Ghazal
आ कि मिरी जान को क़रार नहीं है
This ghazal captures the agonizing pain of separation and the unbearable restlessness of waiting for the beloved. Alongside the intense longing of the lover, the poet also reflects philosophically on the struggles of earthly existence and the disproportion between worldly suffering and eternal reward.
Source: rekhta · HI
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आ कि मिरी जान को क़रार नहीं है
ताक़त-ए-बेदाद-ए-इंतिज़ार नहीं है
Come, for my soul finds no peace; I have no strength left to endure the tyranny of waiting.
Come, for my soul finds no rest, and I no longer have the strength to endure the cruelty of waiting.
2
देते हैं जन्नत हयात-ए-दहर के बदले
नश्शा ब-अंदाज़ा-ए-ख़ुमार नहीं है
They offer Paradise in exchange for this mortal life; yet the wine's intoxication is scarcely equal to the hangover endured.
They offer Paradise in return for this worldly life, but the reward's intoxication is not proportional to the hangover endured.
3
गिर्या निकाले है तेरी बज़्म से मुझ को
हाए कि रोने पे इख़्तियार नहीं है
My weeping casts me out from your gathering; alas, that over my tears I hold no sway.
My weeping is driving me out of your gathering, and alas, I have no control over my tears.
4
हम से अबस है गुमान-ए-रंजिश-ए-ख़ातिर
ख़ाक में उश्शाक़ की ग़ुबार नहीं है
In vain do you suspect a grievance in my heart; in the dust of lovers, not a speck of rancor remains.
It is futile to suspect that I hold any grievance in my heart, for even the dust of lovers is entirely free of any rancor.
5
दिल से उठा लुत्फ़-ए-जल्वा-हा-ए-मआनी
ग़ैर-ए-गुल आईना-ए-बहार नहीं है
Gone from the heart is the delight of meaning's manifestations; nothing save the rose remains a mirror to the spring.
The delight of deeper meanings and spiritual manifestations has departed from the heart; now nothing other than the rose remains a mirror to spring.
6
क़त्ल का मेरे किया है अहद तो बारे
वाए अगर अहद उस्तुवार नहीं है
At last the vow to slay me has been made; alas for me, if that promise does not hold firm!
At last you have made a vow to kill me, but alas if this promise does not remain firm.
7
तू ने क़सम मय-कशी की खाई है 'ग़ालिब'
तेरी क़सम का कुछ ए'तिबार नहीं है
You have sworn an oath to renounce wine, O Ghalib; yet no faith can ever be placed in your vow.
O Ghalib, you have taken an oath to give up drinking wine, but no reliance can be placed on your oath.
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