Ghazal
Aaina Seena-e-saahib-e-nazaraan Ho Ki Jo Tha
aaina seena-e-saahib-e-nazaraan ho ki jo tha
Source: Kulliyat-e-Aatish (Matba Munshi Naval Kishore, Lucknow) · HI
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1
आईना सीना-ए-साहिब-ए-नज़राँ हो कि जो था
चेहरा-ए-शाहिद-ए-मक़्सूद अयाँ हो कि जो था
Let the mirror be the breast of those who truly see, as it once was;
Let the face of the beloved, the sought-after goal, be revealed, as it once was.
May the mirror once again become the breast of those with true vision, as it once was; and may the face of the sought-after beloved be revealed once more, as it once was.
2
इश्क़-ए-गुल में वही बुलबुल का फ़िग़ाँ हो कि जो था
पर्तो-ए-मह से वही हाल-ए-कताँ हो कि जो था
In love of the rose, let the nightingale's lament be the same as it was,
From the moon's radiance, let the flax-thread's state be the same as it was.
In the love of the rose, may the nightingale's lament remain just as it was, and from the moon's radiance may the flax-thread's condition stay just as it was.
3
आलम-ए-हुस्न-ए-ख़ुदा-दाद-ए-बुताँ हो कि जो था
नाज़-ओ-अंदाज़ बला-ए-दिल-ओ-जाँ हो कि जो था
Let the world of the idols' God-given beauty be what it was,
Let their coquetry and grace be the bane of heart and soul, what it was.
Let the world of the idols' God-given beauty remain just as it was, and let their coquetry and grace remain the affliction of heart and soul just as it was.
4
राह में तेरी शब-ओ-रोज़ बसर करता हूँ
वही मील और वही संग-ए-निशाँ हो कि जो था
Upon your path I spend my nights and days away,
Still the same milestone, the same marking-stone that stood before, I stay.
I spend my nights and days upon your path. May I remain the same milestone and the same marking-stone that I once was.
5
रोज़ करते हैं शब-ए-हिज्र को बेदारी में
अपनी आँखों में सग-ए-ख़्वाब-ए-गिराँ हो कि जो था
Each day I keep the night of parting awake through sleeplessness,
as if that heavy slumber once in my eyes were now a thing undone.
Each day I spend the night of separation awake and sleepless, as though the heavy slumber that once lived in my eyes is now gone.
6
एक आलम में हो हर-चंद मसीहा मशहूर
नाम-ए-बीमार से तुमको ख़फ़क़ाँ हो कि जो था
Though in one whole world you are renowned as a Messiah,
the very name of the sick gives you palpitations, as it once did.
Although you are famous as a Messiah throughout the whole world, the mere name of the sick person gives you the same palpitations it once did.
7
दौलत-ए-इश्क़ का गंजीना वही सीना है
दाग़-ए-दिल ज़ख़्म-ए-जिगर मोहर-ओ-निशाँ हो कि जो था
The treasure-hoard of love's rich wealth is that same breast alone—
the heart's dark scar, the liver's wound its seal and sign, as once they shone.
The treasure of love's wealth is that same breast, in which the heart's scar and the liver's wound remain as the very seal and mark they once were.
8
नाज़-ओ-अंदाज़-ओ-अदा से तुम्हें शर्म आने लगी
आरिज़ी हुस्न का आलम वो कहाँ हो कि जो था
Of coquetry and grace and charm you have grown shy at last—
that fleeting glory of your beauty, where is it now that passed?
You have come to feel shy of your own coquetry, style, and charm. That transient splendour of beauty which once was, is no longer there.
9
जान की तस्कीन के लिए हालत-ए-दिल कहते हैं
बे-यक़ीनी का तेरी हमको गुमाँ हो कि जो था
To bring my soul some solace, I speak of my heart's condition,
lest I come to doubt your faithlessness as I once did before.
To give my soul some comfort, I speak of my heart's condition, so that I may not come to doubt your faithlessness as I once did before.
10
असर-ए-मंज़िल-ए-मक़्सूद नहीं दुनिया में
राह में क़ाफ़िला-ए-रेग-ए-रवाँ हो कि जो था
No trace remains of the destination's dwelling in this world—
along the road, a caravan of shifting sand, that was all it was.
