THE SONG OF GHALIB
| Come, let us change the rule of heaven, | |
| let us change fate by revolving a heavy measure of wine; | |
| though the police-captain makes trouble, we will not worry, | |
| and if the king himself sends a present, we will reject it. | 2160 |
| Though Moses converse with us, we will not say a word; | |
| though Abraham be our host, we will decline him. | |
| Battling, the tribute-snatchers of the grove | |
| we will turn away from our garden’s gate with empty basket; | |
| peacefully, the birds that flutter their wings at dawn | 2165 |
| we will send back from the grove to their nests. | |
| You and I are of Haidar, so no wonder would it be | |
| if we turn back the sun towards the East. |