Ghazal
नहीं कि मुझ को क़यामत का ए'तिक़ाद नहीं
This ghazal vividly portrays the immense suffering of a lover due to separation, equating a single night of longing to the intensity of the Day of Judgment. It highlights the beloved's profound indifference, as they offer neither welcome upon the lover's arrival nor farewell upon departure. The speaker's very memory is associated with discord, implying their presence is unwanted.
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नहीं कि मुझ को क़यामत का ए'तिक़ाद नहीं
शब-ए-फ़िराक़ से रोज़-ए-जज़ा ज़ियाद नहीं
It's not that I lack faith in the Day of Judgment;The Day of Recompense is no longer than a night of separation.
It is not that I lack faith in the Day of Judgment; rather, the Day of Recompense is no longer than a night of separation from the beloved.
2
कोई कहे कि शब-ए-मह में क्या बुराई है
बला से आज अगर दिन को अब्र ओ बाद नहीं
Should one ask, 'What fault lies in a moonlit night?'So be it, if today the sky lacks cloud and wind.
If someone asks what is wrong with a moonlit night, let them; it doesn't matter if the day currently lacks clouds and wind.
3
जो आऊँ सामने उन के तो मर्हबा न कहें
जो जाऊँ वाँ से कहीं को तो ख़ैर-बाद नहीं
If I appear before them, they offer no welcome; and if I depart from there, no farewell is ever said.
If I appear before them, they offer no welcome; and if I depart from there, no farewell is ever said.
4
कभी जो याद भी आता हूँ मैं तो कहते हैं
कि आज बज़्म में कुछ फ़ित्ना-ओ-फ़साद नहीं
If ever I am even remembered, they declare,'Today in the assembly, no mischief or discord is there.'
When I am even remembered, they remark that today there is no mischief or discord in the gathering.
5
अलावा ईद के मिलती है और दिन भी शराब
गदा-ए-कूच-ए-मय-ख़ाना ना-मुराद नहीं
Beyond Eid, on other days too, wine is found;The mendicant of the tavern's lane is never disappointed.
Wine is available on other days too, besides Eid. The mendicant of the tavern's street is never disappointed.
6
जहाँ में हो ग़म-ओ-शादी बहम हमें क्या काम
दिया है हम को ख़ुदा ने वो दिल कि शाद नहीं
What care we if the world holds joy and sorrow hand-in-hand?God has bestowed upon us a heart that knows no cheer.
What concern is it to us if sorrow and joy coexist in the world? God has bestowed upon us a heart that is simply incapable of being truly happy.
7
तुम उन के वा'दे का ज़िक्र उन से क्यूँ करो 'ग़ालिब'
ये क्या कि तुम कहो और वो कहें कि याद नहीं
Ghalib, why mention their promise to them?What good is it if you speak, and they say they don't recall?
Ghalib, why do you remind them of their promise? What kind of situation is it when you speak of it, and they claim not to remember?
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