mere rone ki haqiqat jis mein thi
ek muddat tak wo kaghaz nam raha
where the true saga of my weeping was contained
sodden, moist for ages then, that paper remained
Mir Taqi Mir
'mir' amdan bhi koi marta hai
jaan hai to jahan hai pyare
Mir Taqi Mir
'mir' ko kyun na mughtanim jaane
agle logon mein ek raha hai ye
Mir Taqi Mir
mere saliqe se meri nibhi mohabbat mein
tamam umr main nakaamiyon se kaam liya
in my own way I have dealt with love you see
all my life I made my failures work for me
Mir Taqi Mir
'mir' un nim-baz aankhon mein
sari masti sharab ki si hai
Mir Taqi Mir
'mir' sahab tum farishta ho to ho
aadmi hona to mushkil hai miyan
Mir Taqi Mir
main jo bola kaha ki ye aawaz
usi KHana-KHarab ki si hai
Mir Taqi Mir
'mir' ke din-o-mazhab ko ab puchhte kya ho un ne to
qashqa khincha dair mein baiTha kab ka tark islam kiya
Why is it you seek to know, of Miir's religion, sect, for he
Sits in temples, painted brow, well on the road to heresy
Mir Taqi Mir
'mir' hum mil ke bahut KHush hue tum se pyare
is KHarabe mein meri jaan tum aabaad raho
Mir Taqi Mir