sab kaha kuchh lala o gul me numaya ho gayi
khak me kya surate hogi to pinha ho gayi
ranjise kho kar hua insan to mit jata hai ranj
ranjise kho kar hua insan to mit jata hai ranj
mushkile mujh par padi itani ki aasan ho gayi
yu hi agar rota raha galib to main ye le jahan
dekhna in bastiyo ko tum ke viran ho gayi

Where all bloom, the rose and tulip's blush, now gleam,
Concealed within the dust, what forms did dream.
Sorrow's loss, a mortal's end, a fading trace,
Sorrow's loss, a mortal's end, erased from space.
Burdened hard, the path, now ease descends,
If Ghalib wept, and cried until the end,
Behold these towns, once vibrant, now in blight,
A desert's whisper in the fading light.