Ghazal
हम ये तो नहीं कहते कि ग़म कह नहीं सकते
In this ghazal, the poet expresses a profound sorrow, yet admits an inability to reveal the true cause behind this grief. It reflects the helpless surrender to love and the unspoken, enigmatic allure of the beloved that cannot be put into words.
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हम ये तो नहीं कहते कि ग़म कह नहीं सकते
पर जो सबब-ए-ग़म है वो हम कह नहीं सकते
We do not say we cannot voice our pain; yet the true cause of our grief, we cannot name.
We are not saying that we cannot express our sorrow, but we cannot reveal the actual cause behind that grief.
2
हम देखते हैं तुम में ख़ुदा जाने बुतो क्या
इस भेद को अल्लाह की क़सम कह नहीं सकते
God only knows what we behold in you, O idols — by God, this secret we can never reveal.
God only knows what we see in you, O beloveds (idols); I swear by God, we cannot reveal this secret.
3
रुस्वा-ए-जहाँ करता है रो रो के हमें तू
हम तुझे कुछ ऐ दीदा-ए-नम कह नहीं सकते
You bring us disgrace before the whole world by weeping incessantly; yet, O tearful eyes, we cannot bring ourselves to reproach you.
O tearful eyes, by constantly weeping you disgrace us before the entire world, yet we are unable to say anything to you.
4
क्या पूछता है हम से तू ऐ शोख़ सितमगर
जो तू ने किए हम पे सितम कह नहीं सकते
Why do you ask of us, O playful tormentor? The cruelties you have inflicted upon us cannot be told.
Why do you ask of us, O playful tormentor? The cruelties you have inflicted upon us are beyond words to describe.
5
है सब्र जिन्हें तल्ख़-कलामी को तुम्हारी
शर्बत ही बताते हैं सम कह नहीं सकते
Those who bear with patience the bitterness of your speech / Call it sweet nectar—they cannot bring themselves to call it poison.
Those who patiently endure the bitterness of your words call it sweet syrup, for they cannot bring themselves to call it poison.
6
जब कहते हैं कुछ बात रुकावट की तिरे हम
रुक जाता है ये सीने में दम कह नहीं सकते
Whenever I try to speak of your hesitation, the breath halts within my chest—I cannot speak.
Whenever we try to speak of your hesitation or restraint, our breath halts in our chest and we are unable to speak.
7
अल्लाह रे तिरा रो'ब कि अहवाल-ए-दिल अपना
दे देते हैं हम कर के रक़म कह नहीं सकते
Good God, such is your awe! The state of our heart / We write down and hand over, but cannot bring ourselves to speak.
Good God, such is your awe that we can write down the condition of our heart and hand it over, but we cannot bring ourselves to say it aloud.
8
तूबा-ए-बहिश्ती है तुम्हारा क़द-ए-रा'ना
हम क्यूँकर कहें सर्व-ए-इरम कह नहीं सकते
Your graceful stature is the celestial Tuba of Paradise; how could we call it the cypress of Iram? We simply cannot say so.
Your graceful and lovely stature is like the heavenly tree Tuba of paradise; how could we ever call it merely the cypress of Iram? We simply cannot say so.
9
जो हम पे शब-ए-हिज्र में उस माह-ए-लक़ा के
गुज़रे हैं 'ज़फ़र' रंज ओ अलम कह नहीं सकते
The grief and anguish that befell us, O Zafar, on the night of parting from that moon-faced beloved, words fail to tell.
O Zafar, the sorrow and anguish we endured on the night of separation from that moon-faced beloved cannot be expressed in words.
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