Ghazal
निबाह बात का उस हीला-गर से कुछ न हुआ
This ghazal poignantly portrays the grief of unrequited love and the heartbreak of seeking devotion from an elusive, excuse-making beloved. Despite the lover's earnest efforts and sincere sacrifices, the beloved's indifference and the cruelty of fate render everything in vain.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
निबाह बात का उस हीला-गर से कुछ न हुआ
इधर से क्या न हुआ पर उधर से कुछ न हुआ
With that master of excuses, keeping faith could not be won; from my side, what was left unoffered? Yet from that side, nothing was done.
Fulfilling commitments with that deceitful excuse-maker proved impossible; while everything was done from my side, absolutely nothing was done from theirs.
2
जवाब-ए-साफ़ तो लाता अगर न लाता ख़त
लिखा नसीब का जो नामा-बर से कुछ न हुआ
If not a letter, he could at least have brought a clear reply; it was my written fate, alas, that the courier achieved nothing.
Even if the messenger did not bring a letter, he should have at least brought a clear reply; but it was my written fate that he could accomplish nothing.
3
हमेशा फ़ित्ने ही बरपा किए मिरे सर पर
हुआ ये और तो उस फ़ित्ना-गर से कुछ न हुआ
She only ever raised storms of turmoil upon my head; other than this, that maker of mischief accomplished nothing.
That mischief-maker only ever brought troubles and turmoil upon my head; other than this, nothing else was accomplished by them.
4
बला से गिर्या-ए-शब तू ही कुछ असर करता
अगरचे इश्क़ में आह-ए-सहर से कुछ न हुआ
Though in love the sigh of dawn bore no fruit at all, so be it—if only you, weeping of the night, had left some mark!
Even if the sigh at dawn had no effect in love, it would not have mattered if only the weeping of the night had produced some impact.
5
जला जला के किया शम्अ साँ तमाम मुझे
बस और तो मुझे सोज़-ए-जिगर से कुछ न हुआ
Burning and burning like a candle, it consumed me to an end; nothing else, after all, came of this burning in my heart.
The burning of my heart burned me continuously like a candle and ended me completely; other than this, nothing else came of this inner burning.
6
रहीं अदू से वही गर्म-जोशियाँ उस की
इस आह-ए-सर्द और इस चश्म-ए-तर से कुछ न हुआ
Toward the rival, her ardent warmth remained unchanged; from this cold sigh and this weeping eye, nothing was gained.
Her enthusiastic warmth toward the rival remained completely unchanged; my cold sighs and tearful eyes accomplished nothing.
7
उठाया इश्क़ में क्या क्या न दर्द-ए-सर मैं ने
हुसूल पर मुझे उस दर्द-ए-सर से कुछ न हुआ
What endless vexations did I not endure in love's name; yet upon its attainment, from all that trouble, nothing came.
I endured all kinds of troubles and vexations in love, yet upon attaining it, nothing came out of all that torment.
8
शब-ए-विसाल में भी मेरी जान को आराम
अज़ीज़ो दर्द-ए-जुदाई के डर से कुछ न हुआ
Even on the night of union, my soul could find no peace; O friends, dread of the pain of parting granted no release.
Even on the night of union, my soul could find no peace; O friends, it was because of the dread of the pain of coming separation that I found no rest at all.
9
न दूँगा दिल उसे मैं ये हमेशा कहता था
वो आज ले ही गया और 'ज़फ़र' से कुछ न हुआ
I always swore I would never surrender my heart; yet today they took it anyway, and Zafar could do nothing at all.
I always kept saying that I would never give my heart to them, but today they took it anyway, and Zafar could do nothing to stop it.
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