Ghazal
भरी है दिल में जो हसरत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
This ghazal expresses the profound helplessness and solitude of a lover burdened with unspoken yearnings and distress. Unable to find a sympathetic listener, and constrained by the beloved's hidden malice and mistrust, the poet finds no one with whom to share their heart's true pain.
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भरी है दिल में जो हसरत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
सुने है कौन मुसीबत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
The longing that fills my heart, to whom should I confess? / Who ever listens to affliction, to whom should I confess?
To whom should I express the longing that fills my heart? No one listens to anyone's suffering here, so to whom should I tell my distress?
2
जो तू हो साफ़ तो कुछ मैं भी साफ़ तुझ से कहूँ
तिरे है दिल में कुदूरत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
Were you sincere, I too would speak to you with open candor; but rancor fills your heart—to whom, then, should I speak?
If your heart were clear and sincere, I too would speak openly with you; but when your own heart holds malice, whom should I tell?
3
न कोहकन है न मजनूँ कि थे मिरे हमदर्द
मैं अपना दर्द-ए-मोहब्बत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
Neither the mountain-carver remains nor Majnun, who once shared my grief; To whom, then, should I recount this agony of love?
Neither Kohkan (Farhad) nor Majnun remains to sympathize with me; now to whom should I narrate my pain of love?
4
दिल उस को आप दिया आप ही पशेमाँ हूँ
कि सच है अपनी नदामत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
I gave away my heart myself, and now myself repent; in truth, to whom can I confess a shame entirely my own?
I gave my heart to them of my own choice and now I myself regret it; in truth, who can I even express this embarrassment to when it is entirely my own doing?
5
कहूँ मैं जिस से उसे होवे सुनते ही वहशत
फिर अपना क़िस्सा-ए-वहशत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
Whomever I tell is seized with dread the moment they hear; to whom then should I recount this tale of my wild despair?
Whoever I speak to is instantly struck with dread upon hearing it; to whom then should I recount this tale of my wild despair?
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रहा है तू ही तो ग़म-ख़्वार ऐ दिल-ए-ग़म-गीं
तिरे सिवा ग़म-ए-फ़ुर्क़त कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
You alone have been my comforter, O sorrow-laden heart; to whom else but you could I recount the pain of parting?
O sorrowful heart, you alone have been my comforter; to whom else besides you can I express the pain of separation?
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जो दोस्त हो तो कहूँ तुझ से दोस्ती की बात
तुझे तो मुझ से अदावत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
Were you a friend, I would speak to you of friendship's grace; but you harbor enmity toward me—to whom then should I plead my case?
If you were a friend, I would talk to you about friendship, but you bear enmity toward me; to whom else then should I speak?
8
न मुझ को कहने की ताक़त कहूँ तो क्या अहवाल
न उस को सुनने की फ़ुर्सत कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
I lack the strength to speak my plight, what state could I unfold? / Nor has she leisure left to hear, to whom should it be told?
I lack the strength to express my condition, and even if I could, what would I say; nor does the beloved have the leisure to listen, so to whom else should I speak?
9
किसी को देखता इतना नहीं हक़ीक़त में
'ज़फ़र' मैं अपनी हक़ीक़त कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
In truth, I find no one who truly understands; O Zafar, to whom then should I confess the reality of my plight?
In reality, I do not see anyone who understands so deeply; O Zafar, to whom then should I tell the truth of my condition?
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