Ghazal
agar mauqoof hoti deed kal par
This ghazal captures the restless agony of longing and the heart's urgent desire for a glimpse of the beloved. It poignantly portrays the emotional turmoil and the painful resolve to endure the arduous journey of love.
Source: Kulliyat-e-Hazrat Ruknuddin Ishq (poems only) · HI
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1
अगर मौक़ूफ़ होती दीद कल पर
तो आज आँखों में ये तूफ़ाँ न होता
Had the vision been deferred until tomorrow, this tempest would not rage within my eyes today.
If seeing each other had been postponed until tomorrow, there would not have been this storm of tears in my eyes today.
2
न होता दिल को जो अज़्म-ए-सफ़र तो
जरस के तर्ज़ ये नालाँ न होता
Were my heart not set upon a journey forth, / It would not wail in the manner of the caravan's bell.
If my heart did not have the resolve to embark on a journey, it would not be lamenting in the manner of a caravan bell.
3
कोई काहे को सज्दा उन को करता
बुतों में हक़ अगर पिन्हाँ न होता
Why would anyone prostrate before them in devotion, had the Divine not been concealed within the idols?
Why would anyone bow in prostration before idols if the Divine Truth were not concealed within them?
4
डुबाते ख़ाना-ए-मर्दुम को ये अश्क
अगर ये गोशा-ए-दामाँ न होता
These tears would surely have drowned the homes of mankind, / Were it not for this corner of my robe.
If it were not for this corner of my robe, these tears would have drowned the homes of mankind.
5
न होता हुस्न में यारो अगर जज़्ब
तो रंज-ए-इश्क़ भी आसाँ न होता
Were beauty not endowed with such attraction, friends, the pain of love would never be so easy to bear.
Friends, if beauty did not have the power of attraction, the pain of love would not have been easy to bear.
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