Ghazal
शुऊर ओ होश ओ ख़िरद का मोआमला है अजीब
This ghazal explores the strange interplay between consciousness (shoo'r), awareness (hosh), and reason (khirad). The poet laments how the heart and eyes are captivated by transient desires and worldly pleasures (maqam-e-shauq). The poem suggests that in the pursuit of superficial joys, one gets distracted from understanding profound truths, like the ultimate fate of the community (jamā'at ka hashr).
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शुऊर ओ होश ओ ख़िरद का मोआमला है अजीब
मक़ाम-ए-शौक़ में हैं सब दिल ओ नज़र के रक़ीब
Oh, the transaction of consciousness and awareness is strange, / In the abode of passion, all hearts and gazes are rivals.
The dealing of consciousness and awareness is strange; / in the place of passion, all hearts and gazes are rivals.
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मैं जानता हूँ जमाअत का हश्र क्या होगा
मसाइल-ए-नज़री में उलझ गया है ख़तीब
I know what the gathering will be destined for,
The orator is entangled in matters of sight.
I know what the gathering will be destined for, but the orator is entangled in matters of sight.
3
अगरचे मेरे नशेमन का कर रहा है तवाफ़
मिरी नवा में नहीं ताइर-ए-चमन का नसीब
Though he makes my heart wander in a circumambulation,
In my fate, I am not like the bird of the garden.
Although he makes my heart wander in a circumambulation, in my fate, I am not like the bird of the garden.
4
सुना है मैं ने सुख़न-रस है तुर्क-ए-उस्मानी
सुनाए कौन उसे 'इक़बाल' का ये शेर-ए-ग़रीब
I heard that the Ottoman Turkish possesses the essence of joy,
Who could recite for me this unusual verse of Iqbal?
I heard that the Ottoman Turkish possesses the essence of joy, but who recited this unusual verse to me?
5
समझ रहे हैं वो यूरोप को हम-जवार अपना
सितारे जिन के नशेमन से हैं ज़ियादा क़रीब
They think themselves to be related to Europe, while we are the stars who are much closer to the abode of light.
They consider themselves related to Europe, while we are the stars that are much closer to the abode of light.
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