Ghazal
तुम जानो तुम को ग़ैर से जो रस्म-ओ-राह हो
This ghazal portrays the lover's intense possessiveness and suffering due to the beloved's indifference and connections with others. The poet acknowledges the beloved's freedom but yearns for their attention, even questioning their complicity in the rival's actions and their divine yet cruel nature. A deep jealousy is evident, fearing even a glimpse of the beloved by another.
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तुम जानो तुम को ग़ैर से जो रस्म-ओ-राह हो
मुझ को भी पूछते रहो तो क्या गुनाह हो
You know your ways, whatever custom you share with others,Why would it be a sin to ask about me too?
You know what kind of customs or relations you have with others. What harm would there be if you also kept inquiring about me?
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बचते नहीं मुवाख़ज़ा-ए-रोज़-ए-हश्र से
क़ातिल अगर रक़ीब है तो तुम गवाह हो
You won't escape the reckoning of Judgment Day; If my rival is the killer, then you are the witness.
You will not escape the accountability of the Day of Judgment. If the killer is my rival, then you are the witness.
3
क्या वो भी बे-गुनह-कुश ओ हक़-ना-शनास हैं
माना कि तुम बशर नहीं ख़ुर्शीद ओ माह हो
Are they, too, slayers of the blameless, unaware of what is just?Granted, you are not human, but the sun and the moon, beyond mortal dust.
Are they also slayers of the innocent and unaware of justice? Granted that you are not human, but the sun and the moon.
4
उभरा हुआ नक़ाब में है उन के एक तार
मरता हूँ मैं कि ये न किसी की निगाह हो
A single prominent thread is in her veil, I see,I die, lest another's keen gaze upon her it be.
There is a prominent thread on her veil. I am dying (with worry) that this might catch someone else's eye.
5
जब मय-कदा छुटा तो फिर अब क्या जगह की क़ैद
मस्जिद हो मदरसा हो कोई ख़ानक़ाह हो
When the tavern's left, what restriction of place can remain?Be it mosque, or madrasa, or a khanqah's domain.
Once the tavern is abandoned, then what restriction of place remains? Be it a mosque, a madrasa, or any Sufi lodge.
6
सुनते हैं जो बहिश्त की तारीफ़ सब दुरुस्त
लेकिन ख़ुदा करे वो तिरा जल्वा-गाह हो
All the praises we hear of paradise may be true, but may God grant that it be the place of your manifestation.
All the praises we hear about paradise may be true, but I pray that paradise itself becomes the place where you manifest your presence.
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'ग़ालिब' भी गर न हो तो कुछ ऐसा ज़रर नहीं
दुनिया हो या रब और मिरा बादशाह हो
Even if 'Ghalib' were not, it would not be such a loss;O Lord, let there be the world, and my king remain.
Even if Ghalib himself were not present, it would not be a significant loss. The poet's true wish is for the world to continue and for his king to always remain.
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