Ghazal
वाँ रसाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
This ghazal explores the deep anguish of separation and the pain of being unable to reach the beloved. Through rhetorical questioning, the poet emphasizes that genuine love requires absolute sincerity and emotional clarity rather than superficial encounters.
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वाँ रसाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
ये जुदाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
If access to that presence is denied, what else can it be? / If this is not separation, what else can it be?
If one cannot reach that presence, then what else is this? If this state is not separation, then what else can it be called?
2
हो मुलाक़ात तो सफ़ाई से
और सफ़ाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
If we must meet, let it be with an open and candid heart; for if there is no sincerity, what purpose does a meeting impart?
If a meeting takes place, it should be with genuine sincerity and an open heart; and if there is no sincerity, then such a meeting is utterly meaningless.
3
दिलरुबा को है दिलरुबाई शर्त
दिलरुबाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
For a stealer of hearts, ravishing the heart is an essential art; if there be no stealing of hearts, what then is a stealer of heart?
For a heart-stealer (beloved), captivating hearts is an essential condition; if they cannot win over hearts, what kind of beloved are they?
4
गिला होता है आश्नाई में
आश्नाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
Grievances arise only where intimacy resides; if this is not intimacy, then what else can it be?
Complaints and grievances arise only where there is closeness or friendship; if this is not intimacy, then what else is it?
5
अल्लाह अल्लाह रे उन बुतों का ग़ुरूर
ये ख़ुदाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
Lord, oh Lord! The towering pride of those beloved idols; if this is not divinity itself, then what else is it?
Good heavens, look at the immense pride of those beloveds! If this is not divinity itself, then what else is it?
6
मौत आई तो टल नहीं सकती
और आई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
When death arrives, it cannot be averted; and if it has not, what cause is there to fear?
If death comes, it cannot be averted, and if it has not arrived yet, then there is nothing to fear.
7
मगस-ए-क़ाब अग़निया होना है
बे-हयाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
To hover like a fly upon the platters of the rich—if this be not sheer shamelessness, then what else is it?
Becoming like a fly on the platters of the rich—if this is not shamelessness, then what else is it?
8
बोसा-ए-लब दिल-ए-शिकस्ता को
मोम्याई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
For a broken heart, a kiss upon the lips—if not a healing balm, then what else is it?
For a broken heart, a kiss on the lips is surely like a healing balm; if it is not a cure, then what else could it be?
9
नहीं रोने में गर 'ज़फ़र' तासीर
जग-हँसाई नहीं तो फिर क्या है
If in this weeping, O Zafar, there is no power to move, what is it then, if not making oneself the laughingstock of the world?
O Zafar, if there is no effect in this weeping, then what is it other than becoming a laughingstock to the world?
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