Ghazal
ये हम जो हिज्र में दीवार-ओ-दर को देखते हैं
This ghazal poignantly captures the profound longing and restlessness of separation, contrasted with the sheer disbelief and awe of the beloved's unexpected arrival. It masterfully reflects the lover's delicate emotional oscillation between agonizing anticipation and ecstatic wonder.
Source: rekhta · HI
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ये हम जो हिज्र में दीवार-ओ-दर को देखते हैं
कभी सबा को कभी नामा-बर को देखते हैं
In separation, it is we who gaze at the door and wall / Looking now towards the morning breeze, now towards the messenger.
In the state of separation, we keep staring at the doors and walls, looking sometimes at the morning breeze and sometimes at the messenger in hope of news.
2
वो आए घर में हमारे ख़ुदा की क़ुदरत है
कभी हम उन को कभी अपने घर को देखते हैं
That they have graced my home is a miracle divine; now I gaze at them in wonder, now at this house of mine.
It is a marvel of God that they have visited our home; in amazement, we look sometimes at them and sometimes at our own house.
3
नज़र लगे न कहीं उस के दस्त-ओ-बाज़ू को
ये लोग क्यूँ मिरे ज़ख़्म-ए-जिगर को देखते हैं
Lest the evil eye strike the prowess of their hands and arms, why do these people gaze so intently upon the wound in my heart?
Why are these people staring so closely at the wound in my heart? I fear lest their gaze cast an evil eye upon the hands and arms of the one who struck me.
4
तिरे जवाहिर-ए-तुर्फ़-ए-कुलह को क्या देखें
हम औज-ए-ताला-ए-लाला-ओ-गुहर को देखते हैं
Why marvel at the gems that grace the plume upon your cap? We behold the rising fortune of the ruby and the pearl.
Why should we merely look at the jewels adorning the edge of your cap; we are beholding the elevated destiny of the ruby and pearl that attained the honor of being upon you.
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