Ghazal
Koft Se Jaan Lab Pe Aayi Hai / Hum Ne Kya Chot Dil Pe Khaayi Hai
कोफ़्त से जान लब पे आई है
This ghazal speaks of the wounds received in love and the complexities of life. The poet laments the pain inflicted upon his heart, questioning what desires or circumstances have led him through this suffering. It portrays the hardships faced by the heart and the fragility of human emotion.
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1
कोफ़्त से जान लब पे आई है
हम ने क्या चोट दिल पे खाई है
My life has come to my lips from the coffer, / What wound have I received on my heart?
My life has come to my lips from the shroud; what wound have I received on my heart?
2
लिखते रुक़ा लिखे गए दफ़्तर
शौक़ ने बात क्या बढ़ाई है
The desk where I paused writing, the letters that were written,
What has the passion increased in the conversation?
The desk where I paused writing, and the letters that were written, what has the passion increased in the conversation?
3
आरज़ू उस बुलंद ओ बाला की
क्या बला मेरे सर पे लाई है
Oh, the curse of that mighty and glorious one,
What affliction has he brought upon my head?
What is the curse of that mighty and glorious one that has brought this affliction upon my head?
4
दीदनी है शिकस्तगी दिल की
क्या इमारत ग़मों ने ढाई है
This is the broken heart's wound,
What structure have sorrows built in two and a half?
is: This is the wound of a broken heart, what structure have sorrows built in two and a half (two and a half units/time)?
5
है तसन्नो कि लाल हैं वे लब
यानी इक बात सी बनाई है
Are those lips of a child, or are they red? / They have crafted a word, or perhaps a line.
Are those lips of a child, or are they red? / They have crafted a word, or perhaps a line.
6
दिल से नज़दीक और इतना दूर
किस से उस को कुछ आश्नाई है
Closer than the heart, yet so far away,
From whom can that one receive any assurance?
To be close to the heart, yet so far away, from whom can that one receive any assurance?
7
बे-सुतूँ क्या है कोहकन कैसा
इश्क़ की ज़ोर आज़माई है
What is the sleepless state, what is the nature of the peacock's song,
How has it tested the might of love today?
What is the meaning of 'sleepless' and 'peacock's song', and how has it tested the strength of love today?
8
जिस मरज़ में कि जान जाती है
दिलबरों ही की वो जुदाई है
The separation from the beloved, in which one's life departs,
The separation from the beloved is a disease in which life departs.
9
याँ हुए ख़ाक से बराबर हम
वाँ वही नाज़ ओ ख़ुद-नुमाई है
We are not equal to dust, for in us resides that unique grace and self-adornment.
We are not equal to dust, because within us resides that unique grace and self-adornment.
10
ऐसा मौता है ज़िंदा-ए-जावेद
रफ़्ता-ए-यार था जब आई है
Such a lifeless body, in eternal life,
When the lover's path finally arrives.
The couplet suggests that even in eternal life, one feels like a lifeless body when the beloved's path finally arrives.
11
मर्ग-ए-मजनूँ से अक़्ल गुम है 'मीर'
क्या दिवाने ने मौत पाई है
From the path of Majnun, reason is lost, O Meer,
Has any lover found death?
From the path of Majnun, reason is lost, O Meer. Has any lover found death?
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