Ghazal
Koh Ke Hon Baar-e-khaatir Gar Sada Ho Jaaiye Be-takalluf Ae
कोह के हों बार-ए-ख़ातिर गर सदा हो जाइए
This ghazal contemplates the burden of existence and an individual's inherent potential. It condemns confinement, like a cage, that hinders a spirit meant to fly, advocating for freedom as the path to a renewed life. Ultimately, it inspires embracing challenges to become an expansive and impactful presence, akin to the auspicious shadow of a Huma bird.
Source: rekhta · HI
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कोह के हों बार-ए-ख़ातिर गर सदा हो जाइए
बे-तकल्लुफ़ ऐ शरार-ए-जस्ता क्या हो जाइए
If you should become eternal, a ceaseless call, you'd burden even the mountains; O leaping spark, without ceremony, why not simply cease to be?
If you were to become eternal or a ceaseless call, you would burden even the mountains. O leaping spark, without ceremony, why not simply cease to be?
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बैज़ा-आसा नंग-ए-बाल-ओ-पर है ये कुंज-ए-क़फ़स
अज़-सर-ए-नौ ज़िंदगी हो गर रिहा हो जाइए
This corner of the cage, like an egg, shames wings and feathers' grace,Life would be born anew, were freedom found in this place.
This corner of the cage, like an egg, shames one's wings and feathers. Life would truly begin anew if one were to be set free.
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वुसअत-ए-मशरब नियाज़-ए-कुल्फ़त-ए-वहशत 'असद'
यक-बयाबाँ साया-ए-बाल-ए-हुमा हो जाइए
Asad, if a broad temperament necessitates the anguish of wilderness,Then become the Huma's wing's shadow, spanning an entire desert.
Asad, if a broad temperament necessitates the suffering of isolation, then become like the shadow of the Huma bird's wing, which spans an entire desert.
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