Ghazal
अपने पहलू से वो ग़ैरों को उठा ही न सके
This ghazal captures the pain of unexpressed sorrow and the estrangement caused by a beloved who remains surrounded by others. It reflects the poet's helplessness in sharing their heartache, set against the paradox of an elusive beloved whose essence exceeds the vastest bounds of human contemplation.
Source: rekhta · HI
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अपने पहलू से वो ग़ैरों को उठा ही न सके
उन को हम क़िस्सा-ए-ग़म अपना सुना ही न सके
They could not bring themselves to dismiss rivals from their side; nor could we ever recount our sorrow's tale to them.
They could not make rivals move away from their side, and we could never tell them the tale of our sorrow.
2
ज़ेहन मेरा वो क़यामत कि दो-आलम पे मुहीत
आप ऐसे कि मिरे ज़ेहन में आ ही न सके
Such a marvel is my mind that it encompasses both the worlds, yet so beyond are you that you could never be contained within my thought.
My mind is so vast that it encompasses both worlds, yet you are such that you could never be contained within my mind.
3
देख लेते जो उन्हें तो मुझे रखते म'अज़ूर
शैख़-साहिब मगर उस बज़्म में जा ही न सके
Had the Sheikh but seen my beloved, he would have pardoned my plight; but alas, to that assembly, the pious elder could never venture.
If the Sheikh had seen my beloved, he would have excused my condition, but he could never go to that gathering.
4
अक़्ल महँगी है बहुत इश्क़ ख़िलाफ़-ए-तहज़ीब
दिल को इस अहद में हम काम में ला ही न सके
Reason costs far too dear, and love offends decorum; in this era, we could never put the heart to use.
Wisdom is very costly and love is considered against decorum, so in this era we could never put our heart to any use.
5
हम तो ख़ुद चाहते थे चैन से बैठें कोई दम
आप की याद मगर दिल से भुला ही न सके
I longed myself to rest in peace, if only for a while / Yet your remembrance from my heart, I never could exile.
I myself wanted to sit in peace for a moment, but I simply could not erase your memory from my heart.
6
इश्क़ कामिल है उसी का कि पतंगों की तरह
ताब नज़्ज़ारा-ए-माशूक़ की ला ही न सके
His love alone is consummate who, like the fragile moth, could never bear the blinding sight of the beloved's face.
True and complete love belongs only to the one who, like a moth, cannot bear the overwhelming sight of the beloved.
7
दाम-ए-हस्ती की भी तरकीब अजब रक्खी है
जो फँसे उस में वो फिर जान बचा ही न सके
Strange indeed is the contrivance of this snare of existence; whoever is caught within it can never escape with life.
The trap of worldly existence is designed in such a strange manner that whoever gets caught in it can never escape with their life.
8
मज़हर-ए-जल्वा-ए-जानाँ है हर इक शय 'अकबर'
बे-अदब आँख किसी सम्त उठा ही न सके
Every single thing reflects the Beloved's radiant grace, O Akbar; in no direction could an irreverent eye dare lift its gaze.
O Akbar, every single thing is a manifestation of the Beloved's radiance, so an irreverent eye cannot dare to look in any direction.
9
ऐसी मंतिक़ से तो दीवानगी बेहतर 'अकबर'
कि जो ख़ालिक़ की तरफ़ दिल को झुका ही न सके
Far better than such logic is sheer madness, Akbar, that cannot even bow the heart toward its Creator.
Akbar says that sheer madness is far better than such logic or intellect that cannot even incline one's heart toward the Creator.
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