatee?

Then why does sleep evade me all night?

3. aage aatee thee haal-e-dil pe hansee

I used to laugh at the state of my heart

ab kisee baat par naheen aatee

Now no one thing brings a smile

4. jaanta hoon sawaab-e-taa’at-o-zahad

Though I know the reward of religious devotion

par tabeeyat idhar naheen aatee

My attention does not settle in that direction

5. hai kuchch ‘eisee hee baat jo chup hoon

It is for these reasons that I am quiet

warna kya baat kar naheen aatee?

If not, would I not converse with you?

6. kyon na cheekhoon ki yaad karate hain

Why should I not remember you?

meree aawaaz gar naheen aatee

Even if you cannot hear my lament

7. daagh-e-dil gar nazar naheen aata

You don’t see the anguish in my heart

boo bhee ‘ei chaaraagar ! naheen aatee

O healer, the scent of my pain eludes you

8. ham wahaan hain jahaan se hamko bhee

I am now at that point

kuchch hamaaree khabar naheen aatee

That even I don’t know myself

9. marte hain aarzoo mein marne ki

I die in the hope of dying

maut aatee hai par naheen aatee

Death arrives and then never arrives

10. kaaba’a kis munh se jaaoge ‘Ghalib’

How will you face Mecca, Ghalib

sharm tumko magar naheen aatee

When shame doesn’t come to you