mohabbat mein nahin hai farq jeene aur marne ka, usi ko dekh kar jeete hain jis kaafir pe dam nikle

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Mirza Ghalib
Source
— Divan-e-Ghalib, from the ghazal "hazaaron khwahishen aisi"
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Ghalib shayari · love · shayari · Urdu poetry

— Divan-e-Ghalib, from the ghazal "hazaaron khwahishen aisi"

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देवनागरी:
मोहब्बत में नहीं है फ़र्क़ जीने और मरने का
उसी को देख कर जीते हैं जिस काफ़िर पे दम निकले

English: In love there is no difference between living and dying — I live by looking at the very one for whom I would die.

Meaning: The beloved is at once the cause of death and the reason for living. Ghalib collapses the distance between the two: in love, what kills you is also what keeps you alive.

अर्थ: इश्क़ में जीना और मरना एक ही बात है — जिसके लिए जान जाती है, उसी के दीदार से ज़िंदगी मिलती है। यही मोहब्बत का विरोधाभास है।

An authentic couplet from the Divan-e-Ghalib, the collected Urdu ghazals of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797–1869), from the ghazal beginning “hazaaron khwahishen aisi”. Transliteration and English rendering are our own.