Ghazal
dil pe guzre hai dam-ba-dam kya kya
This ghazal poignantly expresses the relentless emotional anguish and ongoing torment endured by the lover's heart. It vividly reflects the beloved's unyielding cruelty alongside the helplessness and profound sorrow of a grieving soul.
Source: Kulliyat-e-Hazrat Ruknuddin Ishq (poems only) · HI
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दिल पे गुज़रे है दम-ब-दम क्या क्या
लिख पे करता है वो सितम क्या क्या
With every passing breath, what myriad griefs sweep through this heart of mine; what endless tyrannies are wrought upon me, line by cruel line!
With every passing breath, countless sorrows pass over my heart, and what endless cruelties the beloved inflicts upon my writing.
2
दिल जिगर चश्म अश्क हैं बे-ताब
सर कटे लिखे ये क़लम क्या क्या
The heart, the liver, eye, and tear are all in restless strife; with severed head, what marvels shall this reed pen bring to life!
The heart, liver, eyes, and tears are all restless; having had its tip trimmed, who knows what all this reed pen will write.
3
जो कुछ अब तुम कहो सो आमन्ना
कोई कह सकते हैं ये हम क्या क्या
Whatever you say now, we submit and proclaim 'we believe' — though who could ever voice all the things that we could say?
Whatever you say now, we accept without dispute, even though there is so much that we too could say.
4
लाल-ओ-गौहर की क़द्र हो क्यूँ कर
है तेरा फ़ैज़-ए-चश्म-ए-नम क्या क्या
Why would rubies and pearls retain any worth, when such is the wondrous bounty of your weeping eyes?
How could rubies and pearls hold any worth when the wondrous bounty of tears flowing from your weeping eyes is so immense?
5
शुक्र इतना है जितनी नेमत है
इश्क़ पर है तेरा करम क्या क्या
My gratitude is as vast as every bounty bestowed; how manifold and wondrous is your grace upon love!
My gratitude is in proportion to the bounties received; truly, immense and manifold are your favors upon love.
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