दिल ए नादान ---मिर्झा गालिब

Dil-e-nadaan tujhe hua kya hai

In this enthralling ghazal by the famous Persian and Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib, he poetically and metaphorically asks the eternal, fundamental questions of life. These couplets do not denote any inquisition, but astonishment instead, for the wonderful things existing in this world. This famous Ghazal is a fine example of Ghalib’s acumen of crafting poetic expressions of realities around.
Sabz-o-gul kahaan se aaye hai (Where did this nature come from?), Abr kyaa chiz hai, havaa kyaa hai (What is this cloud and the wind?). Read on and take a moment to delve upon the meaning of each couplet.

Dil-e-naadaan tujhe huaa kya hai ?
Aakhir is dard kee dawa kya hai

O innocent heart, what happened to you

What is the cure for this pain, after all?

माझ्या निष्पाप हृदया , तुला झाले तरी काय आहे?
शेवटी ह्या आजारावरचे औषध तरी काय आहे ?

Hamko unse wafa ki hai ummeed
Jo naheen jaante wafa kya hai

I hope for faith from one
Who doesn’t know what it means to be faithful

आम्ही तिच्याकडून कृतज्ञतेची अपेक्षा ठेवली जिला कृतज्ञ हा शब्दच माहिती नाही आहे !

Ham hain mushtaaq aur woh bezaar
Ya ilaahee ! Yeh maajra kya hai ?

I am anxious and eager, he is cold and displeased
Oh God, what is this mystery?

मी  उत्साही उतावळा आणि ती  थंड आणि त्रासलेली
अरे  देवा , हे रहस्य तरी काय आहे ?

Main bhi muh me zabaan rakhataa hun
Kaash puchho ki mudda kyaa hai

I too have a tongue in my mouth (I too have an opinion)
If only I was I asked my intention (mudda’ is a distorted form of the actual Urdu word ‘mudua’ which means ‘ intention’, ‘will’ or ‘objective’)

मला पण  ठाम मते असतात काश कुणी विचारलं  असत की  माझे उदिष्ट काय आहे ?

Jab ki tujh bin naheen koyi maujood
Fir ye hangaama, ‘ei khuda ! Kya hai

If there is no one except you in my world
Then why this ruckus, what is this world, O God?

जर तूझ्याशिवाय जगामध्ये दुसरे कोणीच दिसत नाही ;तर हा हंगामा ' आरे देवा ' हा का आहे ?

Ye pari chehra log kaise hain
Gamaza-o-ishwa-o-ada kya hai

What are these beautiful angelic-faced women like?
What are all the airs and graces about? (their amorous glances, their coquettishness and their enticing style)

Ghamza : an amorous glance or wink; Ishwa: Coquetry (naaz/ nakhray); Ada: an enticing style or a tempting gesture (generally by women)

ह्या परीसारख्या (स्त्रीया ) कशा आहेत?
( त्यांचे ) कटाक्ष , नखरे , कुचेष्टा असे का आहेत ?

Shikan-e-zulf-e-ambari kyon hai
Nigah-e-chashm-e-surma sa kya hai

Why do these fragrant curls exist? (referring to a woman’s tresses)
What is the meaning of the glance of your eyes lined with kohl?

सुवासिक केसांच्या लहरी का आहेत ?
हे सुरमा घातलेल्या डोळ्यातील कटाक्ष काय आहेत?

Sabz-o-gul kahaan se aaye hai
Abr kyaa chiz hai, havaa kyaa hai

Where has this beautiful greenery and nature come from?
What is this cloud and the wind?

हा सुंदर निसर्ग आणि सृष्टी सौंदर्य कोठून आले आहेत?
ढग काय चीज आहे, वारा काय आहे?

Jaan tum par nisaar karta hoon
Main naheen jaanata duaa kya hai

I am willing to sacrifice my life for you
I do not know what else is prayer?

जीव तुझ्यावर कुर्बान करतो आहे
माहित नाही मला , प्रार्थना काय आहे?

Haan bhalaa kar, teraa bhalaa hogaa
Aur daravesh ki sadaa kyaa hai

Yes, do good, and good will come to you
What, but this does the dervish say?

चांगलं वाग तुझे पण चांगल होईल

आणि संतांचा सल्ला वेगळा काय आहे ?

Maine maanaa ki kuchh nahi “Ghalib”
Muft haath aaye, to buraa kyaa hai

I agree that ‘Ghalib’ is ‘nothing’,
But what harm does it do, if you get him for ‘nothing’?

मी मान्य करतो कि गालिब काहीच नाही आहे
फुकटात मिळाला तर वाईट काय आहे ?

Here is part of the ghazal as depicted in the 1954 film, Mirza Ghalib, directed by Sohrab Modi, which portrays the trials, tribulations, triumphs, and utlimate descent to poverty of Mirza Ghalib and his tragic and ill-fated love with a beautiful courtesan named Chaudvin. Bharat Bhushan played the role of Ghalib. The Urdu short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto is credited with the storyline for the movie.