Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. munshi raghunath siNgh haajir dehlavi (1884-1922). Both father and grandfather were poets and scholars of urdu and faarsi. He started composing at the age of 13-14. His father died in 1906 and he moved to bhopal for work and returned to dehli in 1910 to re-start his family practice, establishing a clinic named ‘daar-ul-shifa’. He died in 1922 before he could publish his diivaan, but his son collected his papers and published it. His brother, kaviraj raghunandan singh saahir wrote the preface. In addition to his diivan, there is a collection of his Ghazal called, ‘Ghalib aur haajir’, all composed in the zamin of Ghalib. This Ghazal in the zamin of ‘lab-e saaqi meN salaa mere baad’ is posted in 3 parts and is linked to that category under the icon ‘Ghalib naqsh-e qadam’, on the Theme Index page.
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yaad aata hai unheN ishq meN qurbaaN¹ hona
rot’e haiN kar ke mera zikr²-e vafaa³ mere baad    1.sacrifice 2.mention, narrative, talk 3.fidelity, loyalty
She recalls my sacrifice (of life) in love. She cries talking about my loyalty, after me.
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ab banaaya hai use taKhta-e-mashq¹-e bedaad²
Ghair³ karta hai judaaii⁴ ka gilaa⁵ mere baad    1.practicing board, often used 2.oppression, cruelty 3.rival 4.separation 5.complaint
Now she has made him the practicing board of cruelty; the rival complains of separation (from the beloved) after me.
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kyaa yahi shart¹-e vafaa² thi keh mujhe chhoR gaye
laash³ se meri voh karte haiN gilaa⁴ mere baad     1.condition, promise 2.fidelity, loyalty 3.corpse 4.complaint
Is this the way to keep your promise of fidelity, she complains to my corpse, after me.
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koi mujh saa¹ na mila naaz² uThaan’e vaala
saikRoN unn ko mil’e ahl-e-vafaa³ mere baad     1.short for jaisaa-like, similar to 2.coquetry 3.people professing loyalty
She never could find anyone like me who would bear all her fanciful wants although there were thousands who professed loyalty to her.
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kaun hai chheR¹ ke ab unn ko jo khaa’e dushnaam²
na raha shikva-shikaa’et³ ka mazaa⁴ mere baad     1.tease 2.abuse 3.complaint and grievance 4.pleasure
Who is there who will tease her and take all that abuse. There is not pleasure in complaints and upsets after me.
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qatl¹ se mere hui ahl-e-jahaaN² ko ibrat³
daava⁴-e ishq kisi ne na kiya mere baad     1.execiton, killing 2.people of the world 3.lesson 4.claim
People of the world draw a lesson from my death. No one lays claim to love after me.
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maut¹ anjaam²-e mohabbat hai yeh sab jaan³ ga’e
koi karta nahiN ab yeh Khataa⁴ mere baad    1.death 2.result 3.came to know, learnt 4.mistake
Everyone learnt that the result of love is death. No one makes this mistake after me.
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khel¹ ulfat² ka raqeeboN³ se voh khul kar khele
parda⁴-e sharm-o-hayaa⁵ chaak⁶ huaa mere baad     1.game 2.love 3.rivals 4.veil 5.shyness and modesty 6.torn
She played the game of love unhesitatingly with rivals. The veil of reserve and modesty was torn asunder after me.
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ho ga’e kitn’e hi ab chaahne vaale paida¹
baRh² ga’ii qiimat³-e andaaz-o-ada⁴ mere baad    1.born, created 2.increased 3.value 4.style and gesture
How many more lovers have been created. The value of style and gesture has increased greatly after me.
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laash¹ par zaar-o-qataar² aa ke voh roya hajir³
uqda⁴-e ulfat⁵-e maashooq⁶ khula⁷ mere baad     1.corpse, funeral 2.profusely 3.pen-name 4.mystery 5.love 6.beloved 7.revealed
O haajir, she came to the funeral and cried profusely. The mystery of the beloved’s love (for me) was revealed afer my death.