Ghazal
Bazm Mein Jo Tera Zuhoor Nahin
बज़्म में जो तिरा ज़ुहूर नहीं
The ghazal speaks about an assembly or gathering (mazm) where the beloved's presence is absent. The poet observes that without the beloved's glow, the entire gathering lacks brilliance. He expresses his disillusionment with relying on mere memories or fabricated emotions, suggesting that accepting the pain itself brings a peculiar kind of peace.
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1
बज़्म में जो तिरा ज़ुहूर नहीं
शम-ए-रौशन के मुँह पे नूर नहीं
Where your presence does not shine in the gathering,
There is no light upon the face of the luminous lamp.
If your presence does not shine in the gathering, there is no light upon the face of the luminous lamp.
2
कितनी बातें बना के लाऊँ एक
याद रहती तिरे हुज़ूर नहीं
How many things should I compose to say,
Only the memory of your presence remains.
is that no matter how many things I compose or bring to say, I only remember your presence.
3
ख़ूब पहचानता हूँ तेरे तईं
इतना भी तो मैं बे-शुऊर नहीं
I recognize your design/intent so well,
I am not so oblivious to it.
I recognize your intent so well, I am not so oblivious to it.
4
क़त्ल ही कर कि उस में राहत है
लाज़िम उस काम में मुरूर नहीं
Kill him, for there is relief in it;
It is not necessary to wander in that deed.
Kill him, for there is relief in it; it is not necessary to wander in that deed.
5
फ़िक्र मत कर हमारे जीने का
तेरे नज़दीक कुछ ये दूर नहीं
Do not worry about how we live,
For near you, nothing is far.
Do not worry about how we live, because nothing is far when you are near.
6
फिर जिएँगे जो तुझ सा है जाँ-बख़्श
ऐसा जीना हमें ज़रूर नहीं
Though we will live again, we will not be able to live like you, O life-giver.
Literally, the couplet means that even if we live again, we will not be able to live the life that is like you, O life-giver.
7
आम है यार की तजल्ली 'मीर'
ख़ास मूसा व कोह-ए-तूर नहीं
The manifestation of the beloved is like a mango, Mir,
Not like Moses or the Mount of Tur.
The manifestation of the beloved, Mir, is common, not exceptional like Moses or the Mount of Tur.
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