Ghazal
धूम थी अपनी पारसाई की
This ghazal poignantly reflects the vulnerability of a lover whose reputation for piety is undone by deep affection. It expresses a delicate fear of growing intimacy, knowing that the inevitable pain of eventual separation will be unbearable.
Source: rekhta · HI
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धूम थी अपनी पारसाई की
की भी और किस से आश्नाई की
Famed far and wide was the renown of my piety; and yet, look with whom I chose to fall in love!
There was great renown everywhere of my piety and virtue, and yet look at the person with whom I ended up falling in love.
2
क्यूँ बढ़ाते हो इख़्तिलात बहुत
हम को ताक़त नहीं जुदाई की
Why deepen this intimacy so much? / I do not have the strength to bear separation.
Why do you increase this closeness and intimacy so much? I do not possess the strength to bear the sorrow of separation.
3
मुँह कहाँ तक छुपाओगे हम से
तुम को आदत है ख़ुद-नुमाई की
How long can you hide your face from me? / When revealing yourself is second nature to you.
How long will you keep hiding your face from me, considering you have a habit of displaying yourself?
4
लाग में हैं लगाओ की बातें
सुल्ह में छेड़ है लड़ाई की
In feigned hostility dwell words of fond affection, / And in each truce lies the tease of a quarrel.
of affection are hidden within apparent hostility, and even in moments of peace lies the teasing provocation of another fight.
5
मिलते ग़ैरों से हो मिलो लेकिन
हम से बातें करो सफ़ाई की
Go on, consort with rivals if you must, but speak with me, at least, in candid truth.
If you associate with strangers or rivals, go ahead and do so, but at least speak with me with honesty and clarity.
6
दिल रहा पा-ए-बंद-ए-उल्फ़त-ए-दाम
थी अबस आरज़ू रिहाई की
The heart remained captive in the snare of love; in vain was every longing to be free.
The heart remained bound in the snare of love, making any longing for freedom completely futile.
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दिल भी पहलू में हो तो याँ किस से
रखिए उम्मीद दिलरुबाई की
Even if the heart were still within the breast, from whom here / Could one ever hold the hope of heart-stealing grace?
Even if the heart were still present in one's chest, from whom here could one ever hope for love or heart-winning charm?
8
शहर ओ दरिया से बाग़ ओ सहरा से
बू नहीं आती आश्नाई की
From city and river, from garden and desert bare / No scent of kinship rises anywhere.
No scent of familiarity or friendship comes from anywhere—neither from the city and the river, nor from the garden and the desert.
9
न मिला कोई ग़ारत-ए-ईमाँ
रह गई शर्म पारसाई की
No plunderer of faith ever crossed my way; and so the honor of my piety was saved.
No one who could ruin or plunder my faith ever crossed my path, and so the dignity of my piety was preserved.
10
बख़्त-ए-हम-दास्तानी-ए-शैदा
तू ने आख़िर को ना-रसाई की
O fortune of this mad lover's shared tale, in the end, you only fell short of the mark.
Addressing the fortune of his shared tale of love, the poet laments that in the end, it proved deficient and failed to reach fulfillment.
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सोहबत-ए-गाह-गाही-ए-रश्की
तू ने भी हम से बेवफ़ाई की
O fleeting companionship born of envy, / Even you have broken faith with me.
O occasional companionship of Rashki, even you have proven unfaithful to us.
12
मौत की तरह जिस से डरते थे
साअ'त आ पहुँची उस जुदाई की
The separation that we dreaded just like death / The fateful hour of it has now arrived.
The moment of that separation which we feared just like death has finally arrived.
13
ज़िंदा फिरने की है हवस 'हाली'
इंतिहा है ये बे-हयाई की
To still crave wandering alive, O Hali / Is surely the ultimate height of shamelessness.
O Hali, to still harbor the craving to wander around alive is the absolute limit of shamelessness.
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