Ghazal
Kahte Ho Na Denge Ham Dil Agar Pa.Da Paaya
कहते हो न देंगे हम दिल अगर पड़ा पाया
This ghazal delves into the complexities of love, where the beloved playfully refuses to return the lover's lost heart, yet the lover finds life's true taste and purpose in this very love. It explores the paradoxical nature of love as both a balm and an incurable pain, highlighting the beloved's captivating indifference that challenges the lover's resolve.
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कहते हो न देंगे हम दिल अगर पड़ा पाया
दिल कहाँ कि गुम कीजे हम ने मुद्दआ' पाया
You say you won't return the heart if found lying about,
But where is a heart to lose? We found our true intent instead.
You say you won't return my heart if you find it lying around. But where is a heart to lose? We have instead found our true purpose.
2
इश्क़ से तबीअ'त ने ज़ीस्त का मज़ा पाया
दर्द की दवा पाई दर्द-ए-बे-दवा पाया
Through love, my soul found life's sweet taste, Its cure for pain it found, and found too pain beyond all remedy.
Through love, one's disposition found the taste of life. It discovered both the remedy for pain and an incurable pain.
3
दोस्त-दार-ए-दुश्मन है ए'तिमाद-ए-दिल मा'लूम
आह बे-असर देखी नाला ना-रसा पाया
My heart's devotion to the foe is clear to see,My sighs were futile, my laments failed to reach thee.
It is evident that the heart's trust leans towards the enemy. My sighs were ineffective, and my laments failed to reach their target.
4
सादगी ओ पुरकारी बे-ख़ुदी ओ हुश्यारी
हुस्न को तग़ाफ़ुल में जुरअत-आज़मा पाया
Simplicity and artfulness, oblivion and awareness,I found beauty, in its indifference, testing my courage.
I found beauty, with its mix of simplicity and artfulness, oblivion and awareness, testing my courage through its indifference.
5
ग़ुंचा फिर लगा खिलने आज हम ने अपना दिल
ख़ूँ किया हुआ देखा गुम किया हुआ पाया
The bud began to bloom again; today we saw our heart,Which we had bled, now found it lost, set irrevocably apart.
As the bud began to bloom again, today we saw our heart, which we had previously bled, now found to be lost.
6
हाल-ए-दिल नहीं मा'लूम लेकिन इस क़दर या'नी
हम ने बार-हा ढूँडा तुम ने बार-हा पाया
The heart's state is unknown, but this much is clear, it means: I searched for it repeatedly, while you repeatedly found it.
The state of my heart is unknown to me, but this much is clear: I repeatedly searched for it, while you repeatedly found it.
7
शोर-ए-पंद-ए-नासेह ने ज़ख़्म पर नमक छिड़का
आप से कोई पूछे तुम ने क्या मज़ा पाया
The clamor of the preacher's counsel sprinkled salt upon the wound,May someone ask you, what pleasure did you find in this?
The clamor of the adviser's counsel sprinkled salt upon the wound. May someone ask you, what pleasure did you find in this?
8
है कहाँ तमन्ना का दूसरा क़दम या रब
हम ने दश्त-ए-इम्काँ को एक नक़्श-ए-पा पाया
Where is desire's second step, O Lord?
We found possibility's desert, just a single footprint.
O Lord, where is the second step of desire? We have found the vast desert of possibilities to be merely a single footprint.
9
बे-दिमाग़-ए-ख़जलत हूँ रश्क-ए-इम्तिहाँ ता-कै
एक बेकसी तुझ को आलम-आश्ना पाया
I am senseless with shame; how long this trial, itself an object of envy?
I found only helplessness to be truly acquainted with the world.
Overwhelmed by shame, I am senseless and wonder how long this trial, which itself is an object of envy, will persist. I have found that only helplessness truly understands the ways of the world.
10
ख़ाक-बाज़ी-ए-उम्मीद कार-ख़ाना-ए-तिफ़्ली
यास को दो-आलम से लब-ब-ख़ंदा वा पाया
Hope's dusty play, a childhood's enterprise, no more; Despair from both worlds, I found with smiling lips laid bare.
Playing with the dust of hope is a childish endeavor. I found despair, from both worlds, revealed with a smile.
11
क्यूँ न वहशत-ए-ग़ालिब बाज-ख़्वाह-ए-तस्कीं हो
कुश्ता-ए-तग़ाफ़ुल को ख़स्म-ए-ख़ूँ-बहा पाया
Why should Ghalib's frenzy not reclaim its lost repose?For one by neglect slain, I found the foe demanding blood-money.
Why should Ghalib's frenzy not demand back its peace? For I found the one slain by neglect to be the adversary demanding blood-money.
12
फ़िक्र-ए-नाला में गोया हल्क़ा हूँ ज़े-सर-ता-पा
उज़्व उज़्व जूँ ज़ंजीर यक-दिल-ए-सदा पाया
Consumed by the thought of lament, I am, as it were, a circle from head to foot;Every limb, like a chain, has found a simple, sincere heart.
It is as if I am a circle from head to foot, entirely absorbed in the thought of lamentation. Every limb, like a chain, has found a simple and sincere heart.
13
शब नज़ारा-परवर था ख़्वाब में ख़याल उस का
सुब्ह मौजा-ए-गुल को नक़्श-ए-बोरिया पाया
Last night, her image filled my dream, a spectacle so fair;At dawn, the wave of blossoms turned to just a mat's faint wear.
Last night, her image was a magnificent spectacle in my dream. In the morning, that wave of blossoms (the dream's beauty) was found to be merely like the pattern of a worn mat, indicating the dream's fleeting nature.
14
जिस क़दर जिगर ख़ूँ हो कूचा दादन-ए-गुल है
ज़ख्म-ए-तेग़-ए-क़ातिल को तुर्फ़ा दिल-कुशा पाया
To the extent that the heart bleeds, it is the street for bestowing flowers; The wound from the killer's sword, I found, was strangely heart-opening.
To the extent that the heart bleeds, it becomes the path for bestowing flowers. I found the wound from the killer's sword to be strangely heart-opening.
15
है मकीं की पा-दारी नाम-ए-साहिब-ए-ख़ाना
हम से तेरे कूचे ने नक़्श-ए-मुद्दआ पाया
The inhabitant's steadfastness is the house-owner's renown; Your street found the imprint of its purpose through us.
The inhabitant's steadfastness is the house-owner's renown. It was through us that your street found the mark of its purpose.
16
ने 'असद' जफ़ा-साइल ने सितम जुनूँ-माइल
तुझ को जिस क़दर ढूँडा उल्फ़त-आज़मा पाया
Asad, I am neither one who seeks cruelty, nor inclined to mad oppression;However much I searched for you, I found you a test of love.
O Asad, I am neither a seeker of cruelty nor inclined to mad oppression. However much I searched for you, I found you to be a test of love.
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