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अर्ज़-ए-नाज़-ए-शोख़ी-ए-दंदाँ बराए-ख़ंदा है

Name: अर्ज़-ए-नाज़-ए-शोख़ी-ए-दंदाँ बराए-ख़ंदा है — Mirza Ghalib
Uploaded: 2026-10-04T03:00:46.150Z
Duration: 5 min 58 s
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The verses

अर्ज़-ए-नाज़-ए-शोख़ी-ए-दंदाँ बराए-ख़ंदा है दावा-ए-जम'इय्यत-ए-अहबाब जा-ए-ख़ंदा है
Meaning: The coy display of teeth's playfulness is for laughter;The claim of gathering friends is a cause for laughter.
ख़ुद-फ़रोशी-हा-ए-हस्ती बस-कि जा-ए-ख़ंदा है हर शिकस्त-ए-क़ीमत-ए-दिल में सदा-ए-ख़ंदा है
Meaning: The self-display of life, it is but a source of mirth,In every broken value of the heart, laughter takes its birth.
नक़्श-ए-इबरत दर नज़र या नक़्द-ए-इशरत दर बिसात दो-जहाँ वुसअ'त ब-क़द्र-ए-यक-फ़ज़ा-ए-ख़ंदा है
Meaning: Is it a warning's trace before the eye, or pleasure's coin on life's wide spread?The two worlds' vastness, reaching high, is but one space a smile has shed.
जा-ए-इस्तिहज़ा है इशरत-कोशी-ए-हस्ती 'असद' सुब्ह ओ शबनम फ़ुर्सत-ए-नश्व-ओ-नुमा-ए-ख़ंदा है
Meaning: Asad, life's joyful striving is but a place for scorn and jest,For morning's dew and laughter's bloom, briefest leisure, at best.