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Ghazal · Mirza Ghalib

رہا گر کوئی تا قیامت سلامت Raha gar koi ta qayamat salamat

Ghazal by Mirza Ghalib مرزا غالب (1797–1869) · 4 couplets

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رہا گر کوئی تا قیامت سلامت

پھر اک روز مرنا ہے حضرت سلامت

Raha gar koi ta qayamat salamat

Phir ik roz marna hai hazrat salamat

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جگر کو مرے عشقِ خوں نابہ مشرب

لکھے ہے ’خداوندِ نعمت سلامت‘

Jigar ko mere ishq-e-khun-naba-mashrab

Likhe hai 'khudawand-e-nemat salamat'

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علٰی الرّغم دشمن، شہیدِ وفا ہوں

مبارک مبارک سلامت سلامت

Ala-r-raghm-e-dushman, shahid-e-wafa hun

Mubarak mubarak salamat salamat

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نہیں گر سر و برگِ ادراکِ معنی

تماشائے نیرنگِ صورت سلامت

Nahin gar sar-o-barg-e-idrak-e-mani

Tamasha-e-nairang-e-surat salamat

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Source: Diwan-e-Ghalib (Nuskha-e-Nizami), Ghazaliyat, radif ت

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About this ghazal

The four couplets of this ghazal kept in the standard divan, on the radif "salamat" (safe, long may it last). The opening is a dry reminder that even someone who lives until the end of days must die one day; the rest turns the courtly greeting "salamat" into irony about love and loss.

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