Ghazal

तू अभी रहगुज़र में है क़ैद-ए-मक़ाम से गुज़र

Allama Iqbal· Ghazal· 5 shers

This ghazal is a message of liberation from worldly illusions and attachments. The poet advises that you are merely passing through, and you should move past the constraints of this place. One must transcend the transient pleasures and material attachments of life.

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1
तू अभी रहगुज़र में है क़ैद-ए-मक़ाम से गुज़र मिस्र ओ हिजाज़ से गुज़र पारस ओ शाम से गुज़र
You are trapped in the passing way, passing from the place of captivity; Pass from Egypt and Hijaz, pass from Pars and Sham.
You are currently in the passing way, passing from the place of captivity; Pass from Egypt and Hijaz, pass from Pars and Sham.
2
जिस का अमल है बे-ग़रज़ उस की जज़ा कुछ और है हूर ओ ख़ियाम से गुज़र बादा-ओ-जाम से गुज़र
Whose deeds are without purpose, their reward is something else, Passing through the celestial maidens and the tent, through wine and cup.
Whose actions are purposeless, their reward is something else; passing through the celestial maidens and the tent, through wine and cup.
3
गरचे है दिल-कुशा बहुत हुस्न-ए-फ़रंग की बहार ताएरक-ए-बुलंद-बाम दाना-ओ-दाम से गुज़र
The heart is pierced by the spring of foreign beauty, Passing through the pearl and the jewel of the high, dark dome.
Although the heart is pierced by the spring of foreign beauty, it must pass through the pearl and the jewel of the high, dark dome.
4
कोह-शिगाफ़ तेरी ज़र्ब तुझ से कुशाद-ए-शर्क़-ओ-ग़र्ब तेग़-ए-हिलाल की तरह ऐश-ए-नियाम से गुज़र
Oh, the strike of your glory, from the East and West, pass through the pleasures of the world like a crescent moon's arc.
Oh, the strike of your glory, from the East and West, pass through the pleasures of the world like a crescent moon's arc.
5
तेरा इमाम बे-हुज़ूर तेरी नमाज़ बे-सुरूर ऐसी नमाज़ से गुज़र ऐसे इमाम से गुज़र
Your Imam, without your presence, your prayer without bliss, May you pass through such a prayer, may you pass through such an Imam.
Your Imam, without your presence, and your prayer without bliss. May you pass through such a prayer, and may you pass through such an Imam.
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