diyaa hai dil agar us ko, bashar hai kyaa kahiye
huaa raqiib to ho, naamaabar hai, kyaa kahiye

[bashar=man/human being; raqiib=opponent; naamaabar=messenger ]

ye zid, ki aaj na aave aur aaye bin na rahe
qazaa se shikavaa hame.n kis qadar hai, kyaa kahiye

[qazaa=death; shikavaa=complaint]

rahe hai yuu.N gah-o-begah ke kuu-e-dost ko ab
agar na kahiye ki dushman kaa ghar hai, kyaa kahiye

[gah=proper and improper time/vaqt be-vaqt; kuu-e-dost=friend's street]

zih-e-karishma ke yuu.N de rakhaa hai hamako fareb
ki bin kahe hii u.nhe.n sab Khabar hai, kyaa kahiye

samajh ke karate hai.n baazaar me.n vo pursish-e-haal
ki ye kahe ki sar-e-rahaguzar hai, kyaa kahiye

[pursish-haal=to enquire about one's wellbeing; sar-e-rahaguzar=common road]

tumhe.n nahii.n hai sar-e-rishtaa-e-vafaa kaa Khayaal
hamaare haath me.n kuchh hai, magar hai kyaa kahiye

u.nhe.n savaal pe za_om-e-junuu.N hai, kyuu.N la.Diye
hame.n javaab se qat_a-e-nazar hai, kyaa kahiye

[za_om=pride; junuu.N=madness/frenzy; qata'a-e-nazar=to ignore/nazare.n churaanaa]

hasad sazaa-e-kamaal-e-suKhan hai, kyaa kiije
sitam, bahaa-e-mata_a-e-hunar hai, kyaa kahiye

[hasad=envy; sitam=oppression, bahaa=price; mata_a=property/saamaan]

kahaa hai kisane ki "Ghalib" buraa nahii.n lekin
sivaay isake ki aashuftaa_sar hai kyaa kahiye

[aashuftaa_sar=mentally deranged/sar-phiraa]