1
Love brought me the joys of life for sure
A cure for pain, a pain of no cure
2
Desires in thousands I had, for each I would die
With many I had luck, for many I would sigh
3
My naive heart, what ails you, what?
What’s the cure for this ache, what?
4
My wails need a lifetime to reach the heart, wait, O wait
But who lives that long enough to see it reach, wait, O wait
5
The world’s merely a children’s playground; I must say
I can see the play go on — night and day
6
It’s hard to make it easy; beyond man’s acumen
As for a man to be a human
7
They ask Ghalib — Ghalib who?
Let someone say, I have no clue
8
All my life, I feared the impending death
I was brown even before my last breath
9
I gave up life, this life was a gift, it’s true
I could not pay indeed what all was due
10
What can my friends do to soothe me in pain
Wouldn’t my nails grow to get a wound again
11
The drop’s luxury is to join the ocean
When pain exceeds, pain becomes a potion
12
My coffin covered me from anyone’s seeing
But I was ever naked in my very being
