koee ummeed bar naheeN aatee

koee ummeed bar naheeN aatee
koee soorat nazar naheeN aatee

I do not see any hope now
Nor do I see any face

maut ka ek din mu’ayyan hai
neeNd kyoN raat bhar naheeN aatee ?

[ mu’ayyan = definite ] When the day of departure is fixed,
Why is it that I still do not get sleep the whole night?

aage aatee thee haal-e-dil pe haNsee
ab kisee baat par naheeN aatee

It was then when I used to laugh at my own fate
Now there is nothing that could make me laugh..

hum wahaaN haiN jahaaN se hamko bhee
kuchch hamaaree KHabar naheeN aatee

I have reached a point in time
Where I can’t hear anything about me..

marte haiN aarzoo meiN marne ki
maut aatee hai par naheeN aatee

I die in the hope of dying
Death comes, but does not come still..

kaaba’a kis muNh se jaaoge
‘GHalib’sharm tumko magar naheeN aatee

How would you face the lord,
O Ghalib?For it is not you who would ever be ashamed…