Ghazal
Ab Aankhon Mein Khoon Dam-b-dam Dekhte Hain / Na Poocho Jo Kuch Rang
अब आँखों में ख़ूँ दम-ब-दम देखते हैं
This ghazal expresses a profound sense of love and separation, where the poet describes his intense emotions for the beloved as boiling in his eyes, like blood. He speaks of the deep pain and anguish in his heart, making him desperate to see the beloved's footsteps. The ghazal describes the ultimate peak of love, where the distinction between life and death dissolves.
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अब आँखों में ख़ूँ दम-ब-दम देखते हैं
न पूछो जो कुछ रंग हम देखते हैं
Now, in our eyes, we see blood moment by moment; / Don't ask what colors we observe.
Now, our eyes are red like blood every moment; do not ask what colors we observe.
2
जो बे-अख़्तियारी यही है तो क़ासिद
हमीं आ के उस के क़दम देखते हैं
If this is the state of being without power, then the lover comes and sees those feet.
If this is the state of being without power (or control), then the lover (Qasid) comes and sees those feet.
3
गहे दाग़ रहता है दिल गा जिगर ख़ूँ
उन आँखों से क्या क्या सितम देखते हैं
In the heart, a stain remains, O heart, O liver, O blood,
From those eyes, what cruel torments are witnessed.
A stain remains in the heart, O heart, O liver, O blood. From those eyes, what cruel torments are witnessed.
4
अगर जान आँखों में उस बिन है तो हम
अभी और भी कोई दम देखते हैं
If life resides in the eyes for one who is not there, then let us behold someone else's charm just a little longer.
If life resides in the eyes for someone who is not there, then let us behold someone else's charm just a little longer.
5
लिखें हाल क्या उस को हैरत से हम तो
गहे काग़ज़ ओ गह क़लम देखते हैं
What news can we write, with such astonishment, we merely look at the paper and the pen.
What news can we write? With such astonishment, we merely look at the paper and the pen.
6
वफ़ा-पेशगी क़ैस तक थी भी कुछ कुछ
अब उस तौर के लोग कम देखते हैं
Qais, whose loyalty was once seen in everything,
Now people rarely witness such devotion.
The Shayar is saying that loyalty and devotion were once visible in everything, but such people are rarely seen now.
7
कहाँ तक भला रोओगे 'मीर'-साहिब
अब आँखों के गिर्द इक वरम देखते हैं
How long will you cry, O Meer-Sahib,
Now, a glimpse of a beloved is seen in the eyes.
The couplet tells the Shayar Meer that he should stop crying, because he can now see a glimpse of a beloved in his eyes.
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