Ghazal
Sab Pe Tu Mehrban Hai Pyare
सब पे तू मेहरबान है प्यारे
This ghazal expresses a lover's tender complaint and deep yearning for the beloved, who showers kindness upon everyone else while neglecting the speaker. Highlighting the ache of separation, the poet likens the desolate heart to an empty house and pleads for the beloved's presence and affection.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
सब पे तू मेहरबान है प्यारे
कुछ हमारा भी ध्यान है प्यारे
You bestow your kindness upon everyone, my dear; spare a thought for me as well, my dear.
O beloved, you are kind to everyone; please spare a thought and pay some attention to me as well.
2
आ कि तुझ बिन बहुत दिनों से ये दिल
एक सूना मकान है प्यारे
Come, for without you, for many a day, this heart has been an empty house, my love.
Come back, my love, because without you this heart has been lying empty like a deserted house for many days.
3
तू जहाँ नाज़ से क़दम रख दे
वो ज़मीन आसमान है प्यारे
Wherever you tread with graceful pride, that very earth becomes the heavens, my beloved.
O beloved, wherever you tread with grace and pride, that piece of earth turns into the sky itself.
4
मुख़्तसर है ये शौक़ की रूदाद
हर नफ़स दास्तान है प्यारे
Brief though the chronicle of longing may seem, my love, each breath holds an epic of its own.
The tale of love appears brief, my dear, yet each single breath is a complete story in itself.
5
अपने जी में ज़रा तो कर इंसाफ़
कब से ना-मेहरबान है प्यारे
Look into your own heart and do a little justice — for how long now have you been unkind, my love?
O beloved, judge fairly within your own heart and consider for how long you have been unkind to me.
6
सब्र टूटे हुए दिलों का न ले
तू यूँही धान पान है प्यारे
Do not test the patience of broken hearts; you are already so frail and delicate, my love.
Do not test the patience of broken hearts, my beloved, because you are already so delicate and frail.
7
हम से जो हो सका सो कर गुज़रे
अब तिरा इम्तिहान है प्यारे
All that lay within our power, we have done and carried through; / Now the trial begins, beloved, the test is up to you.
Whatever was within our power we have done; now it is your test, beloved.
8
मुझ में तुझ में तो कोई फ़र्क़ नहीं
इश्क़ क्यूँ दरमियान है प्यारे
Between you and me there lies no difference; why then does love stand between us, beloved?
There is no difference between you and me, so why does love stand between us, my beloved?
9
क्या कहे हाल-ए-दिल ग़रीब 'जिगर'
टूटी फूटी ज़बान है प्यारे
What can poor 'Jigar' say of the state of his heart, my dear? Broken and halting is his tongue.
O dear, how can poor Jigar express the state of his heart? His speech is broken and halting.
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