Ghazal
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रफ़्तार-ए-उम्र क़त-ए-रह-ए-इज़्तिराब है
This ghazal reflects on the fleeting nature of life and its restless journey. It touches upon themes of stability being wounded and the vastness of human experience, urging not to be misled by superficial perceptions of the world.
Source: rekhta · HI
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रफ़्तार-ए-उम्र क़त-ए-रह-ए-इज़्तिराब है
इस साल के हिसाब को बर्क़ आफ़्ताब है
The swift pace of life cuts short the path of anxious dread;For this year's account, lightning is the sun instead.
The swift pace of life shortens the path of anxious worry. For this year's accounting, lightning itself is the sun (denoting extreme rapidity).
2
मीना-ए-मय है सर्व नशात-ए-बहार से
बाल-ए-तदरौ जल्वा-ए-मौज-ए-शराब है
The wine-flask is a cypress from the joy of spring; The pheasant's wing, the gleam of the wine's flowing wave.
The wine-flask is like a cypress tree due to the exuberance of spring. The pheasant's wing is the reflection of the shimmering wave of wine.
3
ज़ख़्मी हुआ है पाश्ना पा-ए-सबात का
ने भागने की गूँ न इक़ामत की ताब है
The heel of steadfastness is wounded;Neither the strength to flee, nor to stay, remains.
The heel of steadfastness is wounded; neither the strength to flee nor to stay remains.
4
जादाद-ए-बादा-नोशी-ए-रिन्दाँ है शश-जिहत
ग़ाफ़िल गुमाँ करे है कि गेती ख़राब है
The domain of the libertines' wine-drinking encompasses all six directions; The heedless one imagines that the world is ruined.
The domain of the libertines' wine-drinking encompasses all six directions; the heedless one imagines that the world is ruined.
5
नज़्ज़ारा क्या हरीफ़ हो उस बर्क़-ए-हुस्न का
जोश-ए-बहार जल्वे को जिस के नक़ाब है
How can any gaze contend with beauty's lightning flash, Whose radiant glory is veiled by spring's own vibrant dash?
How can any gaze contend with the lightning of that beauty, whose brilliance is so intense that the vibrancy of spring itself acts as its veil?
6
मैं ना-मुराद दिल की तसल्ली को क्या करूँ
माना कि तेरे रुख़ से निगह कामयाब है
What can I do for the solace of this unfulfilled heart? Even if my gaze finds success in beholding your face.
What can I do for the solace of this unfulfilled heart? Even if my gaze has succeeded in beholding your face.
7
गुज़रा 'असद' मसर्रत-ए-पैग़ाम-ए-यार से
क़ासिद पे मुझ को रश्क-ए-सवाल-ओ-जवाब है
Asad was lost in the joy the beloved's message brought,But the messenger, for questions and replies, my envy caught.
Asad was completely absorbed in the happiness brought by the beloved's message. However, I feel envious of the messenger who gets to engage in questions and answers with the beloved.
8
ज़ाहिर है तर्ज़-ए-क़ैद से सय्याद की ग़रज़
जो दाना दाम में है सो अश्क-ए-कबाब है
The hunter's aim, from his trapping style, is clear,The grain within the net, a kabāb's own tear.
The hunter's aim is evident from his method of trapping; the grain in the snare is merely a kabāb's tear.
9
बे-चश्म-ए-दिल न कर हवस-ए-सैर-ए-लाला-ज़ार
या'नी ये हर वरक़ वरक़-ए-इंतिख़ाब है
Without the heart's eye, do not yearn to stroll through tulip-beds, For every leaf is a page of choice, from wisdom's book that spreads.
Without the eye of the heart, do not desire to stroll through the tulip garden, for every leaf of it is a profound page of selection and meaning.
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