Ghazal
Maze Ishq Ke Kuchh Vahi Jante Hain
मज़े इश्क़ के कुछ वही जानते हैं
This ghazal captures the paradoxical essence and intensity of true passion, where only those willing to embrace death understand the true bliss of love. It reflects a deep emotional devotion and the poignant ecstasy of the beloved's presence.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
मज़े इश्क़ के कुछ वही जानते हैं
कि जो मौत को ज़िंदगी जानते हैं
Only they truly know the sweet delights of love, who reckon death itself to be life.
The true joys of love are known only to those who consider death itself to be life.
2
शब-ए-वस्ल लीं उन की इतनी बलाएँ
कि हमदम मिरे हाथ ही जानते हैं
On the night of union, I warded off harm from my beloved so endlessly, that how wearied they grew, dear friend, only my own hands truly know.
On the night of union, I warded off evil from my beloved so many times that, my friend, only my hands know how exhausted they grew.
3
न हो दिल तो क्या लुत्फ़-ए-आज़ार-ओ-राहत
बराबर ख़ुशी ना-ख़ुशी जानते हैं
Without a heart, what relish remains in torment or relief? Joy and sorrow alike are reckoned one and the same.
If one lacks a feeling heart, what meaning is there in pain or comfort, as joy and sorrow are both regarded as equal?
4
जो है मेरे दिल में उन्हीं को ख़बर है
जो मैं जानता हूँ वही जानते हैं
Whatever dwells within my heart, to them alone is known; whatever I know in my soul, they know as their own.
Whatever is in my heart is known only to them, and whatever I know, they know the exact same thing.
5
पड़ा हूँ सर-ए-बज़्म मैं दम चुराए
मगर वो इसे बे-ख़ुदी जानते हैं
I lie in the gathering holding my breath, yet they mistake it for a state of trance.
I am lying in the gathering quietly holding my breath, but people think it is a state of trance or selflessness.
6
कहाँ क़द्र-ए-हम-जिंस हम-जिंस को है
फ़रिश्तों को भी आदमी जानते हैं
Where does a peer ever value his own kind? Even angels they dismiss as merely human.
One of the same kind never values their own peer; people dismiss even angels as being merely human.
7
कहूँ हाल-ए-दिल तो कहें उस से हासिल
सभी को ख़बर है सभी जानते हैं
If I speak of my heart's condition, they ask what would it gain? Everyone has heard the news; everyone already knows.
If I describe the condition of my heart, they ask what benefit will come of it, since everyone already has the news and everyone already knows it.
8
वो नादान अंजान भोले हैं ऐसे
कि सब शेवा-ए-दुश्मनी जानते हैं
So naive, artless, and innocent they seem, yet well they know every craft of enmity.
They appear completely naive, unaware, and innocent, yet they are well-versed in every art and tactic of enmity.
9
नहीं जानते इस का अंजाम क्या है
वो मरना मेरा दिल-लगी जानते हैं
They know not what the outcome of this will be; they take my dying as mere playful sport.
They do not know what the consequence of this will be; they take my dying to be mere amusement or a joke.
10
समझता है तू 'दाग़' को रिंद ज़ाहिद
मगर रिंद उस को वली जानते हैं
You deem Dagh a mere libertine, O ascetic devout, yet the libertines revere him as a saint beyond doubt.
O ascetic, you merely consider Dagh to be a sinner or libertine, but the libertines themselves regard him as a saint.
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