Ghazal
Maanind-e-shamma-majlis Shab Ashq-baar Paaya
मानिंद-ए-शम्मा-मजलिस शब अश्क-बार पाया
This ghazal explores the deep pain of separation and the intense experience of memory. The poet describes feeling tearful in the gathering, reflecting that finding true and stable happiness in life is extremely difficult. It is a meditation on the heart's melancholy and the pain of broken relationships.
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1
मानिंद-ए-शम्मा-मजलिस शब अश्क-बार पाया
अल-क़िस्सा 'मीर' को हम बे-इख़्तियार पाया
At the gathering, the brilliant lamp of the eyes, tears were found, O Meer,
We found the tale, O Meer, without any choice.
At the gathering, like the lamp of the eyes, tears were found. O Meer, we found the story without any choice.
2
अहवाल ख़ुश उन्हों का हम-बज़्म हैं जो तेरे
अफ़्सोस है कि हम ने वाँ का न बार पाया
How delightful are those companions who are with you; / It is a pity that I never found such company.
How delightful are the companions who are with you; it is a pity that I never found such company.
3
जीते जो ज़ोफ़ हो कर ज़ख़्म-रसा से उस के
सीने को चाक देखा दिल को फ़िगार पाया
He who was healed by the wound-remedy, by his chest, he saw the mirror; by his heart, he found the lover.
He who was healed by the wound-remedy, by his chest, he saw the mirror; by his heart, he found the lover.
4
शहर-ए-दिल एक मुद्दत उजड़ा बसा ग़मों में
आख़िर उजाड़ देना उस का क़रार पाया
The city of the heart, for a long time, lay abandoned in sorrows;
Only finally did it find peace after being utterly devastated.
The city of the heart, for a long time, lay abandoned in sorrows; only finally did it find peace after being utterly devastated.
5
इतना न तुझ से मिलते ने दिल को खो के रोते
जैसा किया था हम ने वैसा ही यार पाया
Do not make my heart weep upon meeting you so much,
I found a lover just as I had been.
Don't make my heart cry so much upon meeting you; I found a lover exactly like the one I had been (or experienced).
6
क्या ए'तिबार याँ का फिर उस को ख़्वार देखा
जिस ने जहाँ में आ कर कुछ ए'तिबार पाया
What is the worth of a transient moment, or a fleeting glance,
For one who has found some permanence in this world?
What worth does a fleeting moment or a transient glance hold, for one who has found some permanence in this world?
7
आहों के शोले जिस जा उठते थे 'मीर' से शब
वाँ जा के सुब्ह देखा मुश्त-ए-ग़ुबार पाया
The torrents of sighs that rose from me, 'Mir', at night,
Found the morning only to encounter a fistful of dust.
The flames of sighs that arose from me at night, upon reaching morning, only found a handful of dust.
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