Ghazal
हासिल से हाथ धो बैठ ऐ आरज़ू-ख़िरामी
This ghazal delves into the anguish of unfulfilled desires and the futility of ambition, urging one to abandon the fruits of their striving. The poet expresses a deep sense of incompleteness and sorrow, portraying himself as an extinguished flame bearing the scars of what could not be. It further explores themes of suffering, betrayal, and the inherent, often destructive, power of beauty and fate.
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हासिल से हाथ धो बैठ ऐ आरज़ू-ख़िरामी
दिल जोश-ए-गिर्या में है डूबी हुई असामी
Wash your hands of all gains, O wanderer of desires;The heart, like a deed, is immersed in a flood of tears.
O one who wanders after desires, let go of all your achievements. The heart is like a document submerged and lost in the surge of tears.
2
उस शम्अ' की तरह से जिस को कोई बुझा दे
मैं भी जले-हुओं में हूँ दाग़-ए-ना-तमामी
Like that candle which someone has extinguished,I too am among the burnt ones, a scar of incompleteness.
Just like an extinguished candle, I too am counted among those who are burnt, a mark of incompleteness.
3
करते हो शिकवा किस का तुम और बेवफ़ाई
सर पीटते हैं अपना हम और नेक-नामी
Of whose unfaithfulness do you complain, you yourself being so?We strike our heads in grief, we and our good name.
You complain about someone's unfaithfulness, yet you yourself are unfaithful. We, along with our good name, are left to strike our heads in grief.
4
सद-रंग-ए-गुल कतरना दर-पर्दा क़त्ल करना
तेग़-ए-अदा नहीं है पाबंद-ए-बे-नियामी
To pluck the multi-hued flower is to secretly slay; The sword of coquetry is not bound by being unsheathed.
To pluck a multi-hued flower is to secretly slay it. The sword of coquetry is not bound by the need to be unsheathed (it can wound even when sheathed).
5
तर्फ़-ए-सुख़न नहीं है मुझ से ख़ुदा-न-कर्दा
है नामा-बर को उस से दावा-ए-हम-कलामी
God forbid, it is not I who lacks a voice,The messenger claims he conversed with her, by his choice.
God forbid, it's not that I am incapable of speaking or making my voice heard. Instead, the messenger claims to have had a direct conversation with her.
6
ताक़त फ़साना-ए-बाद अंदेशा शोला-ईजाद
ऐ ग़म हुनूज़ आतिश ऐ दिल हुनूज़ ख़ामी
My strength, a tale on the wind; my thoughts, ever fire-breeding,O grief, you are still fire; O heart, you remain quite raw.
My strength is like a tale on the wind; my thoughts are always creating fire. O grief, you are still burning like fire; and O heart, you are still unripe/raw.
7
हर चंद उम्र गुज़री आज़ुर्दगी में लेकिन
है शरह-ए-शौक़ को भी जूँ शिकवा ना-तमामी
Though life has passed in sorrow and in pain,My passion's very tale, like a complaint, remains incomplete.
Although my life has been spent in sorrow, the tale of my passion, like a complaint, remains incomplete.
8
है यास में 'असद' को साक़ी से भी फ़राग़त
दरिया से ख़ुश्क गुज़रे मस्तों की तिश्ना-कामी
In despair, 'Asad' finds release even from the cup-bearer; The thirst of the intoxicated passed by the river as if it were dry.
In despair, 'Asad' is indifferent even to the cup-bearer. The thirst of the intoxicated passed by the river as if it were dry, remaining unquenched.
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