DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry Quotes

“Khush hotey hain par vasal mein yun mar nahin jaatey,
Aaee shab-e hijra ki tamanna mere aagey.
[Vasal: union, shab-e hijra: night of separation]
The intense desire to die that I had in the night of separation has been fulfilled today by the intense bliss of union.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Ba hamdigar huay hain dil-o-deedah phir raqib, Nazzara-e-khayaal kaa samaan kiyay huay. [The heart and the eyes are competing for the beloved. One, with the means of sight and the other with the means of imagination].”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Ranj se khugar hua insaan to mit jaata hai ranj, Mushkilein mujh par padee Itni ke aasaan ho gaeen.
If a human being gets accustomed to grief, then grief disappears. I suffered so many hardships, that they became easy to bear.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“It is difficult for every task to be easy. Similarly, it is not possible for a man to be a human being easily (and display the human qualities of kindness and love).”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Ghalib bura na maan jo waiz bura kahe
Aisa bhi koi hai sab achha kahen jise”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Qafas mein mujhse rudaad-e-chaman kahte na dar humdam, Giree hai jis pe kal bijli woh mera aashiyaan kyun ho.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Kare hai baadah tere lab se kasab-e rang-e furogh,
Khat-e piyaalah saraasar nigaah-e gul-chee hai.
[kasab: acquire; furogh: splendour, radiance] The wine tries to take away from your lips their colour and radiance,
Just as the gaze of a flower-picker tries to steal the colour and freshness of flowers.
(Lips are like flowers and the line on the wineglass is like the gaze of a flower-picker)”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Laag ho to us ko ham samjhein lagaao,
Jab na ho kuchh bhee to dhokaa khaaein kyaa
(If love/enmity would exist, then we would consider it an attachment,
When neither feeling exists, then-- why would we be deceived?)”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Aata hai dagh_e_hasrat_e_dil ka shumaar yaad, Mujh se mere gunah ka hisaab ay Khuda na maang. O Lord, please do not ask for an account of my sins as this reminds me of the scars caused by the unfulfilled desires of my heart.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Ishrat-e qatra hai dariya mein fanaa ho jaana,
Dard ka had se guzarna hai dawa ho jaana.
[Ishrat-e qatra: glory/joy of a drop; fanaa: obliteration]
The joy/goal of a water drop is to ultimately mingle into the ocean. Similarly, as the lover's feelings get intense, the lover's misery ends only with extreme unendurable pain which also seems to be the ultimate pleasure/cure (medicine is metaphorically used for extreme pleasurable pain).”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Wo aakey khwaab mein taskine-iztiraab to de, Vale mujhe tapishe-dil majaale-khwaab to de. [Taskine-iztiraab: peace to a restless mind; tapishe-dil: heart in turmoil; majaale-khwab: strength to sleep]
She comes in my dream and relieves me of my restlessness but first my agitated heart should let me sleep and dream.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Dil-e naazuk pah uske raham aata hai mujhe Ghalib, Na kar sar-garm us kaafir ko ulfat aazmaane mein. (I feel pity for her delicate heart which should not get damaged as she continues to test my love with her hot-headed enthusiasm and infidel-like cruelty.)”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Jalaa hai jism jahaan dil bhii jal gayaa hoga,
Kuredate ho jo ab raakh justajuu kyaa hai? [justajuu: desire] The fire (of love) has burnt the body and the heart. What are you looking for now by poking the ashes?”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“(However we talk about revelation of Truth or God, it cannot be described except in terms of wine and goblet)”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Hoon giriftaar-e ulfat-e sayyaad,
Varnah baaqee hai taaqat-e parvaaz [Sayyad: hunter, parvaaz: flight] [I am captured/imprisoned by the love for the hunter, Otherwise/though, I still have strength for flight.]”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Rahe dil hee mein teer achha, jigar ke paar ho behtar, Gharaz shiste-bute-naavak phigan ki aazmaaish hai. [shiste-bute-naavak phigan: arrow-throwing ability of the beloved] If the beloved’s arrow remains in the heart, it is good; if it goes past it is even better. It is the test of the arrow-throwing ability of the beloved.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Go main raha rahine-sitmaha-e-rozgaar, Lekin tirey khayaal se ghafil nahin raha.
[ rahine-sitmaha-e-rozgaar: occupied dealing with cruelties of life] Despite the fact that I remained occupied dealing with the hardships of the world, I kept thinking about you all the time.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Unke dekhe se Jo aa jaatee hai munh par raunaq,
Woh samajhte hain ke beemaar ka haal achcha hai.
The beloved visits her suffering lover whose face lights up on seeing her. And she wrongly thinks that the lover is well and gives him no sympathy.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Ibn-e-Mariyam hua kare koi
mere dukh ki dava kare koi
Ghalib says that he has heard of miracles been done by the Messiah. But he wants his pain of love to be cured by a miracle too. Some scholars see an audacity in this verse but that is Ghalib’s style of catching attention and highlighting his woes.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Jo yeh kahe ki rekhtaa kyoon ki ho rashk-e-faarsee? Gufta-e-Ghaalib ek baar parh ke use sunaa ki 'yoon”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Jalaa hai jism jahaan dil bhee jal gaya hoga, Kuredte ho jo ab raakh justujuu kyaa hai.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Phir dekhiye andaz-e-gulafshani-e-guftar rakh de koi paimana-e-sahba mere age”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Rau mein hai rakhsh-e umar kahaan dekhiye thamay Na haath baag par hai, na paa hai rakaab mein”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Sab raqibon se hon nakhush par zanaan-e misr se, Hai Zulaikha khush ki mahav-e maah-e kanaan ho gayeen.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Gham-e-hasti kaa 'asad' kis se ho juz marg ilaaj
Shamaa har rang mein jalti hai seher hote tak.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Ganjeena-e-manee ka tilism usko samajhey, Jo lafz ke Ghalib mere ashaar mein aaway.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Sakhun kyaa kah nahin saktey ke joyaa hon jawahir ke, Jigar kya hum hanin rakhte ke jaakey khoden maadan ko.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Aasaan kahnay kee kartay hain farmaaish, Goyam mushkil wagarna goyam mushkil.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Neend uski hai, dimagh uska hai, raatein uski hain,
Teri zulfein jiske baazoo par pareshaan ho gayeen.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry

“Meharbaan hokey bulaalo mujhey chaaho jis waqt. Main gaya waqt nahin hoon ki phir aa bhee na sakoon.”
― Hasan Suhail Siddiqui, DUSK TO DUSK The Eternal Flame of Mirza Ghalib Urdu Poetry