Yeh kahan ki Dosti hai, ke bane hain Dost Naaseeh
Koi Chaara-saaz hota, koi gum-guzaar hota!
Yeh na thi hamari kismat ke visaal-e-yaar hota!
(Naaseeh = adviser just like Naseehat= advice
Chaara saaz = healer just like Chaara = treatment
Gum-guzaar = Sympathizer, someone you can vent your 'gum' to
Visaal = meeting )
I wanted to post this Sher by Ghalib for some time, but I waited, for I hoped to write a tolerable English translation for it. I have given up now. The second line is impossible to translate.
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