1/14: gham

hayaat ek mustaqqil gham ke siwa

kuch bhi naheen

shaayad khushi bhi yaad aati hai toh

aansoon bankar aati hai

life is nothing

but endless sorrow

even joy, when remembered

returns, perhaps, only as tears

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

2/14: gham

gham-e-zamaana ne

majboor kar diya warna

ye aarzoo thi ki

bas teri aarzoo karte

the sorrows of the world

have made me helpless

else, my only desire

was to desire only you

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

3/14: gham

tumhaare hisse ke jitne bhi

gham hain main le luun

mere naseeb ki har ek

khushi mile tum ko

may i take all the sorrows

that are meant for you

and may all the happiness

destined for me...be yours

Theme:Friends, Family & Community (108)

4/14: gham

daanista ham ne apne

sabhi gham chhupaa liye

poocha kisi ne haal

to bas muskuraa diye

deliberately, knowingly

i hid all my sorrows

when someone asked how i was

i just smiled

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

5/14: gham

tumhe is inquilaab-e-deher ka

kya gham hai, ai akbar

bahut nazdeek hain woh din

ke tum hoge na hum honge

why do you worry so much about

tumult and changes of the world, oh akbar

that day is near when

neither will you nor i be around

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

6/14: gham

tujhe paane ki koshish mein

kuchh itna kho chuka huun main

ki tu mil bhi agar jaaye to

ab milne ka gham hoga

in my attempts to gain you

i have lost so much

even if you become mine

i will be sad about it

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

7/14: gham

agar dard-e-mohabbat se

na insaan aashna hota

na kuchh marne ka gham hota

na jeene ka maza hota

if one is not familiar

with the pain of love

he feels neither the sadness

of death nor the joy of life

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)

8/14: gham

sun ke saari

daastaan-e-ranj-o-gham

kah diya us ne ki

phir hum kya karen

after listening to my entire

story of sorrow and despair

she said

well, what can i do?

Theme:Miscellany (44)

9/14: gham

gham mujhe, hasrat mujhe

vahshat mujhe, saudaa mujhe

ek dil de kar khuda ne

de diya kya kya mujhe

sorrow, unfulfilled desires

craziness, passion, and frenzy

by giving me a heart, o god,

what all have you set me up with?

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

10/14: gham

dil na-ummeed to nahi

nakaam hi to hai

lambi hai gham ki shaam

magar shaam hi to hai

the heart is not hopeless

just not sorted for now

long is the night of sorrow

yet, it is just a night (that'll pass)

Theme:Grit, Resilience & Courage (36)

11/14: gham

jaanta hoon ek aise

shakhs ko mein bhi 'muneer'

gham se pathar ho gaya

lekin kabhi roya nahin

i too know of

one such person, ‘muneer’

whom sorrow has turned into a stone

but he never shed a tear

Theme:Grit, Resilience & Courage (36)

12/14: gham

dil ko bhi gham ka

saleeqa na tha pahle pahle

us ko bhi bhoolna

accha laga pahle pahle

initially, the heart too did not know

the ways and methods of grief

initially, it felt good

for it to overlook, forget

Theme:Heart, Mind & Memory (58)

13/14: gham

aye gham-e-zindagi

na ho naaraaz

mujh ko aadat hai

muskuraane ki

oh sorrow of life

don’t be angry

it is my habit

to smile

Theme:Miscellany (44)

14/14: gham

khud ko paaya to

gham-e-aalam mein bhi khushi paayi

tanhaayi mein bhi

apni hi mehfil sajaayi

when I found myself

i found joy even in worldly sorrows

even in solitude

i arranged my own gathering

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)