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m:ir t:qi m:ir '
^:z:l:  in  -Aam:

                    ul:Xiupside down; contrary hað g:o s:b: t:db:irðøremedies,  kÙC n: dv:amedicine n:ð kam: eky:aworked
                    dðK:a
?   Es: eb:m:ari-O-edl:sickness of the heart n:ð AaeQ:r kam: t:m:am: eky:a   . .  1 . .  

                                  Ahdage, stage-O-j:v:an:iyouth rað-rað kaXaspent,  p:iriold age m:ðø l:iø AaúK:ðø m:Üúdclosed
                    y:an:ithat is (to say) rat: b:hØt: T:ð j:ag:ð
stayed awake,  s:Øb:h hØI,  Aaram:rest eky:a         . .  2 . .

                    hfýshortage, lack n:hiøS/He is not lacking in X j:an:-b:QS:i(power of) giving life m:ðø us:ki,  Q:Üb:ibeauty; greatness Ap:n:i eqsm:t:Fate, destiny ki
                    hm:s:ð j:að p:hl:ð ek B:ðj:asent s:aðthat m:rn:ð ka p:ò^:am:message; sentence eky:a         . .  3 . .

                    n:ahqunfairly hm: m:j:b:Üraðøhelpless ones, coerced
 ones p:r y:h t:hm:t:allegation;
 accusation hò m:ØQ:t:arifree
 will ki
                    c:aht:ð hòø s:að Aap: krðø hòø
,  hm: kað Ab:s:unjustlyb:dn:am:bad
 name eky:a     . .  4 . .

                    s:arðall erød-Aaðb:aS:scoundrels and
 blackguards j:haú kñin the world t:ØJ:s:ð s:Øj:Üdworship m:ðø rht:ð hòø
                    b:aûkñfops, dandies Xð`ð?? et:rCðdishonest ones? t:iK:ðsharp customer? s:b: ka t:ØJ:ð Em:am:Imam eky:a            . .  5 . .

                    s:rz:d?? hm:s:ð b:ðAdb:ilack of respect? t:að v:hS:t:fear m:ðø B:i km: hi hØI
                    kaðs:aðøfor miles together us:ki Aaðrin (her/his) direction, towards
 (him/her) g:y:ð p:r es:j:dabow;
 kow-tow hr hr g:am:pace eky:a      . .  6 . .

                    S:òQ:Sheikh j:að hò m:s:ej:dmasjid, mosque m:ðø n:øg:anaked, rat: kað T:a m:òQ:an:ðtavern m:ðø
                    j:Øbb:a
cloak,  eQ:rqa??,  kÙrt:akurta, tunic,  Xaðp:icap m:st:idrunkenness m:ðø En:am:prize eky:agave away     . .  7 . .

                    eks:ka kab:aKaaba (in Mecca),  kós:a eqb:l:awall in mosque which one faces when praying (towards Mecca),  kaòn: hrm:holy
 place, mosque,  Vy:a Ohram:garb worn on Haj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
                    kÜc:ðlane (where the Beloved's house
 is kñ Es:kñ b:aeS:ndaðøthe ones staying in a place n:ð s:b: kað y:hiø s:ð s:l:am: eky:asaid good-bye to (turned
 away from)       . .  8 . .

                    kaS:if only Ab: b:Ørqaburqah m:Øúhface s:ð uYa dð,  v:rn:a ePr Vy:a haes:l:obtained; gainedWhat's to be gained?
                    AaúK:eye m:Øûdðclosed p:rafter I've
 died un:n:ð g:aðeven if didarview kað Ap:n:ð Aam:for everyone eky:a      . .  9 . .

                    y:aúhere kñ s:p:ðd-Aað-es:y:ahwhite and black, this world of joy and sorrow m:ðø hm:kað dQ:l:given to us,
 possible for us j:að hò s:aðthat Et:n:a hò
                    rat: kað rað
-rað s:Øb:h eky:a(We) made it through the night. Aaòr edn: kað jy:aðø ty:aðøsomehow or other S:am: eky:a(We) got
 through the day.   . .  1 0 . .

                    s:Øb:h c:m:n:garden m:ðø us:kað khiøit happened that t:kl:if-O-hv:aneed for air l:ð AaI T:i
                    ,Q:face s:ð g:Øl:rose kað m:aðl:price el:y:a
bought; here:
 surpassed,  qam:t:figure; body s:ð s:v:ücypress ^:Øl:am:slave eky:avanquished . .  1 1 . .

                    s:aEdwrists-O-s:im:iøsilver daðn:aðø us:kñ haT: m:ðø l:a kr Cað_ edOreleased
                    B:Ül:ðwe were taken in, fooled us:kñ qaòl:
promise-Aað-qs:m:oath p:r,  hay:,  Q:y:al:thinking; idea Q:am:immature eky:a      . .  1 2 . .

                    kam:here: efforts hØO hòø s:arðall z:ay:ano good, unsuccessful hr s:aAt:instant ki s:m:aj:t:cajoling? s:ð
                    Eest:^:n:arejection? kimade c:aòg:Øn:ifourfold; here:
 so much the more un:n:ð jy:aðø
-jy:aðøthe more that
 (I) m:òø Eb:ram:importuned? eky:a    . .  1 3 . .

                    Oðs:ð AahÜgazelle-O-rm:Q:Ødaütimorous ki v:hS:t:fear,
 terror; extreme shyness K:aðn:ito lose m:ØeSkl: T:i
                    es:hrmagic eky:a
,  Oj:az:miracle eky:a,  ej:n: l:aðg:aðø n:ð t:ØJ:kað ram:tame eky:a   . .  1 4 . .

                    m:ir '  kñ din:faith-Aað-m:z:hb:religion kað Ab: p:ÜCt:ðask about Vy:a hað ?  un:n:ð t:að
                    qS:qacastemark; horizontal mark on forehead
 signifying Vaishnavite allegiance K:iøc:a
drew,  dòrtemple m:ðø b:òYa,  kb: kalong since t:küabandoning Es:l:am: eky:agave up, abandoned   . .  1 5 . .

To unglossed version of Mir Taqi Mir's  ^:z:l:  in  -Aam:
To index of poetry.

To index of  m:lhar.

Keyed in 11 Nov 2001. Posted 12 Nov 2001.