Ghazal
हैराँ हूँ दिल को रोऊँ कि पीटूँ जिगर को मैं
This ghazal portrays the intense anguish and bewilderment of a lover consumed by despair. The poet is torn between deep sorrow and frustration, lamenting the humiliation and helplessness he faces, even being forced to seek out rivals. He expresses a profound sense of loss and regret, wishing he had never encountered the path that led to such suffering, yet still acknowledging an intimate, albeit painful, knowledge of the beloved.
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हैराँ हूँ दिल को रोऊँ कि पीटूँ जिगर को मैं
मक़्दूर हो तो साथ रखूँ नौहागर को मैं
I am bewildered, should I weep for my heart, or beat my liver?If I had the means, I would keep a mourner with me.
I am bewildered, unsure whether to weep for my heart or to beat my liver in my sorrow. If I had the means, I would keep a professional mourner with me.
2
छोड़ा न रश्क ने कि तिरे घर का नाम लूँ
हर इक से पूछता हूँ कि जाऊँ किधर को मैं
Envy did not allow me to utter your house's name,From each person I ask, 'Where should I go now?'
Envy did not allow me to utter the name of your house, so I ask everyone where I should go.
3
जाना पड़ा रक़ीब के दर पर हज़ार बार
ऐ काश जानता न तिरे रह-गुज़र को मैं
I had to visit the rival's door a thousand times.Oh, I wish I had never known your path!
I had to visit the rival's door a thousand times. Oh, I wish I had never known your path!
4
है क्या जो कस के बाँधिए मेरी बला डरे
क्या जानता नहीं हूँ तुम्हारी कमर को मैं
What if you cinch it tight, would then my troubles flee?Am I not well acquainted with your slender waist, you see?
What good would it do if you cinch it tight, would my troubles then be scared away? Am I not already well acquainted with your delicate waist?
5
लो वो भी कहते हैं कि ये बे-नंग-ओ-नाम है
ये जानता अगर तो लुटाता न घर को मैं
Look, even they say that I am without honor or name;Had I known this, I would not have ruined my home.
Look, even they say that I am without honor or a good name. If I had known this, I would not have ruined my home.
6
चलता हूँ थोड़ी दूर हर इक तेज़-रौ के साथ
पहचानता नहीं हूँ अभी राहबर को मैं
I walk a short distance with every swift traveler,For I do not yet recognize my true guide.
I walk a short distance with every swift traveler, because I do not yet recognize my true guide.
7
ख़्वाहिश को अहमक़ों ने परस्तिश दिया क़रार
क्या पूजता हूँ उस बुत-ए-बेदाद-गर को मैं
Fools have declared desire to be worship, I vow,What do I worship that tyrannical idol, now?
Fools have declared desire to be worship. Why would I worship that tyrannical idol?
8
फिर बे-ख़ुदी में भूल गया राह-ए-कू-ए-यार
जाता वगर्ना एक दिन अपनी ख़बर को मैं
Again, lost in ecstasy, I forgot the path to the beloved's lane;Otherwise, one day I would have gone to find myself.
Once again, lost in a state of ecstasy, I forgot the path to the beloved's lane. Otherwise, I would have eventually gone to understand my own self.
9
अपने पे कर रहा हूँ क़यास अहल-ए-दहर का
समझा हूँ दिल-पज़ीर मता-ए-हुनर को मैं
I measure the world's folk by my own self, I've deemed art's worth as pleasing to the heart.
I judge the people of the world by my own standards. I have understood the asset of art to be pleasing to the heart.
10
'ग़ालिब' ख़ुदा करे कि सवार-ए-समंद-नाज़
देखूँ अली बहादुर-ए-आली-गुहर को मैं
Ghalib, may God grant that I behold
Ali Bahadur, of noble birth, astride a horse of grace.
Ghalib, I pray to God that I may behold Ali Bahadur, who is of noble descent, riding a graceful horse.
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