Ghazal
सदा है फ़िक्र-ए-तरक़्क़ी बुलंद-बीनों को
This ghazal celebrates the elevated perspective and continuous pursuit of progress characteristic of visionary souls. It connects earthly beauty with divine craftsmanship, blending philosophical reflection with aesthetic appreciation.
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सदा है फ़िक्र-ए-तरक़्क़ी बुलंद-बीनों को
हम आसमान से लाए हैं इन ज़मीनों को
The lofty-minded are forever consumed by the urge to rise; yet it is we who brought down these poetic grounds from the skies.
High-minded people are always concerned with rising and making progress, whereas we have brought down these poetic grounds from the skies.
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पढ़ें दुरूद न क्यूँ देख कर हसीनों को
ख़याल-ए-सनअत-ए-साने है पाक-बीनों को
Why should they not send blessings upon beholding the fair? The pure of sight perceive the Maker's craft reflected there.
Why should those with pure sight not send blessings upon seeing beautiful people, when they behold the Creator's craftsmanship in them?
3
कमाल-ए-फ़क़्र भी शायाँ है पाक-बीनों को
ये ख़ाक तख़्त है हम बोरिया-नशीनों को
The zenith of renunciation befits the pure of sight; for us who sit on humble mats, this very dust is a throne.
The perfection of asceticism befits those who possess pure sight, and for humble mat-dwellers like us, this very dust is a throne.
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लहद में सोए हैं छोड़ा है शह-नशीनों को
क़ज़ा कहाँ से कहाँ ले गई मकीनों को
Leaving their royal chambers, they sleep within the tomb; From where to where has destiny borne dwellers to the gloom!
Leaving behind royal palaces, people now sleep in the grave; death has transported the inhabitants from such heights to such depths.
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ये झुर्रियाँ नहीं हाथों पे ज़ोफ़-ए-पीरी ने
चुना है जामा-ए-असली की आस्तीनों को
These are not wrinkles on my hands; the frailty of old age has merely gathered the sleeves of my original robe into pleats.
These are not wrinkles on my hands; rather, the weakness of old age has gathered the sleeves of my original robe into pleats.
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लगा रहा हूँ मज़ामीन-ए-नौ के फिर अम्बार
ख़बर करो मिरे ख़िर्मन के ख़ोशा-चीनों को
Once again I pile high the granary of novel themes; go send word to the gleaners of my harvest floor.
I am once again gathering heaps of new themes and ideas; inform those who glean leftovers from my harvest.
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भला तरद्दुद-ए-बेजा से उन में क्या हासिल
उठा चुके हैं ज़मींदार जिन ज़मीनों को
What profit lies in futile toil over those grounds, from which the masters have already reaped their yield?
What is the use of worrying or toiling in vain over those lands, from which the landowners have already reaped their yield?
8
उन्हीं को आज नहीं बैठने की जा मिलती
मुआ'फ़ करते थे जो लोग कल ज़मीनों को
Today, they cannot find even a place to sit and rest / Those who, but yesterday, granted vast lands at their behest.
Today, the very people who used to grant lands to others cannot even find a place to sit.
9
ये ज़ाएरों को मिलीं सरफ़राज़ियाँ वर्ना
कहाँ नसीब कि चूमें मलक जबीनों को
Such exalted glory was granted unto the pilgrims, or else whence would angels have the fortune to kiss mortal brows?
This exalted honor was granted only to the pilgrims; otherwise, how would angels ever have the good fortune to kiss mortal foreheads?
10
सजाया हम ने मज़ामीं के ताज़ा फूलों से
बसा दिया है इन उजड़ी हुई ज़मीनों को
Adorned with fresh blossoms of poetic thought, we have breathed life back into these desolate grounds.
We have adorned these barren grounds (or poetic meters) with fresh blossoms of new themes, thereby bringing them back to life.
11
लहद भी देखिए इन में नसीब हो कि न हो
कि ख़ाक छान के पाया है जिन ज़मीनों को
Let us see if even a grave will be my lot in these grounds, which I have gained only after sifting through the dust.
It remains to be seen whether I will even be destined to have a grave in these lands that I obtained only after searching tirelessly and sifting through the dust.
12
ज़वाल-ए-ताक़त ओ मू-ए-सपीद ओ ज़ोफ़-ए-बसर
इन्हीं से पाए बशर मौत के क़रीनों को
Failing strength, whitening hair, and fading sight—through these alone does mortal man discern the signs of death.
The decline of physical strength, greying hair, and fading eyesight—it is through these very signs that mortal humans recognize the indicators of approaching death.
13
नहीं ख़बर उन्हें मिट्टी में अपने मिलने की
ज़मीं में गाड़ के बैठे हैं जो दफ़ीनों को
They have no inkling that they too shall turn to dust, those who sit guarding treasures buried in the earth.
Those who have buried treasures in the earth and guard them do not realize that they too will eventually turn to dust.
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ख़बर नहीं उन्हें क्या बंदोबस्त-ए-पुख़्ता की
जो ग़स्ब करने लगे ग़ैर की ज़मीनों को
Have they no inkling of that firm, unyielding reckoning, those who set about usurping the lands of another?
Do those who have begun unlawfully seizing the lands of others have no awareness of that firm arrangement or reckoning awaiting them?
15
जहाँ से उठ गए जो लोग फिर नहीं मिलते
कहाँ से ढूँड के अब लाएँ हम-नशीनों को
Those who have departed from this world are never found again; from where shall we now seek and bring back our companions?
The people who depart from this world are never found again; from where can we now search and bring back our companions?
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नज़र में फिरती है वो तीरगी ओ तन्हाई
लहद की ख़ाक है सुर्मा मआल-बीनों को
That gloom and solitude forever haunt the sight; for those who see the ultimate end, the grave's dust is kohl for the eyes.
That darkness and loneliness constantly revolve before the eyes; for those who look toward the final outcome, the dust of the grave serves as kohl for their vision.
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ख़याल-ए-ख़ातिर-ए-अहबाब चाहिए हर दम
'अनीस' ठेस न लग जाए आबगीनों को
One must ever be mindful of the feelings of friends; O Anees, take care lest a blow bruise these fragile crystals of glass.
One should always be mindful of the feelings of friends; O Anees, take care lest a blow cause hurt to these fragile vessels of glass.
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