Ghazal
Hum Hain Majrooh
हम हैं मजरूह माजरा है ये
This ghazal speaks of the pain of love and the ups and downs of life. The speaker declares that they are wounded, but the situation itself is enjoyable. They describe how the passion that started with love has now turned to dust, yet this ending is also a spectacle.
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1
हम हैं मजरूह माजरा है ये
वो नमक छिड़के है मज़ा है ये
We are wounded, this is our fate; / It is fun that they sprinkle the salt.
We are wounded, and this is our destiny; / It is fun that they sprinkle the salt.
2
आग थे इब्तिदा-ए-इश्क़ में हम
अब जो हैं ख़ाक इंतिहा है ये
In the beginning of love, we were fire,
Now that we are ashes, this is the end.
In the beginning of love, we were fire, and now that we are ashes, this is the end.
3
बूद आदम नुमूद शबनम है
एक दो दम में फिर हुआ है ये
Like the dew on Adam's face, it is
A state achieved in just a moment's time.
The line means that this state is like the dew on Adam's face, something that happens in just a moment's time.
4
शुक्र उस की जफ़ा का हो न सका
दिल से अपने हमें गिला है ये
Venus could not endure the cruelty of that person,
But from our hearts, we harbor this complaint.
Venus could not endure the cruelty of that person, but we harbor this complaint in our hearts.
5
शोर से अपने हश्र है पर्दा
यूँ नहीं जानता कि क्या है ये
The curtain of one's fate is from the noise,
One does not know what this truly is.
The curtain of one's fate is from the noise; one does not know what this truly is.
6
बस हुआ नाज़ हो चुका अग़माज़
हर घड़ी हम से क्या अदा है ये
My conceit has grown too strong, O radiant beauty,
What grace is this that you bestow upon us every moment?
My conceit has grown too strong, O radiant beauty; what grace is this that you bestow upon us every moment? The couplet literally expresses the speaker's feeling of excessive pride, while questioning the source of the beloved's continuous, captivating charm.
7
नाशें उठती हैं आज यारों की
आन बैठो तो ख़ुशनुमा है ये
Today the sorrows rise, my friends,
But when you sit down, everything is cheerful.
Today, the sorrows of friends rise, but when you sit, everything becomes cheerful.
8
देख बे-दम मुझे लगा कहने
है तो मुर्दा सा पर बला है ये
Oh, let me say this, I felt it, as if speaking to the dead, yet it is a blessing.
Oh, let me say this, I felt it, as if speaking to the dead, yet it is a blessing.
9
मैं तो चुप हूँ वो होंट चाटे है
क्या कहूँ रीझने की जा है ये
I am silent, but those lips are licking; what can I say, this is a lure to entice.
I am silent, but those lips are licking; what can I say, this is a lure to entice.
10
है रे बेगानगी कभू उन ने
न कहा ये कि आश्ना है ये
Oh, the foreignness they never said to me, / That this was a mere illusion.
The poet says that they never told me that this was merely an illusion.
11
तेग़ पर हाथ दम-ब-दम कब तक
इक लगा चक कि मुद्द'आ है ये
How long can the hand rest upon the sword, moment by moment?
It is merely a desperate plea.
How long can the hand rest upon the sword, moment by moment? It is merely a desperate plea.
12
'मीर' को क्यूँ न मुग़्तनिम जाने
अगले लोगों में इक रहा है ये
Why shouldn't the opportunistic person know,
That this remains in the next people?
Literally, it means that why shouldn't the opportunistic person know that this remains in the next people.
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