Ghazal
Kisi Ko De Ke Dil Koi Nawa-sanj-e-fughan Kyun HoNa Ho Jab Dil Hi
किसी को दे के दिल कोई नवा-संज-ए-फ़ुग़ाँ क्यूँ हो
This ghazal expresses a disillusioned and defiant perspective on love. The poet questions the futility of lamenting after surrendering one's heart, asserting self-respect against an unyielding beloved and rejecting the betrayal of a confidant. It concludes with a cynical view of loyalty and love, challenging the beloved's authority.
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किसी को दे के दिल कोई नवा-संज-ए-फ़ुग़ाँ क्यूँ हो
न हो जब दिल ही सीने में तो फिर मुँह में ज़बाँ क्यूँ हो
Why should one lament, having given their heart away? If no heart resides within the chest, why should a tongue then sway?
Why should one lament or complain after giving their heart away? If there is no heart left in the chest, then why should there be a tongue in the mouth?
2
वो अपनी ख़ू न छोड़ेंगे हम अपनी वज़्अ क्यूँ छोड़ें
सुबुक-सर बन के क्या पूछें कि हम से सरगिराँ क्यूँ हो
They won't abandon their nature, why should we forsake our grace?Why, light-headed, should we ask why they turn away their face?
They will not change their nature, so why should we abandon our own dignified conduct? We shouldn't become frivolous and ask why they are distant or displeased with us.
3
किया ग़म-ख़्वार ने रुस्वा लगे आग इस मोहब्बत को
न लावे ताब जो ग़म की वो मेरा राज़-दाँ क्यूँ हो
The sympathizer disgraced me, may fire consume this love's plight;Why should one who bears no sorrow's weight, be my confidant, my close light?
The sympathizer shamed me; may fire consume this love. Why should someone who cannot endure sorrow be my confidant?
4
वफ़ा कैसी कहाँ का इश्क़ जब सर फोड़ना ठहरा
तो फिर ऐ संग-दिल तेरा ही संग-ए-आस्ताँ क्यूँ हो
What loyalty, what love, when to smash one's head is decreed?Then, O stone-hearted one, why only your threshold's stone indeed?
What loyalty or love is there when the ultimate fate is to smash one's head in despair? Then, O stone-hearted one, why should my head be smashed only at your threshold?
5
क़फ़स में मुझ से रूदाद-ए-चमन कहते न डर हमदम
गिरी है जिस पे कल बिजली वो मेरा आशियाँ क्यूँ हो
In this cage, friend, do not fear to tell the garden's plight,Why should the nest struck by lightning yesterday be mine?
In this cage, friend, do not fear to tell me the state of the garden. Why should the nest that was struck by lightning yesterday still be considered mine?
6
ये कह सकते हो हम दिल में नहीं हैं पर ये बतलाओ
कि जब दिल में तुम्हीं तुम हो तो आँखों से निहाँ क्यूँ हो
You may claim I'm not within your heart, but tell me true,If only you reside there, why are you hidden from my view?
You can say that I am not in your heart, but tell me, when only you reside in the heart, why are you hidden from the eyes?
7
ग़लत है जज़्ब-ए-दिल का शिकवा देखो जुर्म किस का है
न खींचो गर तुम अपने को कशाकश दरमियाँ क्यूँ हो
It's wrong to blame the heart's attraction, see whose fault it lies with;If you yourself don't pull away, why would there be this struggle betwixt?
It's wrong to blame the heart's attraction; observe whose fault it truly is. If you do not pull yourself away, then why would there be any struggle between us?
8
ये फ़ित्ना आदमी की ख़ाना-वीरानी को क्या कम है
हुए तुम दोस्त जिस के दुश्मन उस का आसमाँ क्यूँ हो
Is this calamity not enough for a man's home's ruin?For one whose friend you became, why should the heavens be his foe?
Is this tribulation not sufficient for the ruin of a person's home? For the one you befriended, why should the heavens then become their enemy?
9
यही है आज़माना तो सताना किस को कहते हैं
अदू के हो लिए जब तुम तो मेरा इम्तिहाँ क्यूँ हो
If this is testing, then what is tormenting called?When you've sided with the foe, why should I be tested?
If this is what you call testing, then what would torment be? When you have already sided with the enemy, why should I still be put to the test?
10
कहा तुम ने कि क्यूँ हो ग़ैर के मिलने में रुस्वाई
बजा कहते हो सच कहते हो फिर कहियो कि हाँ क्यूँ हो
You asked why in meeting others there's disgrace,You speak justly, you speak truly, then tell me, 'Why is this the case?'
You asked why there is disgrace in meeting with others. You speak justly, you speak truly, so then tell me, 'Why is this so?'
11
निकाला चाहता है काम क्या ता'नों से तू 'ग़ालिब'
तिरे बे-मेहर कहने से वो तुझ पर मेहरबाँ क्यूँ हो
What do you wish to accomplish with your taunts, Ghalib? Why would he become kind to you by your calling him heartless?
Ghalib, what do you wish to achieve by taunting? Why would he become kind to you simply because you call him heartless?
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