hazaaron Khvaahishen aisii

hazaaro.n Khvaahishe.n aisii ki har Khvaaish pe dam nikale

bahut nikale mere armaa.N lekin phir bhii kam nikale

[khwaish: desire]

हज़ारों ख्वाहिशें ऐसी के हर ख्वाहिश पे दम निकले

बहुत निकले मेरे अरमान लेकिन फिर भी कम निकले।

I have a thousand desires, all desires worth dying for

Though many of my desires were fulfilled, majority remained unfulfilled.

...This is another philosophical sher of Ghalib. Here he talks about human desires which define human existence. Life is all about desires. While some of these desires do get fulfilled, others don’t. With the passage of time new desires keep getting added in this long list of desires. So even if many of a man’s desires are fulfilled, he is never satisfied, for many still remain unfulfilled.

Ghalib

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