Mirza Ghalib's Sher on 'Ishq' from his Urdu Ghazal Poetry

Urdu Sher on 'Ishq' from Mirza Ghalib's Ghazal Poetry

English Translation by Mamoon Mubashir

(اردو رسم الخط کے لیے نیچے سکرول کریں)

ishq ne Ghalib, nikamma kar dia

[ love made me 'good for nothing', Ghalib ]

varna ham bhi aadmi the, kaam ke

[ or I, too, was noteworthy ]

عشق  نے غالب  نکما   کر دیا

ورنہ ہم بھی آدمی تھے کام کے

( غالب )

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