Ghazal
Sabhi Andaz-e-husn Pyare Hain
सभी अंदाज़-ए-हुस्न प्यारे हैं
This ghazal contemplates the irresistible charm of innocence and simplicity in beauty while touching upon the quiet anguish of love. It poignantly highlights the contrast between outward cheerfulness during the day and the hidden sorrow that surfaces during solitary nights.
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सभी अंदाज़-ए-हुस्न प्यारे हैं
हम मगर सादगी के मारे हैं
Every graceful guise of beauty is lovely to behold, yet it is by her sheer simplicity that I am undone.
All styles and expressions of beauty are lovely, but we are entirely captivated and undone by simplicity.
2
उस की रातों का इंतिक़ाम न पूछ
जिस ने हँस हँस के दिन गुज़ारे हैं
Ask not of the vengeance exacted by the night / From one who spent the daytime laughing bright.
Do not ask about the vengeance or suffering of the nights of someone who spent their days laughing and smiling.
3
ऐ सहारों की ज़िंदगी वालो
कितने इंसान बे-सहारे हैं
O you who live lives blessed with support, / look how many souls remain utterly helpless.
O people who live lives full of support and comfort, look at how many human beings are left completely helpless and without any support.
4
लाला-ओ-गुल से तुझ को क्या निस्बत
ना-मुकम्मल से इस्तिआ'रे हैं
What comparison can the tulip and the rose bear to you? They are, after all, merely imperfect metaphors.
What comparison can the tulip and rose have with you? They are merely incomplete metaphors to describe your beauty.
5
हम तो अब डूब कर ही उभरेंगे
वो रहें शाद जो किनारे हैं
We shall now resurface only after drowning; let those remain joyful who stay upon the shore.
We will now emerge only after sinking completely, while those who stay safe on the shore may remain happy.
6
शब-ए-फ़ुर्क़त भी जगमगा उट्ठी
अश्क-ए-ग़म हैं कि माह-पारे हैं
Even the night of parting has begun to shine bright; are these tears of sorrow, or fragments of moonlight?
Even the night of separation has illuminated; are these tears of sorrow or fragments of the moon?
7
आतिश-ए-इश्क़ वो जहन्नम है
जिस में फ़िरदौस के नज़ारे हैं
The fire of love is such a hell, wherein dwell the vistas of paradise.
The fire of love is such a hell in which one can see the vistas of paradise.
8
वो हमीं हैं कि जिन के हाथों ने
गेसू-ए-ज़िंदगी सँवारे हैं
It is we alone whose devoted hands have gently groomed the flowing tresses of life.
We are the ones whose hands have groomed and adorned the tresses of life.
9
हुस्न की बे-नियाज़ियों पे न जा
बे-इशारे भी कुछ इशारे हैं
Be not deceived by Beauty's aloof disdain; even in the lack of gestures, subtle signs remain.
Do not be misled by beauty's apparent indifference; sometimes even the absence of a gesture is itself a subtle sign.
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