گلہ ہے شوق کو دل میں بھی تنگیٔ جا کا

Word meanings

اضطراب

iztirab

agitation, restlessness

Translations

English

Longing complains of lack of space even within the heart:the ocean's restlessness was absorbed into the pearl.

More couplets by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

• بندہ پرور کے کفِ دست کو دل کیجے فرضTake the palm of my lord, kind to his servants, to be a heart,
• بعد از اتمامِ بزمِ عیدِ اطفالAfter the children's festival gathering was over,
• شب زلف و رخِ عرق فشاں کا غم تھاLast night I grieved over tresses and a face scattering sweat:
• آتش بازی ہے جیسے شغلِ اطفالLove is like fireworks, a children's pastime:
• دل تھا کہ جو جانِ دردِ تمہید سہیIt was a heart that bore the pain of a prelude, granted;
• ہے خلقِ حسد قماش لڑنے کے لیےThe envious nature of people is made for fighting;