Hazaaron khwaaishen aisi...

I have become a big fan of Mirza Ghalib ever since I bought this book "Mirza Ghalib - Selected Lyrics and Letters" by K.C Kanda.
But what stands like class of its own is this "Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi"
I feel this like mine own story told in simplest and shortest way. At times, I feel in same way that i m all alone and left with nothing but thousands of desires left to be fulfilled. Nothing seems to come the way i want them to and then i turn to these words and feel that even if i am not very good at things, i have a desire to go ...

Hazaaron Khwaaishen aisi ki har khwaaish pe dum nikle
Bahut nikle mere armaan lekin phir bhi kam nikle

Nikalna khuld se aadam ka sunte aaye hain lekin
Bahut be-aabru hokar tere kooche se hum nikle

Mohabbat mein nahin hai fark jeene aur marne ka
Ussi ko dekh kar jeete hain jis kaafir pe dum nikle

Khuda ke vaaste parda na kabra se utha zaalim
Kahin aisa na ho yahan bhi wahi kaafir sanam nikle

Haan mehkhane ka darwaza 'Ghalib' aur kahaan vaaiz
Par itna jaante hain kal wo jaata tha ke hum nikle

- Mirza Asadullah Khan 'Ghalib'