Ghazal
Phire Raah Se Vo Yahan Aate Aate
फिरे राह से वो यहाँ आते आते
This ghazal poignantly depicts the torment of longing, unfulfilled desire, and the tragic irony of death arriving before the beloved. It expresses the lover's deep sorrow that the beloved turned back halfway, arriving with kindness only when it was already too late.
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फिरे राह से वो यहाँ आते आते
अजल मर रही तू कहाँ आते आते
They turned back from the path while on their way here; O Death, where were you delayed—did you die coming here?
The beloved turned back from the path while on their way here, and O Death, where did you perish while on your way here that you never arrived?
2
न जाना कि दुनिया से जाता है कोई
बहुत देर की मेहरबाँ आते आते
You did not realize that someone was departing this world; you took far too long, my gracious one, in arriving.
You did not realize that someone was departing from this world; my kind friend, you took far too long in coming.
3
सुना है कि आता है सर नामा-बर का
कहाँ रह गया अरमुग़ाँ आते आते
Word has arrived that the messenger's severed head is on its way; where then has this precious gift been delayed along the way?
I have heard that the messenger's severed head is on its way; where then has this gift been delayed while arriving?
4
यक़ीं है कि हो जाए आख़िर को सच्ची
मिरे मुँह में तेरी ज़बाँ आते आते
I am certain it will come true in the end, as your tongue slowly finds its way into my mouth.
I am certain that it will finally turn out to be true, by the time your tongue finds its way into my mouth.
5
सुनाने के क़ाबिल जो थी बात उन को
वही रह गई दरमियाँ आते आते
The only truth that was worthy of telling them, was left unsaid, lost halfway in between.
The very thing that was actually worth telling them was left unsaid, getting lost before it could ever be spoken.
6
मुझे याद करने से ये मुद्दआ था
निकल जाए दम हिचकियाँ आते आते
Was this your purpose in calling me to mind: that life should slip away amidst endless hiccups?
Was your purpose in remembering me that my life should slip away while constantly hiccuping?
7
अभी सिन ही क्या है जो बेबाकियाँ हों
उन्हें आएँगी शोख़ियाँ आते आते
She is yet too young for such bold, daring ways; playful coquetry will come to her only with passing days.
She is still too young to show such boldness; playfulness and coquetry will only come to her gradually with time.
8
कलेजा मिरे मुँह को आएगा इक दिन
यूँही लब पर आह-ओ-फ़ुग़ाँ आते आते
My heart shall leap into my mouth one day, / as sighs and laments keep rising to my lips.
One day my heart will come up to my mouth, as sighs and wails keep continually rising to my lips like this.
9
चले आते हैं दिल में अरमान लाखों
मकाँ भर गया मेहमाँ आते आते
A hundred thousand desires keep crowding into the heart; the dwelling filled to the brim as guest upon guest arrived.
Countless desires keep pouring into the heart, and the house has become completely full as more and more guests arrived.
10
नतीजा न निकला थके सब पयामी
वहाँ जाते जाते यहाँ आते आते
No outcome ever came to light, all the couriers grew weary / In endlessly going over there, and coming back over here.
All the messengers grew exhausted from endlessly travelling there and returning here, yet no outcome ever came of it.
11
तुम्हारा ही मुश्ताक़-ए-दीदार होगा
गया जान से इक जवाँ आते आते
It must have been your sight alone that he yearned to see; a young man lost his life even as he drew near to thee.
He must have been eager to see your face alone, for a young man lost his life even as he was on his way to you.
12
तिरी आँख फिरते ही कैसा फिरा है
मिरी राह पर आसमाँ आते आते
The moment your gaze turned away, see how it turned back— / the heavens, just as they were coming round to favor my path.
The moment your gaze turned away from me, the sky (destiny) also turned away, just as it was about to become favorable to my path.
13
पड़ा है बड़ा पेच फिर दिल-लगी में
तबीअत रुकी है जहाँ आते आते
A tangled knot has snared love's playful game once more; my restless heart has halted, right where it was arriving at last.
A major complication has once again arisen in this matter of love, and my heart has halted right at the point it was just about to reach.
14
मिरे आशियाँ के तो थे चार तिनके
चमन उड़ गया आँधियाँ आते आते
My nest was made of merely four frail straws / Yet the whole garden blew away as the tempests arrived.
My nest was made of merely a few straws, but as the storms arrived, the entire garden itself blew away.
15
किसी ने कुछ उन को उभारा तो होता
न आते न आते यहाँ आते आते
Had someone only coaxed them just a little, refusing and hesitating, they still would have arrived.
If only someone had coaxed or encouraged them a little, they would have eventually arrived here, even while refusing or hesitating.
16
क़यामत भी आती थी हमराह उस के
मगर रह गई हम-इनाँ आते आते
Even Doomsday had set out by her side, yet it fell behind, unable to keep her pace.
Doomsday too had started alongside her, but as they proceeded, it lagged behind and could not keep pace with her.
17
बना है हमेशा ये दिल बाग़ ओ सहरा
बहार आते आते ख़िज़ाँ आते आते
This heart has ever turned into a garden and a desert waste, while spring was still arriving, while autumn was coming on.
This heart has always turned into a garden and a desert waste, just as spring was arriving and just as autumn was setting in.
18
नहीं खेल ऐ 'दाग़' यारों से कह दो
कि आती है उर्दू ज़बाँ आते आते
Go tell your companions, O Dagh, it is no child's play: the Urdu tongue comes only gradually, in its own slow time.
Tell your friends, O Dagh, that it is no child's play; the Urdu language is mastered only gradually over time.
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