No hope comes my way No visage shows itself to me That d**h will come one day is definite Then why does sleep evade me all night? I used to laugh at the state of my heart Now no one thing brings a smile Though I know the reward of religious devotion My attention does not settle in that direction It is for these reasons that I am quiet If not, would I not converse with you?
Why should I not remember you? Even if you cannot hear my lament You don't see the anguish in my heart O healer, the scent of my pain eludes you I am now at that point That even I don't know myself I die in the hope of dying d**h arrives and then never arrives How will you face Mecca, Ghalib When shame doesn't come to you