Ghazal
आरज़ू है वफ़ा करे कोई
This ghazal reflects on the helplessness of unrequited love and the inevitability of emotional despair. It carries a poignant, melancholic tone, observing that while a physical illness can be cured, there is no remedy for a lover's unwilling heart or a spirit resigned to heartbreak.
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आरज़ू है वफ़ा करे कोई
जी न चाहे तो क्या करे कोई
One longs that someone should remain true; but if the heart is unwilling, what can one do?
There is a desire that someone would remain faithful, but if their heart itself does not wish to, what can anyone do?
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गर मरज़ हो दवा करे कोई
मरने वाले का क्या करे कोई
If it were an illness, one could seek a cure; but for one destined to die, what can anyone do?
If it were an illness, one could treat it with medicine; but what can anyone do for someone who is already on the verge of dying?
3
कोसते हैं जले हुए क्या क्या
अपने हक़ में दुआ करे कोई
How bitterly the scorched ones heap their curses; how could anyone dare pray for one's own sake?
The aggrieved and tormented ones heap so many curses; in such a situation, how could anyone dare pray for their own well-being?
4
उन से सब अपनी अपनी कहते हैं
मेरा मतलब अदा करे कोई
To them, everyone speaks of their own desires; would that someone could convey what I truly mean.
Everyone speaks to them about their own matters; I wish someone would express what I truly mean.
5
चाह से आप को तो नफ़रत है
मुझ को चाहे ख़ुदा करे कोई
You hold only disdain for affection and love; may God grant that someone falls in love with me!
You have an aversion to love and affection; I only pray to God that someone loves me.
6
उस गिले को गिला नहीं कहते
गर मज़े का गिला करे कोई
That grievance cannot truly be called a complaint, if it is of delight itself that one complains.
That complaint cannot truly be called a grievance if someone is complaining about something enjoyable or pleasurable.
7
ये मिली दाद रंज-ए-फ़ुर्क़त की
और दिल का कहा करे कोई
Such was the reward received for the sorrow of parting; let anyone dare follow the heart's bidding now.
This is the reward received for enduring the pain of separation; now let anyone dare follow the bidding of their heart.
8
तुम सरापा हो सूरत-ए-तस्वीर
तुम से फिर बात क्या करे कोई
You are, from head to toe, the very likeness of a portrait; how, then, could anyone ever speak with you?
You are completely like a portrait from head to toe, so how could anyone talk to you?
9
कहते हैं हम नहीं ख़ुदा-ए-करीम
क्यूँ हमारी ख़ता करे कोई
We do not claim to be the Lord All-Merciful; why then should anyone commit a fault against us?
We do not claim to be the Most Merciful God; why then should anyone make a mistake or commit an offense against us?
10
जिस में लाखों बरस की हूरें हों
ऐसी जन्नत को क्या करे कोई
Where the celestial maidens are eons old, what is anyone to do with such a paradise?
What would anyone do with such a paradise where the celestial maidens are millions of years old?
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इस जफ़ा पर तुम्हें तमन्ना है
कि मिरी इल्तिजा करे कोई
Despite such cruelty, you still cherish the desire, that someone should come forward to plead with me on your behalf.
Even after inflicting such cruelty, you still desire that someone should plead with you on my behalf.
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मुँह लगाते ही 'दाग़' इतराया
लुत्फ़ है फिर जफ़ा करे कोई
The moment he was favored, 'Dagh' grew proud and vain; what delight it would be now, if someone treated him with cruelty again.
The moment Dagh received a little favor or attention, he became conceited; it would truly be enjoyable now if someone were to treat him with cruelty again.
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