Ghazal
Ek Parwaz Ko Bhi Rukhsat-e-sayyad Nahin
एक पर्वाज़ को भी रुख़्सत-ए-सय्याद नहीं
This ghazal suggests that even a flight (or effort) cannot be compared to the departure of the beloved (Saiyaad), because this cage (Kunj-e-Qafas) is not made of gold or steel. The poet asserts that even if he reaches the depths of sorrow (Tah-e-Khak), this world is too free to be merely called an 'invention' (Ijaad). Finally, he states that while he can ask forgiveness from the beloved for his departure, the strength of his anguish (Farayad) cannot be dismissed lightly.
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एक पर्वाज़ को भी रुख़्सत-ए-सय्याद नहीं
वर्ना ये कुंज-ए-क़फ़स बैज़ा-ए-फ़ौलाद नहीं
Even a departure like a poet's departure is not possible
For this grove-cage is not adorned with gold.
Even a departure like a poet's departure is not possible, because this grove-cage is not adorned with gold.
2
शैख़-ए-उज़्लत तो तह-ए-ख़ाक भी पहुँचेगी बहम
मुफ़्त है सैर कि ये आलम-ए-ईजाद नहीं
The master of solitude will reach even beneath the dust,
For wandering is free, this is not the world of creation.
The master of solitude will reach even beneath the dust. Wandering is free, this is not the world of creation.
3
दाद ले छोड़ूँ मैं सय्याद से अपनी लेकिन
ज़ोफ़ से मेरे तईं ताक़त-ए-फ़रयाद नहीं
Though I leave my beloved with Sayyad, but
From Zauf, I have no strength of lamentation.
Though I leave my beloved with Sayyad, I have no strength of lamentation from Zauf.
4
क्यूँ ही मा'ज़ूर भी रख यूँ तो समझ दिल में शैख़
ये क़दह-ख़्वार मिरे क़ाबिल-ए-इरशाद नहीं
Why do you keep even an excuse, O Sheikh, within your heart? / This cup-drinker is not worthy of your guidance.
O Sheikh, why do you keep even an excuse within your heart? Understand that this cup-drinker is not worthy of your guidance.
5
बे-सुतूँ भी है वही और वही जू-ए-शीर
था नमक शोहरत-ए-शीरीं का सो फ़रहाद नहीं
He is the same in his unadorned state, and the same with the milk-white lion; but for Farhad, he was not the salt of the sweetness of fame.
He is the same in his unadorned state, and the same with the milk-white lion; but for Farhad, he was not the salt of the sweetness of fame.
6
क्या कहूँ 'मीर' फ़रामोश किया उन ने तुझे
मैं तो तक़रीब भी की पर तू उसे याद नहीं
What should I say, 'Mir'? They have forgotten you; I barely remembered you, but you do not remember me.
What should I say, 'Mir'? They have forgotten you; I barely remembered you, but you do not remember me.
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