Ghazal
Kya Kahiye Kya Rakhem Haim Ham Tujh Se Yar Khwahis
क्या कहिए क्या रक्खें हैं हम तुझ से यार ख़्वाहिश
This ghazal speaks of the overwhelming and countless desires and emotions felt for a beloved. The poet expresses a sense of helplessness, questioning what he can say or what he can hold back from the beloved, due to the sheer volume of his inner longings. It is a reflection on the complexity and overwhelming nature of love.
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1
क्या कहिए क्या रक्खें हैं हम तुझ से यार ख़्वाहिश
यक जान ओ सद तमन्ना यक दिल हज़ार ख़्वाहिश
What shall I say, what shall I keep from you, my dear, these desires?
A life, oh, and the endless longing, a heart full of a thousand desires.
My dear, what shall I say and what shall I keep from you, these desires? A life, oh, and endless longing, a heart full of a thousand desires.
2
ले हाथ में क़फ़स टुक सय्याद चल चमन तक
मुद्दत से है हमें भी सैर-ए-बहार ख़्वाहिश
With a cage in hand, like Sayyad wandering in the garden,
We too have yearned for the stroll of spring for a long time.
With a cage in hand, like Sayyad wandering in the garden, we too have yearned for the stroll of spring for a long time.
3
ने कुछ गुनह है दिल का ने जुर्म-ए-चश्म इस में
रखती है हम को इतना बे-इख़्तियार ख़्वाहिश
Whether it is some fault of the heart, or the sin of the eyes, this desire holds us so helplessly captive.
Whether it is some fault of the heart or the sin of the eyes, this desire holds us so helplessly captive.
4
हालाँकि 'उम्र सारी मायूस गुज़री तिस पर
क्या क्या रखें हैं उस के उम्मीद-वार ख़्वाहिश
Though all my life has passed in despair, what hopes and wishes should I hold?
Even though my entire life has passed in despair, what hopes and wishes should I hold for him/her?
5
ग़ैरत से दोस्ती की किस किस से होजे दुश्मन
रखता है यारी ही की सारा दयार ख़्वाहिश
From whom, driven by honor, can friendship turn to enmity? / For keeping the whole abode of affection and desire, only friendship remains.
From whom, driven by honor, can friendship turn into enmity? For the entire abode of affection and desire, only friendship remains.
6
हम मेहर ओ रज़ क्यूँ कर ख़ाली हों आरज़ू से
शेवा यही तमन्ना फ़न ओ शि'आर ख़्वाहिश
Why should we empty our desires of such grace and secret? / My only yearning is for the desire of art and poetry.
Oh grace and secret, why empty our desires? My only yearning is for the desire of art and poetry.
7
उठती है मौज हर यक आग़ोश ही की सूरत
दरिया को है ये किस का बोस ओ कनार ख़्वाहिश
A wave rises from the image of every embrace,
To whom does this river belong, or whose desire is the shore?
A wave rises from the image of every embrace; to whom does this river belong, or whose desire is the shore?
8
सद रंग जल्वा-गर है हर जादा ग़ैरत गुल
'आशिक़ की एक पावे क्यूँ कर क़रार ख़्वाहिश
Every beloved bloom, a dazzling spectacle, but why does the lover's foot find rest on a single whim?
Every bloom is a dazzling spectacle, yet why does the lover's desire settle on just one whim?
9
यक बार बर न आए उस से उमीद दिल की
इज़हार करते कब तक यूँ बार बार ख़्वाहिश
From that, the heart's hope, never rain will come,
How long to declare desires, again and again?
The heart's hope that rain will fall from that source is questioned, wondering how long it is appropriate to keep expressing desires repeatedly.
10
करते हैं सब तमन्ना पर 'मीर' जी न इतनी
रक्खेगी मार तुम को पायान-ए-कार ख़्वाहिश
Everyone desires, but 'Mir' ji, your footsteps will not keep such a desire alive.
Everyone desires, but 'Mir' ji, your footsteps will not sustain such a desire.
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