Ghazal
Kya Daad Khwah Ho Koi Us Ke Qateel Ka
kya daad khwah ho koi us ke qateel ka
Source: Kulliyat-e-Aatish (Matba Munshi Naval Kishore, Lucknow) · HI
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1
क्या दाद ख़्वाह हो कोई उस के क़तील का
आशिक़ के ख़ून को हुक्म है आब-ए-सबील का
Who would dare seek justice for the one her glance has slain?
The lover's blood is decreed as free water poured in vain.
Who could seek justice for the one slain by her? The lover's blood has been decreed like free water poured out for all.
2
तय किसतरह से होवे रह-ए-इश्क़ देखिए
संग-ए-निशान का दख़्ल हो हमें न मील का
Let us see just how the road of love is to be traversed—
where neither milestone nor marker-stone holds sway for us.
Let us see how the road of love is to be traversed, when for us neither a milestone nor a marker-stone has any sway.
3
राह-ए-अदम को जाते हैं ख़ामोश क़ाफ़िले
हर जरस है सुरमा ग़ुबार इस सबील का
Toward the road of oblivion the silent caravans depart,
each bell lies hushed, its voice but dust-kohl scattered on this path.
Silent caravans travel toward the road of oblivion, and every bell has become the kohl made from the dust of this path.
4
आवारा हूँ मैं गोर की मंज़िल के शौक़ में
रहज़न सुलूक मुझसे करेगा दलील का
A wanderer am I, longing for the grave's abode;
the highwayman will treat me with the courtesy of proof.
I roam about, longing for the destination of the grave; the highwayman will deal with me as if offering proof.
5
ले जाए ख़त-ए-शौक़ कबूतर ग़रीब क्या
वाँ जिस जगह मक़ाम नहीं जिब्राईल का
How can a humble pigeon bear the letter of my longing there,
To that high place where even Gabriel finds no station, no repair?
How can a poor pigeon carry the letter of longing to that place where even Gabriel has no station?
6
मोहताज ख़िज़्र-ए-राह नहीं तेरी राह में
करता है काम शौक़ हमारा दलील का
On your path I need no Khizr to guide my straying feet;
My own longing serves me as the proof that lights my way.
On your path I have no need of Khizr as a guide; my own longing does the work of a guide for me.
7
शब को चराग़ की नहीं रहरो को एहतियाज
हर ज़र्रा आफ़्ताब है तेरी सबील का
The night-faring travelers need no lamp to light their way,
For every mote upon your path is blazing like the sun.
At night the travelers have no need of a lamp, for every speck of dust on your path shines like the sun.
8
यूसुफ़ की जुस्तुजू में रवाना हैं क़ाफ़िले
नालाँ जरस हैं शोर है कोस-ए-रहील का
In search of Yusuf the caravans set forth and roam,
The bells lament, the drum of parting thunders loud for home.
The caravans have set out in search of Yusuf; the bells are wailing and the drum of departure is sounding loudly.
9
आजिज़ नवाज़ दूसरा तुझसा कोई नहीं
रंजूर का अनीस है हमदम अलील का
None other cherishes the helpless as you do—
friend to the afflicted, companion of the ailing too.
There is no one else like you who shows kindness to the helpless; you are the friend of the sorrowful and the companion of the sick.
10
बाग़-ओ-बहार आतिश-ए-नमरूद को किया
मुश्किल के वक़्त हामी हुआ तू ख़लील का
You turned the fire of Nimrod into a garden in bloom;
In the hour of hardship, You became Your Friend Khalil's defender.
You turned Nimrod's fire into a blooming garden; in the time of difficulty You became the helper of Your friend Khalil (Abraham).
11
मूसा को तेरे हुक्म से दरिया ने राह दी
फ़िरऔन को तू ने ग़र्क़ किया रूद-ए-नील का
At Thy command the sea gave Moses a path to tread,
And in the Nile's own flood Thou drowned the Pharaoh dead.
By Thy command the sea made way for Moses, and Thou drowned Pharaoh in the river Nile.
12
तूफ़ान में नाख़ुदाई कश्ती-ए-नूह की
हक़्क़ा जो अबदी नहीं मुझसे कफ़ील का
In the storm, the steering of Noah's ark itself—
truly, were it not eternal, I would stand as surety for my Protector.
The steering of Noah's ark in the storm—truly, were it not eternal, I would stand as surety for my Protector.
13
बंदा है किस का पूछेंगे जब मुनकिर-ओ-नकीर
आशिक़ हूँ मैं कहूँगा कि बंदा जमील का
When Munkar and Nakir shall ask me whose devoted slave I am,
A lover am I—I'll say: a slave of Jamil's, this I'll proclaim.
When the angels Munkar and Nakir ask whose slave I am, being a lover I will reply that I am the slave of Jamil.
14
साएल हूँ मुझको क़ैद कम-ओ-बेश की नहीं
मुख़्तार है करीम कसीर-ओ-क़लील का
A beggar am I, bound by no constraint of less or more;
The Generous One holds sway over both the scant and the vast.
I am a beggar, bound by no restriction of little or much; the Generous One is the master of both the scant and the plentiful.
15
कोताह याँ कमंद है क़ासिर है नर्दबान
बाम-ए-मुराद अर्श है रब्ब-ए-जलील का
Too short the lasso here, too weak the ladder stands;
the roof of my desire is the Throne of the Glorious Lord.
Here the lasso falls short and the ladder is inadequate; the roof of my desire is the Throne of the Glorious Lord.
16
आवाज़ा तेरे अद्ल का हो सबके गोश-ज़द
पश्शा से ज़ोर चल नहीं सकता हो फ़ील का
Let the fame of your justice reach every ear—
that an elephant's might cannot overpower a gnat here.
May the renown of your justice reach every ear, such that even an elephant's strength cannot prevail over a gnat.
17
देखा तो ख़ार-ओ-गुल का मक़ाम एक शाख़ है
दिल तोड़ता नहीं तू अज़ीज़-ओ-ज़लील का
I looked, and thorn and rose share one same branch, I see;
You break no heart, be it the noble's or the low's, for thee.
When I looked, the thorn and the rose both have their place on one and the same branch; you break no one's heart, whether they be honoured or lowly.
18
दी है जो तू ने तिश्ना-ए-ग़ुर्बत को आबरू
कौसर का पानी ऐसा है ने सलसबील का
The honor you have granted to the exile parched with thirst—
not Kausar's water is so sweet, nor Salsabil's pure spring.
The honor you bestowed upon the thirsty exile is so sweet and pure that neither the water of Kausar nor the spring of Salsabil can match it.
19
सुरमा किया जो बर्क़-ए-तजल्ली ने तूर को
मंज़ूर तुझको जल्वा था चश्म-ए-कहील का
The lightning of Thy splendour ground Mount Sinai into kohl—
Thou wished, for darkened lashes, to grace a lover's eye.
When the lightning of Thy manifestation ground Mount Sinai into fine kohl, it was because Thou desired this splendour to adorn a kohl-lined eye.
20
आतिश यही दुआ है ख़ुदा-ए-करीम से
मोहताज ऐ करीम न कीजो बख़ील का
O Aatish, this alone is my prayer to the gracious God:
O Generous One, never make me beholden to a miser's hand.
O Aatish, this is my only prayer to the gracious God: O Generous One, never make me dependent on a miser.
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