Ghazal
क्या तंग हम सितम-ज़दगाँ का जहान है
In this ghazal, Ghalib laments the stifling confines of existence endured by the afflicted, for whom the vast sky feels as insignificant as an ant's egg. At the same time, he reflects on divine immanence, acknowledging that the entire cosmos derives its movement and vitality from the radiance of the Beloved.
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क्या तंग हम सितम-ज़दगाँ का जहान है
जिस में कि एक बैज़ा-ए-मोर आसमान है
How cramped a realm belongs to us, the sorrow-stricken souls, where the entire sky is merely an ant's egg.
The world of us oppressed ones is so cramped and narrow that even the entire sky within it is merely like an ant's egg.
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है काएनात को हरकत तेरे ज़ौक़ से
परतव से आफ़्ताब के ज़र्रे में जान है
The universe is stirred to motion by your passionate grace / In the radiance of the sun, life breathes in a speck of dust.
The entire universe is set in motion by your desire and passion, just as a tiny speck of dust comes to life under the radiant light of the sun.
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हालाँकि है ये सीली-ए-ख़ारा से लाला रंग
ग़ाफ़िल को मेरे शीशे पे मय का गुमान है
Though turned tulip-red by the strike of a stone, the heedless fool still presumes my glass holds wine.
Although my glass has turned tulip-red from the strike of a hard stone, the heedless person mistakenly assumes it is filled with wine.
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की उस ने गर्म सीना-ए-अहल-ए-हवस में जा
आवे न क्यूँ पसंद कि ठंडा मकान है
She made herself at home within the breast of those by lust possessed; / Why would she not delight in it, when it's a cool place to rest?
She made her dwelling inside the chest of the lustful; why wouldn't she like it, after all it is a cool house?
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क्या ख़ूब तुम ने ग़ैर को बोसा नहीं दिया
बस चुप रहो हमारे भी मुँह में ज़बान है
How grand! You claim you never gave the rival a kiss; enough, be silent—we too have a tongue in our mouth.
You claim so cleverly that you did not kiss the rival; now be quiet, for we too have a tongue in our mouth and can speak.
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बैठा है जो कि साया-ए-दीवार-ए-यार में
फ़रमाँ-रवा-ए-किश्वर-ए-हिन्दुस्तान है
The one who rests beneath the shadow of the beloved's wall, rules as the sovereign emperor of the realm of Hindustan.
The one who sits in the shade of the beloved's wall is truly the sovereign ruler of the realm of Hindustan.
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हस्ती का ए'तिबार भी ग़म ने मिटा दिया
किस से कहूँ कि दाग़ जिगर का निशान है
Grief has erased even the faith in my existence; to whom shall I say that this scar is the mark of my wounded heart?
Grief has erased even the belief in my existence; now to whom should I say that this scar is the mark of my wounded heart?
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है बारे ए'तिमाद-ए-वफ़ा-दारी इस क़दर
'ग़ालिब' हम इस में ख़ुश हैं कि ना-मेहरबान है
Such absolute trust is reposed in my enduring fidelity; Ghalib, we rejoice that she remains unkind to me.
There is so much faith in my enduring loyalty that, Ghalib, we are content that the beloved remains unkind to us.
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देहली के रहने वालो 'असद' को सताओ मत
बे-चारा चंद रोज़ का याँ मेहमान है
O residents of Delhi, torment Asad no more; the poor soul is a guest here for merely a few fleeting days.
O residents of Delhi, do not torment Asad; the poor, helpless soul is only a guest here for a few days.
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