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Rahiye Ab Aisi Jagah - Mirza Ghalib

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रहिये अब ऐसी जगह।  ( Stay At Such A Place ) - Mirza Ghalib 'Stay at such a place' is a three couplet Ghazal by Mirza Ghalib. It's a sad poem (ghazal) written while leaving his home due to non-payment of dues in his early days. He was feeling lonely,deserted and wants to go away from everything and everybody. He is expressing a tramp like feeling. The last sher ( couplet ) is added by me which is also conveying same feelings. I have tried to translate it here: रहिये अब ऐसी जगह चलकर जहाँ कोई न हो, हम-सुखन कोई न हो और हम-ज़ुबां कोई न हो।  Rahiye ab aisi jagah chalkar jahan koi na ho, Hum-sukhan koi na ho aur hum-zubaan koi na ho. Go and stay at such a place where there is no one else, Where no one knows our language and what we tells. बे-दर-ओ-दिवार सा एक घर बनाया चाहिए, कोई हमसाया न हो और पासबां कोई न हो।  Be-dar-o-diwaar sa ek ghar banaya chahiye, Koi humsaya na ho aur paasban koi na ho. A house should be built without doors and wa