Ghazal
काफ़िर तुझे अल्लाह ने सूरत तो परी दी
This ghazal laments the cold-hearted indifference of the beloved, who is blessed with celestial beauty yet entirely devoid of compassion or love. The poet poignantly captures the paradox of devotion, where love's supreme dominion grants the lover only unending thirst and weeping eyes.
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काफ़िर तुझे अल्लाह ने सूरत तो परी दी
पर हैफ़ तिरे दिल में मोहब्बत न ज़री दी
O heartless one, though God bestowed on you a fairy’s grace, / Alas, within that breast of yours, He left of love no trace.
O cruel beloved, God gave you the beauty of a fairy, but alas, He did not place even the slightest bit of love in your heart.
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दी तू ने मुझे सल्तनत-ए-बहर-ओ-बर ऐ इश्क़
होंटों को जो ख़ुश्की मिरी आँखों को तरी दी
You granted me dominion over ocean and dry land, O Love, by giving parchedness to my lips and tears unto my eyes.
O Love, by giving parchedness to my lips and tears to my eyes, you have bestowed upon me dominion over both land and sea.
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ख़ाल-ए-लब-ए-शीरीं का दिया बोसा कब उस ने
इक चाट लगाने को मिरे नीशकरी दी
When did she ever grant a kiss of the mole on her sweet lips? / Merely to whet an endless craving, she teased with a taste of sugar cane.
When did the beloved ever grant me a kiss of the mole on her sweet lips? She merely offered a bit of sugarcane to give me a taste and kindle an endless craving.
4
काफ़िर तिरे सौदा-ए-सर-ए-ज़ुल्फ़ ने मुझ को
क्या क्या न परेशानी ओ आशुफ़्ता-सरी दी
O infidel beloved, the madness of longing for your dark tresses— / What endless distress and wild bewilderment has it not brought me!
O cruel beloved, the obsession with your tresses has afflicted me with all kinds of distress and wild bewilderment.
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मेहनत से है अज़्मत कि ज़माने में नगीं को
बे-काविश-ए-सीना न कभी नामवरी दी
Greatness is born of toil: to the gem this world has never / Bestowed renown without the deep carving of its breast.
True greatness comes solely through hard work, just as this world has never granted renown to a gemstone without carving deeply into its chest.
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सय्याद ने दी रुख़्सत-ए-परवाज़ पर अफ़्सोस
तू ने न इजाज़त मुझे बे-बाल-ओ-परी दी
The hunter granted leave to fly, yet oh, alas; my wingless state did not permit me to take flight.
The hunter granted permission to fly, but alas, my own winglessness did not permit me to take flight.
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कहता तिरा कुछ सोख़्ता-जाँ लेक अजल ने
फ़ुर्सत न उसे मिस्ल-ए-चराग़-ए-सहरी दी
Your burnt-souled lover would have spoken, but fateful Death / Granted him no respite, like the dawn-lamp's dying breath.
Your grief-stricken lover would have said something to you, but death granted him no time, extinguishing him swiftly like a morning lamp.
8
क़स्साम-ए-अज़ल ने न रखा हम को भी महरूम
गरचे न दिया कोई हुनर बे-हुनरी दी
The Apportioner of Eternity left me not deprived; / Though He granted no talent, He endowed me with artlessness.
The eternal apportioner (God) did not leave even us deprived; although He granted us no talent or skill, He endowed us with artlessness (the lack of talent).
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उस चश्म में है सुरमे का दुम्बाला पुर-आशोब
क्यूँ हाथ में बदमस्त के बंदूक़ भरी दी
In that eye, the trailing line of kohl is fraught with riotous strife; / Why place a loaded gun in a reckless drunkard's hand?
The trailing line of kohl in that eye is full of chaos and turmoil, just like placing a loaded gun into the hands of an unruly drunkard.
10
दिल दे के किया हम ने तिरी ज़ुल्फ़ का सौदा
इक आप बला अपने लिए मोल ख़रीदी
Trading my heart, I bartered for your hair; / Of my own accord, I bought a calamity to bear.
By trading my heart for your tresses, I have willfully purchased a calamity for myself.
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साक़ी ने दिया क्या मुझे इक साग़र-ए-सरशार
गोया कि दो आलम से 'ज़फ़र' बे-ख़बरी दी
What an overflowing goblet the cupbearer granted to me, as if he bestowed upon Zafar oblivion of both worlds.
The cupbearer gave me such an overflowing goblet of wine that it was as if he granted Zafar complete unawareness of both worlds.
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