Ghazal
तुम्हारे ख़त में नया इक सलाम किस का था
This ghazal explores themes of suspicion, jealousy, and emotional betrayal in love, as the poet questions a mysterious greeting found in the beloved's letter. With a blend of wit and melancholy, it depicts the beloved's feigned innocence alongside the profound pain of heartbreak.
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तुम्हारे ख़त में नया इक सलाम किस का था
न था रक़ीब तो आख़िर वो नाम किस का था
Whose was that new greeting inscribed within your letter? If not the rival's, whose name was that, after all?
Whose was that new greeting in your letter? If it was not the rival's, then whose name was that after all?
2
वो क़त्ल कर के मुझे हर किसी से पूछते हैं
ये काम किस ने किया है ये काम किस का था
Having slain me, they inquire of everyone around: / Who has done this deed? Whose doing was this?
After killing me, they go around asking everyone who did this deed and who was responsible for it.
3
वफ़ा करेंगे निबाहेंगे बात मानेंगे
तुम्हें भी याद है कुछ ये कलाम किस का था
'We shall be faithful, stand true, and heed your every word' — do you recall at all whose promise this once was?
We will remain faithful, keep our promises, and heed your word—do you even remember whose promises these were?
4
रहा न दिल में वो बेदर्द और दर्द रहा
मुक़ीम कौन हुआ है मक़ाम किस का था
That heartless one stayed not in the heart, yet the pain remained; who has taken up residence now, and whose abode was it ever to claim?
That heartless beloved did not remain in the heart, but the pain stayed behind; who has taken up residence here now, and whose place was this originally?
5
न पूछ-गछ थी किसी की वहाँ न आव-भगत
तुम्हारी बज़्म में कल एहतिमाम किस का था
Neither was anyone welcomed there, nor attended to with care; in your gathering yesterday, for whom was all that grand arrangement made?
There was neither any care shown for anyone there nor any hospitable welcome; for whom, then, were all those grand arrangements made in your gathering yesterday?
6
तमाम बज़्म जिसे सुन के रह गई मुश्ताक़
कहो वो तज़्किरा-ए-ना-तमाम किस का था
The entire gathering was left rapt with longing upon hearing it; tell me, whose unfinished tale was that?
The entire gathering was left eager and full of longing after hearing it; tell me, whose unfinished story was that?
7
हमारे ख़त के तो पुर्ज़े किए पढ़ा भी नहीं
सुना जो तू ने ब-दिल वो पयाम किस का था
My letter you tore to shreds, not deigning even to read; whose was that message, then, to which your heart paid heed?
You tore my letter to shreds without even reading it; then whose message was that which you listened to with all your heart?
8
उठाई क्यूँ न क़यामत अदू के कूचे में
लिहाज़ आप को वक़्त-ए-ख़िराम किस का था
Why did you not unleash Doomsday in the rival's street? For whose regard did you restrain your graceful stride?
Why did you not cause a commotion in the rival's street? Whose regard or consideration did you have in mind while walking so gracefully?
9
गुज़र गया वो ज़माना कहूँ तो किस से कहूँ
ख़याल दिल को मिरे सुब्ह ओ शाम किस का था
That era has slipped away—to whom can I now confess, whose thought consumed my heart through morning and through night?
That era has passed, and now to whom should I tell whose thoughts occupied my heart morning and evening?
10
हमें तो हज़रत-ए-वाइज़ की ज़िद ने पिलवाई
यहाँ इरादा-ए-शर्ब-ए-मुदाम किस का था
It was only the preacher's stubborn persistence that made me drink; otherwise, who here had ever intended to indulge in perpetual wine?
We were made to drink only because of the preacher's stubborn insistence; otherwise, who here ever intended to drink perpetually?
11
अगरचे देखने वाले तिरे हज़ारों थे
तबाह-हाल बहुत ज़ेर-ए-बाम किस का था
Though thousands were there gazing upon your sight, beneath your balcony, who stood in such ruined plight?
Although thousands were there admiring you, who was that person beneath your balcony whose condition was so utterly ruined?
12
वो कौन था कि तुम्हें जिस ने बेवफ़ा जाना
ख़याल-ए-ख़ाम ये सौदा-ए-ख़ाम किस का था
Who was it that ever deemed you unfaithful? Whose raw fancy, whose crude obsession was this?
Who was the person that considered you unfaithful, and whose naive thought and crude obsession was this?
13
इन्हीं सिफ़ात से होता है आदमी मशहूर
जो लुत्फ़ आम वो करते ये नाम किस का था
It is through qualities such as these that a person gains renown; had their favors been bestowed on all, whose fame would this have been?
A person becomes famous through such qualities; if they had bestowed their kindness upon everyone generally, whose fame would this have been?
14
हर इक से कहते हैं क्या 'दाग़' बेवफ़ा निकला
ये पूछे उन से कोई वो ग़ुलाम किस का था
To everyone they lament, 'Did Daagh turn out to be untrue?' / Would someone ask them instead—whose devoted slave was he?
They go around telling everyone that Daagh turned out to be unfaithful, but someone should ask them whose devoted slave he actually was.
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