Ghazal
फ़क़ीराना आए सदा कर चले
This poignant ghazal captures the selfless devotion and quiet sorrow of a lover who bids a final farewell like a wandering ascetic. Offering blessings of enduring happiness to the beloved, the poet departs from life, fulfilling the solemn vow that he could never live without them.
Source: rekhta · HI
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फ़क़ीराना आए सदा कर चले
कि म्याँ ख़ुश रहो हम दुआ कर चले
Like dervishes we came, called out, and went our way; / 'Be happy, friend!'—we offered a blessing and went our way.
We came like beggars or dervishes, called out, and departed; we merely gave the blessing, 'May you remain happy, friend,' and went on our way.
2
जो तुझ बिन न जीने को कहते थे हम
सो इस अहद को अब वफ़ा कर चले
We, who once swore we could not live without you, depart at last, having fulfilled that vow.
We, who used to say that we could not live without you, are now departing this world having fulfilled that promise.
3
शिफ़ा अपनी तक़दीर ही में न थी
कि मक़्दूर तक तो दवा कर चले
Healing was never written in my fate, though I sought every remedy to the limits of my power.
Cure was simply not written in my destiny, even though I tried remedies to the utmost limit of my ability.
4
पड़े ऐसे अस्बाब पायान-ए-कार
कि नाचार यूँ जी जला कर चले
Such circumstances befell at the end of it all, that helpless, burning our very hearts in grief, we departed.
In the end, such circumstances arose that, being completely helpless, we had to depart while burning in grief.
5
वो क्या चीज़ है आह जिस के लिए
हर इक चीज़ से दिल उठा कर चले
Ah, what is that thing for the sake of which / We detached our heart from everything and departed?
Ah, what is that thing for whose sake we detached our hearts from everything and walked away?
6
कोई ना-उमीदाना करते निगाह
सो तुम हम से मुँह भी छुपा कर चले
You might have cast at least a hopeless glance; instead, you walked past, hiding even your face from me.
You could have at least cast a hopeless glance at me, but instead, you walked away even hiding your face from me.
7
बहुत आरज़ू थी गली की तिरी
सो याँ से लहू में नहा कर चले
Fervent was the longing to visit your street; so now, bathed in blood, from here we depart.
We had an intense longing to visit your street, but now we are departing from here drenched in our own blood.
8
दिखाई दिए यूँ कि बे-ख़ुद किया
हमें आप से भी जुदा कर चले
You appeared in such a way that you left me beside myself; departing, you severed me even from my own self.
You appeared in such a manner that you made me completely lose consciousness of myself, and in departing, you severed me even from my own being.
9
जबीं सज्दा करते ही करते गई
हक़-ए-बंदगी हम अदा कर चले
My forehead wore away in ceaseless prostration; having paid the debt of devotion, I now take my leave.
My forehead was worn away in constant prostration, and having fulfilled the duty of devotion, I depart.
10
परस्तिश की याँ तक कि ऐ बुत तुझे
नज़र में सभों की ख़ुदा कर चले
I worshipped you so fervently, O idol, that in the eyes of all, I turned you into God before I took my leave.
O idol (beloved), I worshipped you to such an extent that before departing, I elevated you to the status of God in the eyes of everyone.
11
झड़े फूल जिस रंग गुलबुन से यूँ
चमन में जहाँ के हम आ कर चले
Just as petals fall and scatter from the rosebush, / even so into the garden of this world we came, and passed away.
Just as flowers fall away from a rosebush, in the very same manner, we arrived in the garden of this world and departed.
12
न देखा ग़म-ए-दोस्ताँ शुक्र है
हमीं दाग़ अपना दिखा कर चले
Thank heavens, I never witnessed the grief of friends; displaying only my own scars, I took my leave.
It is a blessing that I did not have to witness the grief of my friends; I simply departed after showing them my own wounds.
13
गई उम्र दर-बंद-ए-फ़िक्र-ए-ग़ज़ल
सो इस फ़न को ऐसा बड़ा कर चले
A lifetime was spent bound to the craft of the ghazal / And so we depart, having raised this art to such great heights.
An entire lifetime was spent absorbed in the contemplation and craft of the ghazal, and so we depart after elevating this art to great heights.
14
कहें क्या जो पूछे कोई हम से 'मीर'
जहाँ में तुम आए थे क्या कर चले
What answer could we give if someone asks of us, O Mir: You came into this world, but what have you achieved before you depart?
O Mir, what answer could we possibly give if someone asks us what we actually accomplished in this world before leaving it?
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