Ghazal
Uzr Un Ki Zaban Se Nikla
उज़्र उन की ज़बान से निकला
This ghazal reflects on the piercing effect of the beloved's excuses and evasiveness, striking the lover's heart like sharp arrows loosed from a bow. It vividly portrays the agony, bewilderment, and emotional torment caused by the beloved's captivating yet elusive nature.
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उज़्र उन की ज़बान से निकला
तीर गोया कमान से निकला
An excuse escaped their lips, as though an arrow was loosed from a bow.
An excuse slipped from their lips just as if an arrow was released from a bow.
2
वो छलावा इस आन से निकला
अल-अमाँ हर ज़बान से निकला
With such dazzling splendor that phantom stepped forth, / That cries of 'Heaven have mercy!' burst from every tongue.
That phantom stepped out with such breathtaking splendor and majesty that a cry for mercy burst from everyone's tongue.
3
ख़ार-ए-हसरत बयान से निकला
दिल का काँटा ज़बान से निकला
The thorn of yearning found release through speech; the heart's deep barb was drawn out by the tongue.
The thorn of unfulfilled desire was released through expression, and the thorn pricking the heart came out through speech.
4
फ़ित्ना-गर क्या मकान से निकला
आसमाँ आसमान से निकला
As the maker of turmoil stepped out from home, a sky broke forth from within the sky.
As soon as the creator of turmoil stepped out of the house, it felt as though another sky emerged from within the sky.
5
आ गया ग़श निगाह देखते ही
मुद्दआ कब ज़बान से निकला
A swoon overcame me the instant I met that gaze; when did my heart's plea ever pass my lips?
I fainted the very moment I caught their gaze, so the desire of my heart never even reached my lips.
6
खा गए थे वफ़ा का धोका हम
झूट सच इम्तिहान से निकला
I had fallen prey to the illusion of fidelity; what was false and what was true only emerged through the trial.
We had fallen prey to the illusion of faithfulness, but what was a lie and what was the truth was revealed only when put to the test.
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दिल में रहने न दूँ तिरा शिकवा
दिल में आया ज़बान से निकला
I will not let a grievance against you linger in my heart; no sooner does it enter the heart than it slips from my tongue.
I will not let any complaint against you stay in my heart; the moment it enters my heart, it slips out through my tongue.
8
वहम आते हैं देखिए क्या हो
वो अकेला मकान से निकला
Dark forebodings stir within, let us see what comes to pass; all alone, he has stepped out from the house.
Fears and doubts are arising in the mind about what might happen, seeing that he has stepped out of the house all alone.
9
तुम बरसते रहे सर-ए-महफ़िल
कुछ भी मेरी ज़बान से निकला
Did anything even escape my lips, that you kept pouring wrath before the entire assembly?
Did anything even escape my lips that you kept raining down anger upon me in front of the entire gathering?
10
सच तो ये है मोआमला दिल का
बाहर अपने गुमान से निकला
The truth is, this affair of the heart / Rose far beyond all my imagining.
is that this matter of the heart turned out to be completely beyond my expectations and imagination.
11
उस को आयत हदीस क्या समझें
जो तुम्हारी ज़बान से निकला
Why deem it merely sacred verse or scripture divine, that which has issued forth from those lips of thine?
Why should we merely consider that which has come from your lips as a Quranic verse or hadith?
12
पड़ गया जो ज़बाँ से तेरी हर्फ़
फिर न अपने मकान से निकला
Once a word slipped from your tongue,
It never stepped out of its dwelling again.
Whatever blame or harsh word slipped from your tongue, the person it fell upon never stepped out of his house again.
13
देख कर रू-ए-यार सल्ले-अला
बे-तहाशा ज़बान से निकला
Beholding the beloved's radiant face, 'Praise be!' / Broke forth unbidden from my tongue.
Upon seeing the face of the beloved, the expression of praise 'Sall-e-Ala' slipped spontaneously from my tongue.
14
लो क़यामत अब आई वो काफ़िर
बन-बना कर मकान से निकला
Lo, Doomsday has arrived at last! That bewitching infidel, all adorned and dressed, has stepped out of the house.
Look, Doomsday has finally arrived, for that beloved infidel has stepped out of the house fully dressed up and adorned.
15
मर गए हम मगर तिरा अरमान
दिल से निकला न जान से निकला
Though I have died, this longing for you / Departed neither from my heart, nor from my soul.
We died, yet the longing for you neither left our heart nor departed from our soul.
16
रहरव-ए-राह-ए-इश्क़ थे लाखों
आगे मैं कारवान से निकला
Hundreds of thousands were travelers on the path of love, yet far ahead of the caravan I forged.
There were hundreds of thousands of travelers on the path of love, yet I moved ahead of the entire caravan.
17
समझो पत्थर की तुम लकीर उसे
जो हमारी ज़बान से निकला
Deem it as etched forever in stone, whatever word has passed from these lips.
Consider whatever has been spoken from my mouth to be etched in stone, firm and unchangeable.
18
बज़्म से तुम को ले के जाएँगे
काम कब फूल-पान से निकला
From the gathering we shall sweep you away; when have mere flowers and betel leaves ever won the day?
We will take you away with us from this gathering, for matters have never been accomplished merely by offering flowers and betel leaves.
19
क्या मुरव्वत है नावक-ए-दिल-दोज़
पहले हरगिज़ न जान से निकला
What gracious courtesy the heart-piercing arrow shows—it never once departed before life itself had fled.
What great courtesy the heart-piercing arrow possesses, for it never left the body until life itself had departed.
20
तेरे दीवानों का भी लश्कर आज
किस तजम्मुल से शान से निकला
The legion of your impassioned lovers marched forth today, with what majestic pomp, with what grand array!
Today, the army of your devoted lovers has marched out with such extraordinary pomp and grandeur.
21
मुड़ के देखा तो मैं ने कब देखा
दूर जब पासबान से निकला
When did I ever turn back to look? / Only when I had ventured far beyond the sentinel's gaze.
I turned back and looked only after I had gone far away from the watchman.
22
वो हिले लब तुम्हारे वादे पर
वो तुम्हारी ज़बान से निकला
Ah, there your lips moved upon that promise, / and there it slipped from your very tongue!
There your lips moved to make a promise, and the words slipped from your tongue.
23
उस की बाँकी अदा ने जब मारा
दम मिरा आन तान से निकला
When struck down by her jaunty, coquettish grace, my breath departed with proud grandeur and stately pace.
When her coquettish grace struck me dead, my breath left my body with great pride and dignity.
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मेरे आँसू की उस ने की तारीफ़
ख़ूब मोती ये कान से निकला
She lavished praise upon the tear I shed: / 'What a fine pearl has issued from this mine!'
She praised my tear, saying what an exquisite pearl has come out of this mine.
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हम खड़े तुम से बातें करते थे
ग़ैर क्यूँ दरमियान से निकला
I was standing there, speaking with you; why did the rival emerge between us two?
I was standing and talking to you, so why did an outsider come between us?
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ज़िक्र अहल-ए-वफ़ा का जब आया
'दाग़' उन की ज़बान से निकला
Whenever the mention of the faithful arose, 'Dagh' was the name that slipped from her lips.
Whenever the mention of faithful lovers arose, the name 'Dagh' slipped from their lips.
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