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Ghazal · Altaf Hussain Hali

بری اور بھلی سب گزر جائے گی Buri aur bhali sab guzar jayegi

Ghazal by Altaf Hussain Hali الطاف حسین حالی (1837–1914) · 4 couplets

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ملے گا نہ گلچیں کو گل کا پتا

ہر اک پنکھڑی یوں بکھر جائے گی

Milega na gulchin ko gul ka pata

Har ik pankhdi yun bikhar jayegi

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رہیں گے نہ ملاح یہ دن سدا

کوئی دن میں گنگا اتر جائے گی

Rahenge na mallah ye din sada

Koi din mein Ganga utar jayegi

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ادھر ایک ہم اور زمانہ ادھر

یہ بازی تو سو بسوے ہر جائے گی

Idhar ek hum aur zamana udhar

Ye baazi to sau biswe har jayegi

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سنیں گے نہ حالیؔ کی کب تک صدا

یہی ایک دن کام کر جائے گی

Sunenge na Hali ki kab tak sada

Yahi ek din kaam kar jayegi

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Source: Kulliyat-e-Hali, Ghazaliyat

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About this ghazal

A short ghazal of calm acceptance, known by its opening line "bad and good, all of it will pass". The couplets given here use homely images, the scattered petals and the boatman whose busy days will end when the Ganga falls, and close with Hali's confidence that his voice will be heard one day. The opening couplet reads differently in the sources, so it is left out. 3 couplets of the original are not included here.

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