Ghazal
हुई ताख़ीर तो कुछ बाइस-ए-ताख़ीर भी था
This ghazal delicately touches upon the complexities of delay and fate, suggesting that external factors often govern outcomes and that even personal ruin can be intertwined with destiny's design. The poet yearningly reminds a forgotten beloved of their past connection, concluding with a powerful image of a captive lover whose thoughts are still consumed by the beloved's locks, despite the heavy burden of chains.
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हुई ताख़ीर तो कुछ बाइस-ए-ताख़ीर भी था
आप आते थे मगर कोई इनाँ-गीर भी था
If there was a delay, there was also a cause for that delay;You were coming, but someone was also holding your reins.
If there was a delay, there was also a reason for it. You were coming, but someone was holding your reins.
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तुम से बेजा है मुझे अपनी तबाही का गिला
उस में कुछ शाइब-ए-ख़ूबी-ए-तक़दीर भी था
It is unjust for me to complain to you about my ruin; For in it, there was also a trace of destiny's inherent beauty.
It is unjust for me to complain to you about my ruin, for in it, there was also a trace of destiny's inherent beauty.
3
तू मुझे भूल गया हो तो पता बतला दूँ
कभी फ़ितराक में तेरे कोई नख़चीर भी था
Should you have forgotten me, allow me to remind you,
Was there not once some prey within your hunting-sling too?
If you have forgotten me, allow me to remind you. Was there not once some prey in your hunting-sling or belt?
4
क़ैद में है तिरे वहशी को वही ज़ुल्फ़ की याद
हाँ कुछ इक रंज-ए-गिराँ-बारी-ए-ज़ंजीर भी था
In captivity, your madman recalls those same locks of hair,Though yes, some burden of the heavy chains was also there.
Even in captivity, your madman still remembers your locks of hair. Yes, there was also some pain due to the heaviness of the chains.
5
बिजली इक कौंद गई आँखों के आगे तो क्या
बात करते कि मैं लब-तिश्ना-ए-तक़रीर भी था
What good was it if lightning flashed before my eyes?You should have spoken, for I, too, was athirst for discourse.
What was the use if lightning just flashed before my eyes and disappeared? You should have spoken, as I too was longing for conversation.
6
यूसुफ़ उस को कहूँ और कुछ न कहे ख़ैर हुई
गर बिगड़ बैठे तो मैं लाइक़-ए-ताज़ीर भी था
I called him Yusuf, and he said nothing; it was fortunate.Had he taken offense, I too deserved punishment.
I called him Yusuf, and he remained silent, which was fortunate. Had he become angry, I would have deserved punishment for my audacious comparison.
7
देख कर ग़ैर को हो क्यूँ न कलेजा ठंडा
नाला करता था वले तालिब-ए-तासीर भी था
Why shouldn't her heart find peace, upon seeing the rival? I would lament, but also longed for my cries to have an effect.
Why shouldn't her heart find peace upon seeing the rival? I used to lament, but I also desired my cries to have some effect.
8
पेशे में ऐब नहीं रखिए न फ़रहाद को नाम
हम ही आशुफ़्ता-सरों में वो जवाँ-मीर भी था
Do not find fault in the profession, nor bring infamy to Farhad's name; Among us, the distraught-headed, even that young Mir (Taqi Mir) was counted.
Do not find fault in any profession, nor bring disrepute to Farhad's name; for even among us, the distraught-headed lovers, that young Mir Taqi Mir was also counted.
9
हम थे मरने को खड़े पास न आया न सही
आख़िर उस शोख़ के तरकश में कोई तीर भी था
We stood ready to die; if he didn't come close, so be it. After all, did that mischievous one even have an arrow in his quiver?
We were standing ready to die; if he didn't come close, so be it. After all, did that mischievous one even have an arrow in his quiver?
10
पकड़े जाते हैं फ़रिश्तों के लिखे पर ना-हक़
आदमी कोई हमारा दम-ए-तहरीर भी था
They seize us unjustly for what the angels have penned,Was any man of ours present when it was written then?
We are unjustly blamed based on what the angels have written. Was anyone from our side present when these records were being made?
11
रेख़्ते के तुम्हीं उस्ताद नहीं हो 'ग़ालिब'
कहते हैं अगले ज़माने में कोई 'मीर' भी था
Ghalib, you are not the only master of Rekhta (Urdu poetry);They say, in earlier times, there was also a 'Meer'.
Ghalib, you are not the only master of Rekhta (Urdu poetry); it is said that in earlier times, there was also someone named 'Meer'.
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