Ghazal
Jab Ki Pahlu Men Hamare But-e-khud-kam Na Ho
जब कि पहलू में हमारे बुत-ए-ख़ुद-काम न हो
This ghazal expresses the profound agony of separation and ceaseless weeping in the absence of a proud, self-willed beloved. Tormented by heartbreak, the poet laments their lost peace and vents their anguish through a bitter reproach, wishing unrest upon the one who robbed them of their solace.
Source: rekhta · HI
Listen
1
जब कि पहलू में हमारे बुत-ए-ख़ुद-काम न हो
गिर्ये से शाम-ओ-सहर क्यूँ कि हमें काम न हो
When by my side that self-willed idol does not stay, / Why should weeping not be my business, night and day?
When that willful beloved is not by my side, why would my only business day and night not be to weep?
2
ले गया दिल का जो आराम हमारे या रब
उस दिल-आराम को मुतलक़ कभी आराम न हो
The one who stole away the peace of this heart, O Lord, / May that so-called 'heart’s-ease' never find any peace at all!
O Lord, the one who took away the peace of my heart, may that heart's comforter never find any rest or peace at all.
3
जिस को समझे लब-ए-पाँ-ख़ुर्दा वो मालिदा-मिसी
मर्दुमाँ देखियो फूली वो कहीं शाम न हो
What you took for betel-stained lips rubbed with dark missi, / O pupils of the eye, beware—lest dusk has begun to bloom!
What you took to be lips stained with betel leaf and darkened with missi—O pupils of the eyes, look closely, lest dusk has begun to spread.
4
आज तशरीफ़ गुलिस्ताँ में वो मय-कश लाया
कफ़-ए-नर्गिस पे धरा क्यूँकि भला जाम न हो
Today that wine-drinker has graced the garden with his presence; why then should a goblet not rest upon the palm of the narcissus?
Today that wine-drinker has graced the garden with his presence, so it is only natural that a goblet is resting upon the palm of the narcissus flower.
5
कर मुझे क़त्ल वहाँ अब कि न हो कोई जहाँ
ता मिरी जाँ तू कहीं ख़ल्क़ में बदनाम न हो
Slay me now in a solitary place where none may be, lest, my dearest love, you earn disgrace before the world.
Kill me now at a place where there is no one around, so that, my beloved, you do not become disgraced among the people.
6
देख कर खोलियो तू काकुल-ए-पेचाँ की गिरह
कि मिरा ताइर-ए-दिल उस के तह-ए-दाम न हो
Untie with care the tangled knots of your twisting hair, lest the bird of my heart be caught beneath the snare.
Untie the knot of your curly tresses carefully, lest the bird of my heart be trapped underneath its snare.
7
बिन तिरे ऐ बुत-ए-ख़ुद-काम ये दिल को है ख़तर
तेरे आशिक़ का तमाम आह कहीं काम न हो
Without you, O willful idol, this heart is seized with dread: alas, lest your lover's life be utterly undone.
O willful beloved, without you my heart is gripped by fear that your lover's life might completely come to an end.
8
आज हर एक जो यारो नज़र आता है निढाल
अपनी अबरू की वो खींचे हुए समसाम न हो
If all around, my friends, everyone lies listless and struck down, / Could it be that she has drawn the sharp sword of her arched brow?
Friends, everyone seems completely exhausted and struck down today; could it be that the beloved has drawn the sharp sword of their eyebrow?
9
है मिरे शोख़ की बालीदा वो काफ़िर आँखें
जिस के हम चश्म ज़रा नर्गिस-ए-बादाम न हो
So wondrously grown and enchanting are my playful love's infidel eyes, that even the almond-eyed narcissus dares not claim to be their peer.
My playful beloved's captivating eyes are so grand and fully grown that even the almond-shaped narcissus flower cannot equal them.
10
सुब्ह होती ही नहीं और नहीं कटती रात
रुख़ पे खोले वो कहीं ज़ुल्फ-ए-सियाह-फ़ाम न हो
The dawn refuses to break, nor does the night pass away; could it be she has unveiled her pitch-black tresses across her radiant face?
Morning does not arrive and the night refuses to pass; I wonder if she has spread her jet-black hair over her face.
11
ऐ 'ज़फ़र' चर्ख़ पे ख़ुर्शीद जो यूँ काँपे है
जल्वा-गर आज कहीं यार लब-ए-बाम न हो
O Zafar, seeing the sun thus tremble in the sky above, / Could it be that on the rooftop's edge shines my radiant love?
O Zafar, the way the sun is trembling in the sky, could it be that today the beloved has appeared at the edge of the roof?
Comments · 0
Free — just your email. You'll come right back here.
No comments yet. Be the first.