Ghazal
ग़म उस को सारी रात सुनाया तो क्या हुआ
This ghazal is an emotional questioning poem, questioning the outcome of sharing one's sorrows and love to a beloved throughout the night or constantly reminiscing. The poet also suggests that even if he made false promises, the fact that he dedicated his heart completely to the beloved is significant. It speaks to the depth of love and the futility of excessive emotional investment.
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ग़म उस को सारी रात सुनाया तो क्या हुआ
या रोज़ उठ के सर को फिराया तो क्या हुआ
If I told him all my sorrow throughout the night, what difference would it make? Or if I merely brushed my hair upon waking, what difference would it make?
What difference would it make if I told my sorrows to him all night, or if I merely brushed my hair every day upon waking?
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उन ने तो मुझ को झूटे भी पूछा न एक बार
मैं ने उसे हज़ार जताया तो क्या हुआ
They never even once questioned me as a liar,
So what if I declared it a thousand times?
They never even once questioned me as a liar, so what if I declared it a thousand times?
3
ख़्वाहाँ नहीं वो क्यूँ ही मैं अपनी तरफ़ से यूँ
दिल दे के उस के हाथ बिकाया तो क्या हुआ
Though I didn't want him, why did I so freely give my heart,
What does it matter if I sold it to his hands?
Though he wasn't meant for me, why did I so freely give my heart, what does it matter if I sold it to his hands?
4
अब सई कर सिपहर कि मेरे मूए गए
उस का मिज़ाज मेहर पे आया तो क्या हुआ
Now, if the beloved, whose charms have been stolen from me,
Should fall for my heart, then what would become of me?
Literally, the couplet means: Now, if the beloved, whose charms have been stolen from me, were to show affection towards my heart, then what would happen to me?
5
मत रंजा कर किसी को कि अपने तो ए'तिक़ाद
दिल ढाए कर जो का'बा बनाया तो क्या हुआ
Do not deceive anyone, for you are yourself a trust; even if one builds a Kaaba by breaking hearts, what good is it?
Do not deceive anyone, because you yourself are a trust; even if one builds a Kaaba by breaking hearts, what good is it?
6
मैं सैद-ए-नातवाँ भी तुझे क्या करूँगा याद
ज़ालिम इक और तीर लगाया तो क्या हुआ
Even if I, the lord of praises, forget you, what harm would it do?
If the cruel one strikes with yet another arrow, what difference would it make?
Even if I, the master of poetry, forget you, what difference would it make? O cruel one, if you strike with yet another arrow, what difference would it make?
7
क्या क्या दुआएँ माँगी हैं ख़ल्वत में शैख़ यूँ
ज़ाहिर जहाँ से हाथ उठाया तो क्या हुआ
What prayers have been whispered in solitude, O Sheikh,
If raised from the world's visible sphere, what is it then?
It questions the Sheikh about the prayers whispered in solitude, and what would happen if those prayers were removed from the visible world.
8
वो फ़िक्र कर कि चाक-ए-जिगर पावे इल्तियाम
नासेह जो तू ने जामा सुलाया तो क्या हुआ
Worry about obtaining the favor of the heart, my friend; what if I draped the garment of advice upon you?
Worry about gaining the affection of the heart; what if I draped the garment of advice upon you?
9
जीते तो 'मीर' उन ने मुझे दाग़ ही रक्खा
फिर गोर पर चराग़ जलाया तो क्या हुआ
If I lived, Meer left only the stain on me;
If I were alive, Meer left only the stain on me; so what if I lit a lamp on the forehead?
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