Ghazal
Dil Pe Khoon Hai Yahan Tujh Ko Gumaan Hai Sheesha
दिल पे ख़ूँ है यहाँ तुझ को गुमाँ है शीशा
This ghazal suggests that despite the blood on the heart, the illusion you see in the mirror is false. The poet emphasizes that the mirror is constantly wet with tears on every eyelid, and this illusion is merely the mischief of eyes that come to see in the intoxication.
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दिल पे ख़ूँ है यहाँ तुझ को गुमाँ है शीशा
शैख़ क्यूँ मस्त हुआ है तू कहाँ है शीशा
The blood on the heart is here, and you are deluded by the mirror; why has the Shaikh grown intoxicated? Where is the mirror?
The blood is on the heart here, and you are deluded by the mirror; why has the Shayar grown intoxicated? Where is the mirror?
2
शीशा-बाज़ी तो तनिक देखने आ आँखों की
हर पलक पर मिरे अश्कों से रवाँ है शीशा
The mirror-play (illusion) is merely for the viewing of eyes, / On every eyelid, the mirror is flowing with my tears.
The illusion (mirror-play) is merely for the viewing of the eyes; / On every eyelid, the mirror is flowing with my tears.
3
रू-सफेदी है नक़ाब-ए-रुख़-ए-शोर-ए-मस्ती
रीश-ए-क़ाज़ी के सबब पुम्बा-दहाँ है शीशा
The whiteness of the veil over the face of intoxication,
Is the mirror that shines because of the beard of the Qazi.
The whiteness of the veil over the face of intoxication is the mirror that shines because of the Qazi's beard.
4
मंज़िल-ए-मस्ती को पहुँचे है उन्हें से 'आलम
निशा-ए-मै-बलद ओ संग-ए-निशाँ है शीशा
To reach the destination of intoxication, they have 'Alam; the night of my city and the mirror of the mark.
To reach the destination of intoxication, they have 'Alam' (a place/state); and the night of my city and the mirror of the mark/sign.
5
दरमियाँ हल्का-ए-मस्तताँ के शब उस की जा थी
दौर-ए-साग़र में मगर पीर-ए-मुग़ाँ है शीशा
In the nights, she was light like intoxication, but in the era of the sea, her mirror is a cup of wine.
In the nights, she was light like intoxication, but in the era of the sea, her mirror is a cup of wine.
6
जा के पूछा जो मैं ये कार-गह-ए-मीना में
दिल की सूरत का भी ऐ शीशा-गराँ है शीशा
When I asked about this spectacle of the market, O mirror of the heart, even the image of the heart is precious.
When I asked about this spectacle of the market, O mirror of the heart, you said that even the image of the heart is precious.
7
कहने लागे कि किधर फिरता है बहका ऐ मस्त
हर तरह का जो तू देखे है कि याँ है शीशा
You started saying, where you wander, oh intoxicated one,
Whatever kind of thing you see, is this a mirror?
He started saying, 'Where do you wander, oh intoxicated one? Whatever kind of thing you see, is this a mirror?'
8
दिल ही सारे थे पे इक वक़्त में जो कर के गुदाज़
शक्ल शीशे की बनाए हैं कहाँ है शीशा
In one moment, all my hearts were captive, oh the curtain's play,
But where is the mirror, that fashioned a face of glass?
In a moment, all hearts were captured by the curtain's play, but where is the mirror that created a glass-like face?
9
झुक गया देख के मैं 'मीर' उसे मज्लिस में
चश्म-ए-बद-दूर तरहदार जवाँ है शीशा
Seeing him, I 'Mir' bowed low in the gathering,
His eyes, like a distant, shimmering mirror, are so youthful.
Seeing him, I 'Mir' bowed low in the gathering. His eyes are like a distant, shimmering mirror, full of youth.
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