Ghazal
Kya Kahun Dil Ma.il-e-zulf-e-dota Kyunkar Hua
क्या कहूँ दिल माइल-ए-ज़ुल्फ़-ए-दोता क्यूँकर हुआ
This ghazal captures the lover's utter bewilderment and helplessness at being ensnared by the beloved's captivating charm. It eloquently portrays how the ecstasy of earthly love supplants conventional piety, turning the curve of the beloved's eyebrow into the lover's sole altar of worship.
Source: rekhta · HI
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क्या कहूँ दिल माइल-ए-ज़ुल्फ़-ए-दोता क्यूँकर हुआ
ये भला चंगा गिरफ़्तार-ए-बला क्यूँकर हुआ
How can I say how the heart was drawn to tresses curved and fair; how did a soul once whole and sound become a captive of despair?
I do not know how my heart became inclined toward those curved tresses, or how this perfectly fine and healthy heart ended up caught in such a calamity.
2
जिन को मेहराब-ब-इबादत हो ख़म-ए-अबरू-ए-यार
उन का काबे में कहो सज्दा अदा क्यूँकर हुआ
For those whose niche of worship is the curve of the beloved's brow, tell me, how could their prostration ever be fulfilled in the Kaaba?
For those whose arch of worship is the curve of the beloved's eyebrow, tell me, how could their prostration ever be performed in the Kaaba?
3
दीदा-ए-हैराँ हमारा था तुम्हारे ज़ेर-ए-पा
हम को हैरत है कि पैदा नक़्श-ए-पा क्यूँकर हुआ
Beneath your pacing tread lay spread our wonder-stricken eyes; / How any footprint formed upon them fills us with surprise.
Our astonished eyes were spread beneath your feet; we are amazed at how a footprint could possibly have formed upon them.
4
नामा-बर ख़त दे के उस नौ-ख़त को तू ने क्या कहा
क्या ख़ता तुझ से हुई और वो ख़फ़ा क्यूँकर हुआ
O messenger, having delivered the letter to that tender youth, what did you say? What fault was yours, and how did they turn so angry anyway?
O messenger, what did you say to that young beloved after handing over the letter? What mistake did you make, and why did they get angry?
5
ख़ाकसारी क्या अजब खोवे अगर दिल का ग़ुबार
ख़ाक से देखो कि आईना सफ़ा क्यूँकर हुआ
What wonder if humility should clear the dust that clouds the heart? / Look at the mirror, and see how it was polished bright by dust.
It is no wonder if humility clears the impurities from the heart, just as a mirror is polished clean by dust.
6
जिन को यकताई का दा'वा था वो मिस्ल-ए-आईना
उन को हैरत है कि पैदा दूसरा क्यूँकर हुआ
Those who claimed peerless singularity stand bewildered like a mirror, wondering how another could ever have come to be.
Those who claimed to be unique and peerless are astonished like a mirror, wondering how a second one could have ever come into being.
7
तेरे दाँतों के तसव्वुर से न था गर आब-दार
जो बहा आँसू वो दुर्र-ए-बे-बहा क्यूँकर हुआ
If not from the thought of your radiant teeth it drew its lustrous grace, how then became a priceless pearl the tear upon my face?
If the fallen tear was not made lustrous by the thought of your teeth, then how did it turn into such a priceless pearl?
8
जो न होना था हुआ हम पर तुम्हारे इश्क़ में
तुम ने इतना भी न पूछा क्या हुआ क्यूँकर हुआ
All that was never meant to happen befell me in your love; yet you did not care to ask even this: what came to pass, and how?
Everything that was never meant to happen befell me in your love, yet you did not even care to ask what happened and how it happened.
9
वो तो है ना-आश्ना मशहूर आलम में 'ज़फ़र'
पर ख़ुदा जाने वो तुझ से आश्ना क्यूँकर हुआ
Known throughout the whole world as a distant stranger, O Zafar; / Yet God alone knows how that beloved became intimate with you.
O Zafar, that beloved is famous throughout the world for remaining an aloof stranger to everyone, yet God alone knows how they became acquainted and intimate with you.
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