Ghalib Quotes

“Love demands patience, desire is restless; What color shall I paint the heart, until you savage it? You shall not ignore me when the time comes, I know, but I may turn to dust before the news reaches you.”
― Ghalib

“This life of ours—the act of being born—what is it but ishq? This is worldly
love, ishq-e-majazi. And the closer we approach death, the path of divine love, ishq-e-haqiqi, opens up
before us. You have to keep ishq-e-haqiqi only for the Lord. You no longer have Begum Falak Ara
before you, nor Munirabai, nor Manto bhai’s Begu or Ismat, there’s only he, Alhamdulillah. But how
many of us can actually tread that path? Maula Rumi did. Each of us is a moth, whirling around in the
trap set by ishq-e-majazi. Have you noticed the irony, Manto bhai? Ishq-e-majazi is worldly love, it’s like
loving a picture or a symbol; and ishq-e-haqiqi, which is only directed at Allah, is true love. What does
this mean? We are all shadow puppets, spinning about in a symbolic forest of love.”
― Rabisankar Bal, Dozakhnama

“This life of ours—the act of being born—what is it but ishq? This is worldly love, ishq-e-majazi. And the closer we approach death, the path of divine love, ishq-e-haqiqi, opens up before us. You have to keep ishq-e-haqiqi only for the Lord. You no longer have Begum Falak Ara before you, nor Munirabai, nor Manto bhai’s Begu or Ismat, there’s only he, Alhamdulillah. But how many of us can actually tread that path? Maula Rumi did. Each of us is a moth, whirling around in the trap set by ishq-e-majazi. Have you noticed the irony, Manto bhai? Ishq-e-majazi is worldly love, it’s like loving a picture or a symbol; and ishq-e-haqiqi, which is only directed at Allah, is true love. What does this mean? We are all shadow puppets, spinning about in a symbolic forest of love.”
― Rabisankar Bal, Dozakhnama

“ख़ुद से ही खफा हूँ, और फिर भी हर ख्वाब में तुझे ढूँढता हूँ; ये दिल तो Ghalib की तरह, मोहब्बत में हमेशा खो जाता है।”
― Neerav Patel ( Cyber Expert)

“दिल के जख़्म पर कोई मरहम नहीं लगाता,
पर हर कोई सलाह देने का शौक़ रखता है।”
― Neerav Patel ( Cyber Expert)

“ख्वाबों में जो हँसता है, असल में वही रोता है,
और जो रोता है, वही दुनिया को हँसाता है।”
― Neerav Patel ( Cyber Expert)