دِل ہی تو ہے
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دِل ہی تو ہے نَہ سَنْگ و خِشْت
دَرْد سے بھر نَہ آئے کیوں
روئیں گے ہَم ہزار بار
کوئی ہَمِیں ستائے کیوں
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?
دَیر نَہِیں حَرَم نَہِیں
در نَہِیں آسْتان نَہِیں
بیٹھے ہَیں رَہ گُزَر پہ ہَم
غیر ہَمِیں اٹھائے کیوں
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?
جَب وہ جَمالِ دِلِ فروز
صورتِ مِہرِ نیم روز
آپ ہی ہو نَظَارہ سوز
پَرْدَے میں مُنہ چھپائے کیوں
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?
دشنۂ غمزہ جان سِتاں
ناوکِ ناز بے پَناہ
تیرا ہی عکسِ رُخ سہی
سامْنے تیرے آئے کیوں
Life-taking, dagger-like glances
unavoidable darts of grace
Why even the reflection of your face
would (dare to) come in front of you?
قَیدِ حَیات و بَنْدِ غم
اَصْل میں دونوں ایک ہَیں
مَوت سے پَہْلے آدْمی
غم سے نَجات پائے کیوں
The prison of life and the bondage of grief
are both essentially the same thing
Why would Man, before death,
rid himself of sorrow?
حُسن اَور اُس پہ حُسنِ ظّن
رَہ گئی بوالہوس کی شرم
اپْنے پہ اِعْتِماد ہے
غیر کو آزمائے کیوں
Beauty and, on top, intelligence
the bashfulness of the lusty was kept
Such self-confidence
why would anyone test her?
واں وہ غُرُورِ عَِجْز و ناز
یاں یہ حِجابِ پاسِ وَضع
راہ میں ہَم ملیں کَہاں
بَزْم میں وہ بُلائے کیوں
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?
ہاں وہ نَہِیں خُدا پَرَسْت
جاؤ وہ بے وفا سہی
جِس کو ہو دین و دِل عَزِیز
اُس کی گلی میں جائے کیوں
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?
غالِبِ خستہ کے بغیر
کون سے کام بَنْد ہَیں
روئے زار زار کْیا
کِیجِیے ہائے ہائے کیوں
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.
