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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Mirza Ghalib's famous ghazal: Dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aaya....

Mirza Ghalib is the most famous Urdu poet, whose popularity knows no geographical boundaries. Ghalib was born in Agra in 1797.

He saw the first freedom struggle in 1857 and the destruction of Delhi. Ghalib passed away in 1869. In this particular ghazal, Ghalib uses his initial takhallus 'Asad' instead of Ghalib.

फिर मुझे दीदा-ए-तर याद आया
दिल, जिगर, तिश्नए-फरयाद आया

ज़िंदगी यूं भी गुज़र ही जाती
क्यूँ तेरा राहगुज़र याद आया

फिर तेरे कूचे को जाता है ख़याल
दिल-ए-गुमगश्तह* मगर याद आया

कोई वीरानी सी वीरानी है
दश्त* को देख के घर याद आया

मैंने मजनूँ पे लड़कपन में असद
संग उठाया था कि सर याद आया

मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब 

Now read the same ghazal in Roman English transliteration:

phir mujhe deeda-e-tar yaad aaya
dil, jigar, tishna-e-faryaad aaya

zindagii yuuN bhi guzar hi jaatii
kyuuN teraa raahguzar yaad aaya

phir tere kuuche ko jaataa hai khayaal
dil-e-gum-gashta magar yaad aaya

koii viiraanii sii viiraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aaya

mai.n ne majnuu.n pe laDakpan meN 'Asad'
sang uThaaya thaa, ki sar yaad aaya

Mirza Ghalib

Mini dictionary
*Dasht=desert, plains
*Gumgashta=lost
*Deeda-e-tar=wet eye
*Sang [pronunciation is sung]=stone

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