Ghazal
Husn-e-be-parva Kharidar-e-mata-e-jalva Hai
हुस्न-ए-बे-परवा ख़रीदार-ए-माता-ए-जल्वा है
This ghazal philosophically explores the profound relationship between beauty, manifestation, and perception, suggesting that beauty inherently yearns to witness its own splendor. Ghalib reflects on the paradoxes of awareness and vision with a contemplative and deeply metaphysical tone.
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हुस्न-ए-बे-परवा ख़रीदार-ए-माता-ए-जल्वा है
आइना ज़ानू-ए-फ़िक्र-ए-इख़्तिरा-ए-जल्वा है
Aloof beauty is itself the buyer of its own radiant display; the mirror is thought's bent knee, inventing that very splendor.
Indifferent beauty is itself the purchaser of its own display of splendor, and the mirror is merely the knee of contemplation that invents this manifestation.
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ता-कुजा ऐ आगही रंग-ए-तमाशा बाख़्तन
चश्म-ए-वा-गर्दीदा आग़ोश-ए-विदा-ए-जल्वा है
How long, O consciousness, to forfeit the spectacle's hue? The opened eye is but an embrace bidding the vision adieu.
O consciousness, how long will you keep losing the delight of the spectacle? The opened eye is merely an embrace bidding farewell to the manifestation.
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