Ye Na Thi Hamaari Qismat

Rafi Version:

Ustaad Amanat Ali Khan version:

Lyrics by Mirza Ghalib

ye na thii hamaarii qismat ke visaal-e-yaar hotaa
agar aur jiite rahate yahii intazaar hotaa

Qismat: Category, Fortune, Fate, Head, Lot, Luck, Portion, Share
Visaal: Meeting, Union
Yaar: Beloved Fellow, Friend, Lover, Companion
Intazaar: Await, Expectation, Lurch, Waiting (Anxiously)

tere vaade par jiye ham to ye jaan jhuuTh jaanaa
ke Khushii se mar na jaate agar aitabaar hotaa

Vaada: Promise
Jhuuth: Lie, Falsehood
Aitbaar: To Trust, Believe

terii naazukii se jaanaa ki ba.Ndhaa thaa ahd_bodaa
kabhii tuu na to.D sakataa agar ustuvaar hotaa

Naazuki: Tenderness
Bandhnaa: Bind, Tie
Ahd: Promise, Oath
Bodaa: Weak, feeble; soft, faint-hearted, low-spirited, timid; low, mean, trifling, trivial, worthless
Ustuvaar: Strong, powerful; stable, firm; even, level, equal; straight; determined

koii mere dil se puuchhe tere tiir-e-niimakash ko
ye Khalish kahaa.N se hotii jo jigar ke paar hotaa

Tiir: Arrow
Niim: Half, Margosa, Middle, Quasi
Kash: Drawing, pulling; carrying, bearing, enduring; drawer; bearer
Tiir-e-Niim_Kash: Half drawn arrow
Khalish: Prick, Pain, Anxiety, Apprehension, Suspicion
Jigar: Courage, Liver, Heart, Soul, Mind, Vitals
Paar: Across, Opposite Bank, End, Termination

ye kahaa.N kii dostii hai ke bane hai.n dost naaseh
koii chaaraasaaz hotaa, koii Gam_gusaar hotaa

Naaseh: Preacher, Counselor
Chaaraasaaz: Healer, Doctor, One Who Can Cure
Gham: Concern, Care, Grief, Sorrow, Woe
Gusaar: Taking Away, Dissipating, Removing
Gham_Gusaar: Sympathiser

rag-e-sang se Tapakataa wo lahuu ki phir na thamataa
jise Gam samajh rahe ho ye agar sharaar hotaa

Rag: Nerve, Vessel, Veins
Sang: Stone, Weight
Tapakna: To Leak, To Drip, To Fall Down (Fruits)
Lahoo: Blood
Thamna: To Stop
Sharaar: Flash, Gleam

Gam agarche jaa.N_gulis hai, pe kahaa.N bache.n ke dil hai
Gam-e-ishq gar na hotaa, Gam-e-rozagaar hotaa

Agarche: Although
Jaan-Gulis: Drawing, pulling; carrying, bearing, enduring; drawer; bearer
Rozgaar: Earning, Livelihood

kahuu.N kis se mai.n ke kyaa hai, shab-e-Gam burii balaa hai
mujhe kyaa buraa thaa maranaa agar ek baar hotaa

Shab: Night

hue mar ke ham jo rusavaa, hue kyo.N na Garq-e-dariyaa
na kabhii janaazaa uThataa, na kahii.n mazaar hotaa

Rusvaa: Disgraced, Embarrassed, Humiliated, Infamous
Garq: Drown
Dariyaa: River
Janaazaa: Corpse Funeral
Mazaar: Mausoleum, Shrine, Tomb, Grave

use kaun dekh sakataa ki yagaanaa hai wo yaktaa
jo duii kii buu bhii hotii to kahii.n do chaar hotaa

Yagaanaa: Kinsman, Kindred, Relative
Yaktaa: Single, Unique, Matchless, Incomparable, Unequal
Duii: Two, Duality
Buu: Fragrance, Odour

ye masaail-e-tasavvuf, ye teraa bayaan ‘Ghalib’
tujhe ham walii samajhate, jo na baadaa_Khvaar hotaa

Masaail: Topics
Tasavvuf: Mysticism
Bayaan: Account, Declare, Description, Explanation, Manifestation, Narration, Relate, State Statement, Tale
Ghalib: A reference to the poet, Mirza Ghalib
Walii: Lord, Prince, Master, Friend, Guardian, Saint
Baadaa: Booze, Wine
Khvaar: Abject, Deserted, Friendless, Poor, Wretched
Baadaa_Khvaar: Boozer, Drunkard