Ghazal
है बज़्म-ए-बुताँ में सुख़न आज़ुर्दा-लबों से
In this ghazal, the poet expresses deep frustration with superficial flattery and the pretense encountered in the assembly of the beloved. Seeking escape from shallow social rituals, he yearns for genuine intensity, raw emotion, and uninhibited abandonment.
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है बज़्म-ए-बुताँ में सुख़न आज़ुर्दा-लबों से
तंग आए हैं हम ऐसे ख़ुशामद-तलबों से
In the gathering of idols, speech parts only from sullen lips; we have grown weary of such seekers of ceaseless flattery.
In the gathering of beloveds, speech comes forth only with sullen lips; we have grown tired of such people who demand flattery.
2
है दौर-ए-क़दह वज्ह-ए-परेशानी-ए-सहबा
यक-बार लगा दो ख़ुम-ए-मय मेरे लबों से
The goblet's endless round but stirs the wine's distress; press the whole cask of vintage at once unto my lips.
The repeated passing around of the wine cup is causing distress to the wine, so bring the entire jar of wine to my lips all at once.
3
रिंदाना-ए-दर-ए-मय-कदा गुस्ताख़ हैं ज़ाहिद
ज़िन्हार न होना तरफ़ इन बे-अदबों से
The revelers at the tavern door are brazen, O ascetic; beware, do not ever cross paths with these insolent ones!
O ascetic, the drinkers at the tavern door are insolent; beware and never confront or get involved with these disrespectful people.
4
बेदाद-ए-वफ़ा देख कि जाती रही आख़िर
हर-चंद मिरी जान को था रब्त लबों से
Behold fidelity's cruel tyranny, for life slipped away at last, / Though desperately my lingering soul had clung unto my lips.
Look at the cruelty of fidelity that my life has departed at last, even though my lingering soul clung closely to my lips.
5
क्या पूछे है बर-ख़ुद ग़लती-हा-ए-अज़ीज़ाँ
ख़्वारी को भी इक आर है अआली-नसबों से
Why ask of the vain delusions of these cherished peers? / Even humiliation feels ashamed to touch the noble-born.
What is there to ask about the self-delusion of these dear friends? Even humiliation itself feels ashamed to be associated with these people of noble descent.
6
गो तुम को रज़ा-जूई-ए-अग़्यार है लेकिन
जाती है मुलाक़ात कब ऐसे सबबों से
Though you seek to please the rivals, yet tell me: does our meeting ever cease on pretexts such as these?
Even though you wish to please the rivals, meetings between lovers do not come to an end over such excuses.
7
मत पूछ 'असद' वअ'दा-ए-कम-फ़ुर्सती-ए-ज़ीस्त
दो दिन भी जो काटे तू क़यामत तअबों से
Ask not, Asad, of life's brief, promised span; even those two fleeting days were lived through doomsday's endless agony.
O Asad, do not ask about the promise of life's brief span; even the two days that were lived, were spent enduring immense hardships and torment.
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