Yaarab ! wo na samjhe hain na samjhenge meree baat, De aur dil unko, jo na de mujhko zubaan aur

Hai  bas ki har ik unke ishaare meiN nishaaN aur
Karte haiN  muhobbat to guzarata hai  gumaaN aur

[ gumaaN = doubt/suspicion ]


Yaarab ! wo na samjhe haiN na samjheNge meree baat
De  aur  dil  unko, jo  na de  mujhko  zubaaN  aur


Abroo se hai  kya us nigah-e-naaz ko paiwand
Hai teer muqarrar magar uskee hai kamaaN aur

[ abroo = eyebrow, paiband = patch ]


Tum shahar meiN ho to hameiN kya GHam ? jab uTHeNge
Le  aayenge   baazaar  se  jaakar  dil-o-jaaN   aur


Harchand   subak_dast    hue   but_shikanee   meiN
Ham haiN, to abhee raah meiN hai sang-e-giraaN aur

[ subak_dast (or sabuk_dast both are correct) = expert,
but_shikanee = iconoclast, sang = stone, giraaN = heavy ]


Hai KHoon-e-jigar josh meiN dil khol ke rota
Hote  kaee jo deeda-e-KHooNnaaba_fishaaN aur

[ deeda = eye, KHooNnaaba = mixture of blood and water,
{KHooNnaaba = KHooN (= blood) + aab (= water)}, fishaaN = shed
/spread, KHooNnaaba_fishaaN = to sheds tears of blood ]


Marta hooN is aawaaz pe  harchand sar uD jaay
Jallaad ko lekin wo kahe jaayaiN ki 'haaN aur'

[ jallaad = executioner ]


LogoN  ko hai KHursheed-e-jahaaN  taab  ka dhoka
Har roz dikhaata hooN maiN ik daaGH-e-nihaaN aur

[ Khursheed = sun, taab = power/courage, nihaaN = hidden ]


Leta, na agar dil tumhe deta,  koee dam cheiNn
Karta, jo na marta koee din, aah-o-fuGHaaN aur

[ fuGHaaN = clamour ]


Paate naheeN jab raah, to chaD jaate haiN naale
Ruktee hai meree tab'a  to hotee hai ravaaN aur

[ naale = lamentation, tab'a = temperament ]


HaiN aur bhee duniya  meiN suKHanwar bohot achche
Kehte haiN ki 'GHalib' ka hai andaaz-e-bayaaN aur

[ suKHanwar = poet ]