Ghazal
Hoti Hai Garche Kahne Se Yaaro Parai Baat
होती है गरचे कहने से यारो पराई बात
This ghazal speaks of the nature of unspoken feelings, suggesting that while some things are easily said, others remain hidden deep within the heart. The verses explore the difficulty of truly understanding another person's deepest emotions, even when they appear to be talking about something external. It is a reflection on the complexities of love, longing, and the secrets kept in the heart.
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1
होती है गरचे कहने से यारो पराई बात
पर हम से तो थंबे न कभू मुँह पर आई बात
Though the topic might be something foreign, friends,
Even if the topic might be something foreign or said by others, never has anything like this come before us.
2
जाने न तुझ को जो ये तसन्नो तू उस से कर
तिस पर भी तो छुपी नहीं रहती बनाई बात
If I cannot make you aware of this appearance, you should make it from that; for even there, the hidden talk cannot remain concealed.
The poet says that if I cannot make you aware of this appearance, you should make it from that; for even there, the hidden talk cannot remain concealed.
3
लग कर तदर्रो रह गए दीवार-ए-बाग़ से
रफ़्तार की जो तेरी सबा ने चलाई बात
Leaning against the wall of the garden, I stood still,
When your breeze initiated the conversation of speed.
Leaning against the wall of the garden, I stood still, when your breeze initiated the conversation of speed.
4
कहते थे उस से मिलिए तो क्या क्या न कहिए लेक
वो आ गया तो सामने उस के न आई बात
They used to say, 'If you meet him, what all things you should not say,' but when he arrived, nothing was left unsaid.
They used to say what things one should not mention upon meeting him, but when he arrived, everything was left unsaid.
5
अब तो हुए हैं हम भी तिरे ढब से आश्ना
वाँ तू ने कुछ कहा कि इधर हम ने पाई बात
Now we too have become familiar with your grace,
Since you spoke something, we have understood the matter.
Now we have also become accustomed to your grace, because you spoke something, we have understood the matter.
6
बुलबुल के बोलने में सब अंदाज़ हैं मिरे
पोशीदा कब रहे है किसू की उड़ाई बात
In the way the nightingale speaks, there are many styles of mine,
How long has it been hidden, what word has been flown away?
In the nightingale's song, I have many styles; I don't know when what words have flown away.
7
भड़का था रात देख के वो शो'ला-ख़ू मुझे
कुछ रू-सियह रक़ीब ने शायद लगाई बात
Seeing the night, he was burning with passion for me,
Perhaps some rival spoke a word to me.
Seeing the night, he was burning with passion for me; perhaps some rival spoke a word.
8
आलम सियाह-ख़ाना है किस का कि रोज़-ओ-शब
ये शोर है कि देती नहीं कुछ सुनाई बात
Whose realm is this dark house, where day and night,
And this noise, that gives no audible sound?
Whose dark world is this, where day and night pass, and this noise gives no audible sound?
9
इक दिन कहा था ये कि ख़मोशी में है वक़ार
सो मुझ से ही सुख़न नहीं मैं जो बताई बात
One day you said that dignity lies in silence,
So don't tell me tales, I have already revealed my truth.
You once said that dignity resides in silence, so do not speak to me, as I have already revealed my truth.
10
अब मुझ ज़ईफ़-ओ-ज़ार को मत कुछ कहा करो
जाती नहीं है मुझ से किसू की उठाई बात
Do not speak anything to this weak and sorrowful self,
For nothing that is raised up from me can depart.
Do not speak anything to this weak and sorrowful self, for nothing that is raised up from me can depart.
11
ख़त लिखते लिखते 'मीर' ने दफ़्तर किए रवाँ
इफ़रात-ए-इश्तियाक़ ने आख़िर बढ़ाई बात
As 'Mir' wrote letters, his mind was in a state of flow,
Excessive yearning finally made his words overflow.
As 'Mir' wrote letters, his mind became in a flow. Excessive yearning finally caused his words to overflow.
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