**Begum Akhtar Golden Collection** RH

daa_im pa.Daa huaa tere dar par nahii.n huu.N mai.n
Kaaq aisii zi.ndagii pe, ki patthar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [daa_im = forever]

kyo.n gad.rish-e-mudaam se ghabaraa na jaaye dil
insaan huu.N, pyaalaa-o-saaGar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [gardish-e-mudaam = never ending sorrow. mudaam = never ending]
% [pyaalaa-o-saaGar = goblet of wine]

yaa rab zamaanaa mujhako miTaataa hai kis liye
lauh-e-jahaa.N pe harf-e-muqarrar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [lauh-e-jahaa.N = paper of the world, metaphorically speaking]
% [haf.r-e-muqarrar = redundant word / letter]

had chaahiye sazaa me.n aquubat ke vaaste
aakhir gunaah_Gaar huu.N qaafir nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [aquubat = torture, pain]

kis vaaste aziiz nahii.n jaanate mujhe
laal-o-zamurd-o-zar-o-gauhar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [laal-o-zamurd-o-zar-o-gauhar = ruby, emerald, gold or pearl]

rakhate ho tum qadam merii aa.Nkho.n se kyo.n direg
rutabe me.n mahar-o-maah se kamatar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

karate ho mujhako man-o-qadam-bos kis liye
kyaa aasamaan ke bhii baraabar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

'Gaalib' vaziifaaKvaar ho, do shaah ko duaa
vo din gaye ki kahate the, naukar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

Thanx AB Ji

Thanks Madhu Ji