Ghazal
Kyunkar Na Khaksar Rahen Ahl-e-kin Se Duur
क्यूँकर न ख़ाकसार रहें अहल-ए-कीं से दूर
This ghazal explores the natural divide between the humble and the malicious, drawing a parallel to the vast distance between earth and sky. It further portrays the irresistible, consuming nature of passionate love, where the lover's heart cannot stay away from the beloved despite the mortal danger.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
क्यूँकर न ख़ाकसार रहें अहल-ए-कीं से दूर
देखो ज़मीं फ़लक से फ़लक है ज़मीं से दूर
Why should the humble not keep distant from the malice-bound? Behold, the earth is far from the sky, and the sky far from the ground.
Why should humble people not stay away from malicious individuals? Look, just as the earth is far from the sky, the sky is equally far from the earth.
2
परवाना वस्ल-ए-शम्अ पे देता है अपनी जाँ
क्यूँकर रहे दिल उस के रुख़-ए-आतिशीं से दूर
The moth surrenders its life for union with the flame; how then could the heart stay away from that fiery countenance?
A moth gives up its life to unite with the flame; how then could the heart remain away from the beloved's fiery, glowing face?
3
मज़मून-ए-वस्ल-व-हिज्र जो नामे में है रक़म
है हर्फ़ भी कहीं से मिले और कहीं से दूर
The theme of union and parting inscribed within this letter: / Even the letters of the script are joined here, and there held apart.
The letter describes the theme of union and separation, which is why even the written letters are joined together in some places and kept apart in others.
4
गो तीर-ए-बे-गुमाँ है मिरे पास पर अभी
जाए निकल के सीना-ए-चर्ख़-ए-बरीं से दूर
Though in my grasp rests an arrow sure and true, yet today / May it pierce the breast of the highest sky and soar far, far away.
Although I possess an infallible arrow, right now let it shoot forth, piercing the chest of the highest heaven and flying far beyond.
5
वो कौन है कि जाते नहीं आप जिस के पास
लेकिन हमेशा भागते हो तुम हमीं से दूर
Who is there whose presence you do not seek? Yet it is only from me that you forever flee.
Who is there in the world to whom you do not go, yet it is always only from me that you run away?
6
हैरान हूँ कि उस के मुक़ाबिल हो आईना
जो पुर-ग़ुरूर खिंचता है माह-ए-मुबीं से दूर
I marvel how the mirror dares confront that haughty grace, who in sheer pride turns far away even from the radiant moon.
I am astonished that the mirror dares to face the beloved, who is so full of pride that they draw away even from the radiant, full moon.
7
याँ तक अदू का पास है उन को कि बज़्म में
वो बैठते भी हैं तो मिरे हम-नशीं से दूर
Such regard do they hold for the rival that in the gathering, even if they take a seat, it is far from whoever sits beside me.
They have so much regard for the rival that in the gathering, even if they sit down, it is far away from the person sitting next to me.
8
मंज़ूर हो जो दीद तुझे दिल की आँख से
पहुँचे तिरी नज़र निगह-ए-दूर-बीं से दूर
Should you desire to see through the eye of the heart, your gaze shall reach far beyond the farthest-sighted eye.
If you wish to see through the eye of the heart, your sight will reach far beyond any far-sighted gaze.
9
दुनिया-ए-दूँ की दे न मोहब्बत ख़ुदा 'ज़फ़र'
इंसाँ को फेंक दे है ये ईमान ओ दीं से दूर
Grant not, O Lord, love for this base world unto Zafar; it casts man far away from religion and faith.
O God, do not grant Zafar the love of this base world, because it casts a human being far away from faith and religion.
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