Ghazal
Zahid Na Kah Buri Ki Ye Mastane Aadmi Hain
ज़ाहिद न कह बुरी कि ये मस्ताने आदमी हैं
This ghazal playfully rebukes the self-righteous ascetic, defending free-spirited and passionate souls against rigid moral judgment. Through wit and worldly wisdom, it reflects on the unpredictable nature of human bonds and the authenticity found in emotional abandon.
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1
ज़ाहिद न कह बुरी कि ये मस्ताने आदमी हैं
तुझ को लिपट पड़ेंगे दीवाने आदमी हैं
Speak no ill of them, O pious preacher, for intoxicated men are they; They will wrap you in wild embrace—utterly madmen are they!
O pious ascetic, do not speak ill of these intoxicated ones, for they are madmen who might cling right onto you.
2
ग़ैरों की दोस्ती पर क्यूँ ए'तिबार कीजे
ये दुश्मनी करेंगे बेगाने आदमी हैं
Why place one's trust in the friendship of strangers? They are bound to turn foes, for strangers they remain.
Why should one trust the friendship of strangers? Since they are outsiders, they will eventually act with enmity.
3
जो आदमी पे गुज़री वो इक सिवा तुम्हारे
क्या जी लगा के सुनते अफ़्साने आदमी हैं
Save for you alone, look with what rapt attention men listen to the tales of all that man has suffered!
Apart from you alone, look how attentively and keenly people listen to the tales of everything that mankind has suffered.
4
क्या जुरअतें जो हम को दरबाँ तुम्हारा टोके
कह दो कि ये तो जाने-पहचाने आदमी हैं
What audacity does your gatekeeper have to bar my way? Just tell him, 'Let him in, he is a familiar face.'
How dare your gatekeeper stop me? Just tell him that I am a familiar person.
5
मय बूँद भर पिला कर क्या हँस रहा है साक़ी
भर भर के पीते आख़िर पैमाने आदमी हैं
Why do you laugh, O cupbearer, serving but a single drop of wine? After all, it is mortals who drink goblets brimming to the brim.
O cupbearer, why are you laughing after giving just a single drop of wine? After all, it is humans who drink goblets filled to the brim.
6
तुम ने हमारे दिल में घर कर लिया तो क्या है
आबाद करते आख़िर वीराने आदमी हैं
What wonder if you have made a home within my heart? After all, it is humans who bring life to desolate ruins.
If you have made a home in my heart, what is so surprising about it? After all, it is humans who bring life to desolate places.
7
नासेह से कोई कह दे कीजे कलाम ऐसा
हज़रत को ता कि कोई ये जाने आदमी हैं
Let someone tell the counselor to speak in such a way, so that at least one might believe his reverence is human.
Let someone tell the moral advisor to speak in such a manner that people may at least realize he too is a human being.
8
जब दावर-ए-क़यामत पूछेगा तुम पे रख कर
कह देंगे साफ़ हम तो बेगाने आदमी हैं
When on Judgment Day the Arbiter inquires, placing the blame on you, I shall simply say: 'We are merely strangers, after all.'
When the Judge on the Day of Judgment questions me regarding you, I will plainly state that we are complete strangers.
9
मैं वो बशर कि मुझ से हर आदमी को नफ़रत
तुम शम्अ वो कि तुम पर परवाने आदमी हैं
I am that mortal whom every person shuns with bitter hate, while you are such a radiant flame that mankind swarms around you like moths.
I am such a human being that every person hates me, whereas you are a candle around which people flock like moths.
10
महफ़िल भरी हुई है सौदाइयों से उस की
उस ग़ैरत-ए-परी पर दीवाने आदमी हैं
Her assembly is crowded with those crazed for her; over that beauty who shames the fairies, all men are driven mad.
Her gathering is full of people obsessed with her, as men are driven mad with love over that beauty who even puts fairies to shame.
11
शाबाश 'दाग़' तुझ को क्या तेग़-ए-इश्क़ खाई
जी करते हैं वही जो मर्दाने आदमी हैं
Well done, O Dagh! How bravely you bore the sword of love; for only men of true valor possess such a daring heart.
Bravo to you, Dagh, for how bravely you bore the strike of love's sword; only truly courageous men possess such daring hearts.
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