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aah ko chahiye ek umr asar hote tak

Mirza Ghalib

aah ko chahiye ek umr asar hote tak

Mirza Ghalib

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This ghazal is popularly sung and known with radiif "hone tak". However, in diwan of Gaalib, the ghazal is mentioned with radiif "hote tak".

aah ko chāhiye ik umr asar hote tak

kaun jiitā hai tirī zulf ke sar hote tak

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A prayer needs a lifetime, an answer to obtain

who can live until the time that you decide to deign

dām-e-har-mauj meñ hai halqa-e-sad-kām-e-nahañg

dekheñ kyā guzre hai qatre pe guhar hote tak

snares are spread in every wave, and reptiles in each lure

see, till it turns into a pearl, what must a drop endure

āshiqī sabr-talab aur tamannā betāb

dil kyā rañg karūñ ḳhūn-e-jigar hote tak

Love has a need for patience, desires are a strain

as long my ache persists, how shall my heart sustain

tā-qayāmat shab-e-furqat meñ guzar jā.egī umr

saat din ham pe bhī bhārī haiñ sahar hote tak

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ham ne maanā ki taġhāful na karoge lekin

ḳhaak ho jā.eñge ham tum ko ḳhabar hote tak

Agreed, you won't ignore me, I know but then again

Into dust will I be turned, your audience till I gain

partav-e-ḳhur se hai shabnam ko fanā ta.alīm

maiñ bhī huuñ ek ināyat nazar hote tak

The Sun's burning intensity is the dewdrop's bane

So till I'm favoured with a glance, I too shall remain

yak nazar besh nahīñ fursat-e-hastī ġhāfil

garmī-e-bazm hai ik raqs-e-sharar hote tak

O ignorant, less than a glance does life's leisure remain

for the dancing of the spark will the warmth sustain

ġham-e-hastī 'asad' kis se ho juz marg ilaaj

sham.a har rañg meñ jaltī hai sahar hote tak

save death, Asad what else release from this life of pain?

a Lamp must burn in every hue till dawn is there again

aah ko chahiye ek umr asar hote tak

kaun jita hai teri zulf ke sar hote tak

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A prayer needs a lifetime, an answer to obtain

who can live until the time that you decide to deign

dam-e-har-mauj mein hai halqa-e-sad-kaam-e-nahang

dekhen kya guzre hai qatre pe guhar hote tak

snares are spread in every wave, and reptiles in each lure

see, till it turns into a pearl, what must a drop endure

aashiqi sabr-talab aur tamanna betab

dil ka kya rang karun KHun-e-jigar hote tak

Love has a need for patience, desires are a strain

as long my ache persists, how shall my heart sustain

ta-qayamat shab-e-furqat mein guzar jaegi umr

sat din hum pe bhi bhaari hain sahar hote tak

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hum ne mana ki taghaful na karoge lekin

KHak ho jaenge hum tum ko KHabar hote tak

Agreed, you won't ignore me, I know but then again

Into dust will I be turned, your audience till I gain

partaw-e-KHur se hai shabnam ko fana ki talim

main bhi hun ek inayat ki nazar hote tak

The Sun's burning intensity is the dewdrop's bane

So till I'm favoured with a glance, I too shall remain

yak nazar besh nahin fursat-e-hasti ghafil

garmi-e-bazm hai ek raqs-e-sharar hote tak

O ignorant, less than a glance does life's leisure remain

for the dancing of the spark will the warmth sustain

gham-e-hasti ka 'asad' kis se ho juz marg ilaj

shama har rang mein jalti hai sahar hote tak

save death, Asad what else release from this life of pain?

a Lamp must burn in every hue till dawn is there again

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