Ghazal
haram mein naam suna dair mein nishaan dekha
This mystical ghazal explores the theme of divine omnipresence, transcending conventional religious boundaries like the mosque and the temple. The poet witnesses the manifestation of the Beloved across all creation, reflecting a tone of complete surrender and spiritual enlightenment.
Source: Kulliyat-e-Hazrat Ruknuddin Ishq (poems only) · HI
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1
हरम में नाम सुना दैर में निशाँ देखा
सिवा-ए-तेरे न देखा ग़रज़ जहाँ देखा
In the holy shrine I heard Your name, in the temple saw Your trace; in short, wherever I cast my gaze, I saw none other than Your face.
I heard Your name in the sacred sanctuary and saw Your trace in the idol-temple; in short, wherever I looked, I saw none other than You.
2
कहाँ फ़राग़ है जो कुछ कहूँ यही बस है
दिखाया जो जो हमें तू ने मेहरबाँ देखा
Where is the leisure to speak at length? Let this suffice, O gracious friend: Whatever you chose to show to me, I looked upon until the end.
Where is the leisure to say much? Let it suffice that whatever you showed us, O gracious friend, we simply saw it.
3
उसी का आईना हज़दह हज़ार आलम है
फिर इस को क्या कहूँ मुझ से कहाँ कहाँ देखा
All eighteen thousand worlds are but a mirror of His grace; / What can I say of where, through me, He gazed into this space?
The entire universe of eighteen thousand worlds is His mirror; what can I say about where and how He looked through me.
4
हम उस की आँखों से कहते थे मत लगाओ ताक
हुई न बे-ख़ुदी आख़िर को मय-कशाँ देखा
I warned you not to fix your gaze upon those intoxicating eyes; did not oblivion claim you in the end, O fellow drinkers, see?
I warned you not to fix your gaze upon those eyes; see, O drinkers, didn't that oblivion and intoxication overcome you in the end?
5
न पाई इश्क़ से बेहतर जहाँ में कोई चीज़
हज़ार बार इसे कर के इम्तिहाँ देखा
Nothing in all this world was found more precious than love, though a thousand times over I put it to the test.
I tested it a thousand times, but found nothing in this world better than love.
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