No trace of the desired destination remains in this world; whatever was there along the way was merely a caravan of shifting sand.
11
दहन उस रू-ए-किताबी में हो पर ना-पैदा
इस्म-ए-आज़म वही क़ुरआन में निहाँ हो कि जो था
Let burning dwell unseen within that book-like face,
The same Supreme Name hidden in the Quran, as it was of old.
Let the mouth remain invisible in that book-like face, and let the same Supreme Name lie hidden in the Quran, just as it was before.
12
काबा मद्द-ए-नज़र-ए-क़िब्ला-नुमा है ता-हाल
कू-ए-जानाँ की तरफ़ मैल-ए-निगराँ हो कि जो था
The Kaaba is still the focus of the compass-needle gaze—
would that the longing eye still turned toward the beloved's lane, as once it was.
The Kaaba still remains the focus of the gaze that points the way of prayer; would that the yearning eye still turned toward the beloved's lane, as it once did.
13
कोह-ओ-सहरा-ओ-गुलिस्ताँ में फिरा करता है
मुतलाशी वो तेरा आब-ए-रवाँ है कि जो था
Through mountains, deserts, gardens, ceaselessly it wanders on—
Still seeking you, that flowing stream remains the same it was before.
It keeps wandering through mountains, deserts and gardens; that flowing stream of yours, which once was, is still searching for you.
14
सोज़िश-ए-दिल से तसल्सुल हो वही आहों का
ऊद के जलने से मिज्मर में धुआँ हो कि जो था
From the heart's burning, let that same unbroken chain of sighs arise,
As when the aloe-wood is lit, the smoke within the censer rises as it was before.
From the heart's burning let that same continuous chain of sighs arise, just as when aloe-wood is burnt the same smoke rises in the censer as before.
15
रात कट जाती हो बातें रही सुनते सुनते
शम्अ-ए-महफ़िल सनम-ए-चोब-ए-ज़बाँ है कि जो था
May the night pass by as we keep listening to these tales—
the candle of the gathering is a wooden-tongued idol, as it ever was.
May the night pass as we keep listening to these tales; the gathering's candle remains, as ever, a wooden-tongued, silent idol.
16
पा-ए-ख़ुम मस्तों के हू-हक़ का जो आलम हो सो हो
मिंबर वही वाइज़ का बयाँ है कि जो था
At the foot of the wine-cask, whatever ecstasy of 'Hu' and 'Haqq' the drunkards reach, let it be as it may—
That very pulpit of the preacher, his discourse, remains just as it was.
At the wine-cask whatever state of 'Hu' and 'Haqq' comes over the drunkards, let it be whatever it may; the preacher's pulpit and his sermon remain exactly as they were before.
17
कौन से दिन नई क़ब्रें नहीं इसमें बनतीं
ये ख़राबा वही इबरत का मकाँ हो कि जो था
What day goes by that no fresh graves are dug within this ground—
this ruin is that same abode of warning that it once was found.
There is no day on which fresh graves are not made here. This desolate ruin is that very same place of warning and admonition that it always was.
18
बख़ैर-ए-शौक़ से मेरे नहीं वो नूर-ए-निगाह
क़ासिद-ए-अश्क-ए-शब-ओ-रोज़ रवाँ हो कि जो था
Not for the sake of my longing is that light of the eyes;
the messenger of tears, flowing night and day, remains as once it was.
That light of the eyes is not for the sake of my longing; the messenger of tears, flowing night and day, remains just as it once was.
19
लैलत-उल-क़द्र किनाया न शब-ए-वस्ल हो हो
उस का अफ़्साना बयान-ए-रमज़ान हो कि जो था
Let Lailat-ul-Qadr be an allusion to the night of union—
its tale the telling of that Ramazan that once had been.
May Lailat-ul-Qadr become an allusion to the night of union, and its tale the account of that Ramazan which once was.
20
दीन-ओ-दुनिया का तलबगार हनोज़ आतिश है
ये गदा साइल-ए-नक़्द-ए-दो-जहान है कि जो था
A seeker still of faith and world, this Aatish burns as before—
This beggar begs the coin of both the worlds, the same he was of yore.
Aatish still longs for both faith and the world; this beggar still begs for the wealth of both worlds, remaining just as he was before.
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