No Hope Comes My Way

No hope comes my way No visage shows itself to me That death will come one day is definite Then why does sleep evade me all night? I used to laugh at the state of my heart Now no one thing brings a smile Though I know the reward of religious devotion My attention does not settle in that direction It is for these reasons that I am quiet If not, would I not converse with you? Why should I not remember you? Even if you cannot hear my lament You don't see the anguish in my heart O healer, the scent of my pain eludes you I am now at that point That even I don't know myself I die in the hope of dying Death arrives and then never arrives How will you face Mecca, Ghalib When shame doesn't come to you