दिल ही तो है
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दिल ही तो है न संग-ओ-ख़िश्त
दर्द से भर न आए क्यूँ
रोएँगे हम हज़ार बार
कोई हमें सताए क्यूँ
It’s only a heart, not brick and stone
Why wouldn't it be pervaded by pain?
I will cry a thousand times
Why would anyone aggravate (reprimand) me?
दैर नहीं हरम नहीं
दर नहीं आस्तान नहीं
बैठे हैं रहगुज़र पे हम
ग़ैर हमें उठाए क्यूँ
Neither (on) a temple, nor a mosque
Neither (on) a doorstep, nor a threshold
I have seated on a well-trodden path
Why would a stranger make me stand up?
जब वो जमाल-ए-दिल-फ़रोज़
सूरत-ए-महर-ए-नीम-रोज़
आप ही हो नज़ारा-सोज़
पर्दे में मुँह छुपाए क्यूँ
When (they) are a heart-inflaming beauty
a countenance like the warmth of midday
and it is you the exciting sight
why conceal the face behind a veil?
दश्ना-ए-ग़म्ज़ा जान-सिताँ
नावक-ए-नाज़ बेपनाह
तेरा ही अक्स-ए-रुख़ सही
सामने तेरे आए क्यूँ
Life-taking, dagger-like glances
unavoidable darts of grace
Why even the reflection of your face
would (dare to) come in front of you?
क़ैद-ए-हयात ओ बंद-ए-ग़म
अस्ल में दोनों एक हैं
मौत से पहले आदमी
ग़म से नजात पाए क्यूँ
The prison of life and the bondage of grief
are both essentially the same thing
Why would Man, before death,
rid himself of sorrow?
हुस्न और उस पे हुस्न-ए-ज़ान
रह गई बुलहवस की शर्म
अपने पे एतिमाद है
ग़ैर को आज़माए क्यूँ
Beauty and, on top, intelligence
the bashfulness of the lusty was kept
Such self-confidence
why would anyone test her?
वाँ वह ग़ुरूर-ए-इज्ज़ ओ नाज़
याँ यह हिजाब-ए-पास-ए-वज़अ
राह में हम मिलें कहाँ
बज़्म में वो बुलाए क्यूँ
On the one hand, that pride of humility and grace
on the other hand, this behavior of observance of modesty
On the road, where would we meet?
On a gathering, why would (they) call me?
हाँ वो नहीं ख़ुदा-परस्त
जाओ वो बेवफ़ा सही
जिस को हो दीन ओ दिल अज़ीज़
उस की गली में जाए क्यूँ
Yes, (they) are not pious,
so let (them) be faithless!
He who is a dear of the faith and the heart
why go into his path?
ग़ालिब-ए-ख़स्ता के बग़ैर
कौन से काम बंद हैं
रोइए ज़ार ज़ार क्या
कीजिए हाए हाए क्यूँ
Without Ghalib "the infirm"
whose affairs have stopped?
Cry a river, it doesn't matter
Why moaning and groaning?
About this song
- Singer
- Jagjit Singh
- Lyrics
- Ghalib
- On screen
- Naseeruddin Shah
dil hii to hai (Hindi: दिल ही तो है, Urdu: دِل ہی تو ہے) "It is Just a Heart", is very popular Ghazal written by the Urdu poet Ghalib.
It has been recited and musicalized by several artists up to this day.
As a song, it was notably featured in the 1998 Indian TV series "Mirza Ghalib", where some verses were sung by Jagjit Singh.
The actor playing Ghalib was
Naseeruddin Shah.
Notice the usage of vo in a gender-less, number-less way in these stanzas:
bazm meN vo bulaae kyuuN
in a meeting, why would (she/he/they) call me?
haaN, vo nahiiN xudaa-parast
yes, (he/she/they) are not pious
jaao vo bevafaa sahii
so let (he/she/them) be faithless!
Usually translated as "they" or "them", it is as a poetic device very common in Urdu poetry. Its purpose is to leave the object of one's love unspecified.
