Ghazal
दिया है दिल अगर उस को बशर है क्या कहिए
This ghazal, titled "दिया है दिल अगर उस को बशर है क्या कहिए," explores the complex and often perplexing nature of love and the beloved's actions. The speaker expresses a sense of wonder and helplessness, using the recurring phrase "what to say," when confronting the beloved's human nature, their messenger turning rival, their capricious presence, and their subtle deceptions that make the lover feel understood yet misled. It delves into themes of fate, longing, and the exasperation experienced in love.
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दिया है दिल अगर उस को बशर है क्या कहिए
हुआ रक़ीब तो हो नामा-बर है क्या कहिए
If I gave him my heart, he's but a human, what can one say?If he turned rival, he's a mere messenger, what can one say?
What can one say if I gave my heart to him, as he is only human? If he became a rival, he was just a messenger, what can one say about that?
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ये ज़िद कि आज न आवे और आए बिन न रहे
क़ज़ा से शिकवा हमें किस क़दर है क्या कहिए
Such stubbornness, that today you won't come, yet can't help but appear,How much we complain to fate, what can one say here?
What kind of stubbornness is this, that it vows not to come today, yet cannot stay away and eventually appears? How much we complain to fate, what can one even say about that?
3
रहे है यूँ गह-ओ-बे-गह कि कू-ए-दोस्त को अब
अगर न कहिए कि दुश्मन का घर है क्या कहिए
I dwell there, sometimes welcome, sometimes not, at the beloved's lane, to such a degree. If I don't call it the enemy's abode, then what else can it be?
I stay in the beloved's lane in such a way, sometimes welcome and sometimes unwelcome, that if I don't call it the enemy's house now, what else can I call it?
4
ज़हे करिश्मा कि यूँ दे रक्खा है हम को फ़रेब
कि बिन कहे ही उन्हें सब ख़बर है क्या कहिए
What a marvel, that we are thus beguiled,
That without a word, they know all – what can one say?
What a marvel it is that we have been deceived in such a way, as they already know everything without us having to say a word. What more can one possibly say?
5
समझ के करते हैं बाज़ार में वो पुर्सिश-ए-हाल
कि ये कहे कि सर-ए-रहगुज़र है क्या कहिए
They inquire of my state in the bazaar, knowing well,So I might say, 'It's a public path, what is there to tell?'
They inquire about my condition in the market, knowing well, so that one might say, "It is a public path, what is there to tell?"
6
तुम्हें नहीं है सर-ए-रिश्ता-ए-वफ़ा का ख़याल
हमारे हाथ में कुछ है मगर है क्या कहिए
You hold no thought for loyalty's sacred thread,Something is in our hands, but what can be said?
You have no regard for the bond of loyalty. We hold something in our hands, but what can be said about what it is?
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उन्हें सवाल पे ज़ोम-ए-जुनूँ है क्यूँ लड़िए
हमें जवाब से क़त-ए-नज़र है क्या कहिए
On their questions, they wear a mad pride, why should one fight? From the answers, we avert our gaze, what more can we cite?
They have a mad pride concerning their questions, so why should one fight? We ignore the answers, so what more can be said?
8
हसद सज़ा-ए-कमाल-ए-सुख़न है क्या कीजे
सितम बहा-ए-मता-ए-हुनर है क्या कहिए
Envy, the penance for a perfect art, what can be done?Injustice, the payment for true skill, what can be said?
Envy is the punishment for artistic perfection, what can be done? Injustice is the price for skill, what can be said?
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कहा है किस ने कि 'ग़ालिब' बुरा नहीं लेकिन
सिवाए इस के कि आशुफ़्ता-सर है क्या कहिए
Who ever said that Ghalib is not bad? But still,Except he's quite deranged, what more can one tell?
Who has said that Ghalib is not bad? But besides the fact that he is deranged or mentally troubled, what else can be said about him?
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