Rahiye ab aisi jagah chal kar
by
Mirza Ghalib
Rahiye ab aisi jagah chal kar jahaan koi na ho
Hamsukhan koi na ho aur humzabaan koi na ho
Be-dar-o-deewaar sa ik ghar banaaya chaahiye
Koi humsaaya na ho aur paasbaan koi na ho
Padiye gar beemaar to koi na ho teemaardaar
Aur agar mar jaaiye to nauhaa-khwaan koi na ho
Come, let us find a place to live
translated by
Mustansir Dalvi
Come, let us find a place to live
Where we will find ourselves alone
Where no one speaks our tongue
And our thoughts are our thoughts alone
Come, let us have a house about us
Without walls or doors
Where there are no neighbours
And no one to guard our home
Should we be stricken down with malaise
We’d find neither doctor nor nurse
And should we come to the end of our days
No one would sing elegies over our grave
Translation and Transliteration © Mustansir Dalvi, 2020, All rights reserved.
