Ghazal
पान खा कर सुर्मा की तहरीर फिर खींची तो क्या
This ghazal reflects on the utter futility of adornment, effort, and regret once the destruction has already occurred. Through evocative imagery of the beloved's cruel charm and the bounds of destiny, it captures an emotional landscape of poignant grief and irony.
Source: rekhta · HI
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पान खा कर सुर्मा की तहरीर फिर खींची तो क्या
जब मिरा ख़ूँ हो चुका शमशीर फिर खींची तो क्या
What if, with betel-red lips, you trace the line of kohl once more? When my blood has already been shed, what if you draw the sword once more?
What is the use of adorning the eyes with kohl again after chewing betel leaf? When my blood has already been shed, what is the point of drawing the sword once more?
2
ऐ मुहव्विस जब कि ज़र तेरे नसीबों में नहीं
तू ने मेहनत भी पय-ए-इक्सीर फिर खींची तो क्या
O covetous soul, when gold is not written in your fate, what avails even if you toiled in pursuit of the elixir?
O greedy one, when gold is not written in your destiny, of what use was it even if you toiled so hard in pursuit of the elixir?
3
गर खिंचे सीने से नावक रूह तू क़ालिब से खींच
ऐ अजल जब खिंच गया वो तीर फिर खींची तो क्या
If the arrow is drawn from my breast, draw the soul from my frame, O Death; / Once that arrow has been pulled out, what use in drawing my breath?
O Death, if the arrow is drawn from my chest, draw the soul from my body right then; for once that arrow has been pulled out, what is the point of taking my life afterwards?
4
खींचता था पाँव मेरा पहले ही ज़ंजीर से
ऐ जुनूँ तू ने मिरी ज़ंजीर फिर खींची तो क्या
My foot was already straining against the chain; / O madness, what of it if you pulled my fetters once again?
My foot was already pulling against the chain on its own; O madness, what difference does it make if you pulled my chains once again?
5
दार ही पर उस ने खींचा जब सर-ए-बाज़ार-इश्क़
लाश भी मेरी पय-ए-तशहीर फिर खींची तो क्या
When in love's public square she strung me on the gallows high, what matters if my lifeless corpse was dragged for all to vilify?
When she has already hanged me on the gallows publicly in the marketplace of love, it makes no difference if my corpse is later dragged around for public humiliation.
6
खींच अब नाला कोई ऐसा कि हो उस को असर
तू ने ऐ दिल आह-ए-पुर-तासीर फिर खींची तो क्या
Now raise a cry that truly has some sway upon her heart; / What good, O heart, if once again you breathed a potent sigh?
Now let out such a cry of pain that it actually has an effect on that person. O heart, what is the use even if you breathe another deeply effective sigh?
7
चाहिए उस का तसव्वुर ही से नक़्शा खींचना
देख कर तस्वीर को तस्वीर फिर खींची तो क्या
One ought to sketch their portrait purely from imagination; what art is there in drawing a picture merely by copying one?
One should draw a beloved's sketch purely through imagination; what great feat is there in drawing a picture merely by copying an existing one?
8
खींच ले अव्वल ही से दिल की इनान-ए-इख़्तियार
तू ने गर ऐ आशिक़-ए-दिल-गीर फिर खींची तो क्या
Rein in the heart's wild bridle right from the very start;
What use will pulling later be, O sorrow-stricken heart?
Hold the reins of control over your heart right from the beginning; O sorrowful lover, of what use will it be if you try to rein it in later?
9
क्या हुआ आगे उठाए गर 'ज़फ़र' अहसान-ए-अक़्ल
और अगर अब मिन्नत-ए-तदबीर फिर खींची तो क्या
What if in days gone by, 'Zafar' bore the obligation of reason? And what of it if now he yields once more to the entreaties of contrivance?
What does it matter if earlier 'Zafar' accepted the favors of intellect, and what difference does it make if now he again bears the obligations of plans and remedies?
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