ایک جا حرفِ وفا لکّھا تھا، سو بھی مٹ گیا

Sens des mots

وفا

vafa

faithfulness, loyalty

Traductions

English

In one place I had written the word "faithfulness", and that too was erased:clearly the paper of your letter does not take ink.

Autres distiques de Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

• 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;
• دل سخت نژند ہو گیا ہے گویاThe heart has grown very sad, as it were:
• دکھ جی کے پسند ہو گیا ہے غالبGhalib, the soul has come to like its pain: