Ghazal
Shab-e-firaq Hai Aur Niind Aa.i Jaati Hai
शब-ए-फ़िराक़ है और नींद आई जाती है
This ghazal contemplates the paradox of finding slumber and calm amidst the sorrow of separation, sensing within it the subtle grace of the beloved. It portrays love not as a wasted pursuit, but as a transformative journey that turns life into a vibrant and purposeful reality.
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शब-ए-फ़िराक़ है और नींद आई जाती है
कुछ इस में उन की तवज्जोह भी पाई जाती है
It is the night of separation, yet sleep keeps overtaking me; in this, perhaps, some measure of their favor is also to be found.
It is the night of separation, yet sleep keeps coming over me; it seems as though some measure of the beloved's attention and grace is present in this as well.
2
ये उम्र-ए-इश्क़ यूँही क्या गँवाई जाती है
हयात ज़िंदा हक़ीक़त बनाई जाती है
Is this lifetime of love to be squandered so in vain? Life itself is forged into a living reality.
Should this lifetime of love be squandered away so aimlessly? Rather, life is something to be forged into a living reality.
3
बना बना के जो दुनिया मिटाई जाती है
ज़रूर कोई कमी है कि पाई जाती है
This world that is repeatedly fashioned only to be undone— / Surely some imperfection must be found in what was begun.
The fact that this world is repeatedly created and then destroyed suggests that there must surely be some flaw or deficiency found in it.
4
हमीं पे इश्क़ की तोहमत लगाई जाती है
मगर ये शर्म जो चेहरे पे छाई जाती है
The blame of love is laid on me alone, yet what of this blush that spreads across your face?
The blame for being in love is placed solely upon me, yet the blush spreading across your face clearly reveals your feelings too.
5
ख़ुदा करे कि हक़ीक़त में ज़िंदगी बन जाए
वो ज़िंदगी जो ज़बाँ तक ही पाई जाती है
May God grant that it turns into living truth indeed—that life which hitherto is found only upon the tongue.
May God grant that the life which is confined merely to words and speech truly turns into reality.
6
गुनाहगार के दिल से न बच के चल ज़ाहिद
यहीं कहीं तिरी जन्नत भी पाई जाती है
Do not turn away from the sinner's heart, O pious ascetic; / For somewhere right here, your paradise too is found.
O ascetic, do not avoid or turn away from the sinner's heart, for somewhere right here, your paradise too is found.
7
न सोज़-ए-इश्क़ न बर्क़-ए-जमाल पर इल्ज़ाम
दिलों में आग ख़ुशी से लगाई जाती है
Blame neither the searing fire of love nor beauty's lightning strike; it is with willing joy that hearts are set ablaze.
There is neither any blame on the burning agony of love nor on the lightning flash of beauty; hearts are set on fire willingly and with pleasure.
8
कुछ ऐसे भी तो हैं रिंदान-ए-पाक-बाज़ 'जिगर'
कि जिन को बे-मय-ओ-साग़र पिलाई जाती है
There exist such pure-spirited drinkers too, O Jigar, who are made intoxicated without the wine or the cup.
O Jigar, there are also such pure-hearted drinkers who are served the drink without any wine or goblet.
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