Ghazal
Ye Tark Ho Ke Khushin Kaj Agar Kulah Karein
ये तर्क हो के ख़शिन कज अगर कुलाह करें
This ghazal suggests that if the mind is made agitated by argument or logic, the eyes can be stained by the passion of love. It emphasizes the need for some reciprocity in affection, as maintaining it solely from one's side is unsustainable. Furthermore, it suggests that if one gains knowledge of the beloved, the speaker will also become intensely devoted, bowing down at every step.
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1
ये तर्क हो के ख़शिन कज अगर कुलाह करें
तो बुल-हवस न कभू चश्म को सियाह करें
If these arguments, if they are spoiled, are struck with a blow,
They will never turn the eye to black with desire's flow.
If these arguments, when spoiled, are struck with an axe, they will never make the eye black with the flow of desire.
2
तुम्हें भी चाहिए है कुछ तो पास चाहत का
हम अपनी और से यूँ कब तलक निबाह करें
You too desire something, a trace of affection,
How long must we sustain this promise from our own heart?
You also desire something, a trace of affection; how long must we sustain this promise from our own heart?
3
रखा है अपने तईं रोक रोक कर वर्ना
सियाह कर दें ज़माने को हम जो आह करें
If we hold back our emotions, we might fail; but if we sigh, we shall darken the world.
We have restrained our emotions to a great extent; otherwise, if we even sigh, we will darken the world.
4
जो उस की और को जाना मिले तो हम भी ज़'ईफ़
हज़ार सज्दे हर इक गाम सरबराह करें
If anyone learns of that which belongs to Him, then we too are weak; let us perform a thousand prostrations at every step.
If anyone learns of that which belongs to Him, then we too are weak; let us perform a thousand prostrations at every step.
5
हवा-ए-मय-कदा ये है तो फ़ौत-ए-वक़्त है ज़ुल्म
नमाज़ छोड़ दें अब कोई दिन गुनाह करें
If this is the intoxicating wind, then it is the theft of time's curse; / Let someone abandon prayer and commit a sin.
If this is the intoxicating wind, then it is the curse of wasted time; / Let someone abandon prayer and commit a sin.
6
हमेशा कौन तकल्लुफ़ है ख़ूब-रूयों का
गुज़ार नाज़ से ईधर भी गाह गाह करें
Always, what pretense is it for beautiful faces,
Keep indulging in charm, sighing this way and that.
Why does beautiful people always put on such a show? Keep showing off with charm, sighing this way and that.
7
अगर उठेंगे इसी हाल से तो कहियो तू
जो रोज़-ए-हश्र तुझी को न उज़्र-ख़्वाह करें
If we rise in this very state, then you say,
On the Day of Judgment, none will seek your pardon.
If we rise in this very state, then you say, On the Day of Judgment, no one will seek your pardon.
8
बुरी बला हैं सितम-कुश्ता-ए-मोहब्बत हम
जो तेग़ बरसे तो सर को न कुछ पनाह करें
We are a plague, a terrible affliction of love,
If the arrow falls, it finds no shelter for the head.
We are a terrible affliction and torment of love; if the arrow falls, there is no shelter for the head.
9
अगरचे सहल हैं पर दीदनी हैं हम भी 'मीर'
उधर को यार तअम्मुल से गर निगाह करें
Though we are followers, we are also worthy of being seen, Meer,
If the beloved looks at us with contemplation, towards that other side.
Even though we are mere followers, we are also worthy of being observed, friend, if the beloved casts a contemplative glance towards that other side.
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