لازم تھا کہ دیکھو مرا رستا کوئی دن اور
تنہا گئے کیوں اب رہو تنہا کوئی دن اور
مرزا غالب –
laazim thaa ki dekho mira rastaa koi din aur
tanha gaye kyuN ab raho tanhaa koi din aur
– Mirza Ghalib
लाज़िम था कि देखो मिरा रस्ता कोई दिन और
तन्हा गए क्यूँ अब रहो तन्हा कोई दिन और
– मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब
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It was only right that you needed to wait a few more days for me
you went alone, now for a few more days you must remain lonely
This ghazal is an elegy for Zainul Abidin Khan Arif, Ghalib’s adopted son, who was also his wife’s nephew. Ghalib had seven children, but all of them died young, and then Arif too died at a young age of thirty-five.