Ghazal
Hum Hue Tum Hue Ki Mir Hue
हम हुए तुम हुए कि 'मीर' हुए
The ghazal explores the deep and complex emotional journey of love, suggesting that the speaker and the beloved share the same experience. It speaks of the enchanting beauty and overwhelming influence of the beloved, while also touching upon themes of separation and the preservation of self-respect.
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1
हम हुए तुम हुए कि 'मीर' हुए
उस की ज़ुल्फ़ों के सब असीर हुए
We became, you became, and 'Mir' became,
Captives of her tresses, utterly entranced.
We became, you became, and 'Mir' became, all captivated by her tresses.
2
जिन की ख़ातिर की उस्तुख़्वाँ-शिकनी
सो हम उन के निशान-ए-तीर हुए
For those whose sake we wore the humble attire,
We became merely the marks of the arrow.
For those sake for which we wore the humble attire, we became merely the marks of the arrow.
3
नहीं आते कसो की आँखों में
हो के आशिक़ बहुत हक़ीर हुए
In your eyes, the love has not come, / So the lovers have become very worthless.
Since the love did not arrive in your eyes, the lovers have become very worthless.
4
आगे ये बे-अदाइयाँ कब थीं
इन दिनों तुम बहुत शरीर हुए
When were these impish ways before, / You've become so corporeal in these days.
When did these impish ways exist before? You have become very physical in these days.
5
अपने रोते ही रोते सहरा के
गोशे गोशे में आब-गीर हुए
As if weeping, the desert's every corner
As if weeping, the desert's every corner [has become] a spring of water. (Meaning: It seems as though every corner of the desert has wept and become moist with water.)
6
ऐसी हस्ती अदम में दाख़िल है
नय जवाँ हम न तिफ़्ल-ए-शीर हुए
Such a being enters the self-controlled state,
Neither a new youth nor a cub of a lion has become.
Literally, the couplet means: Such a being has entered the state of self-control (or restraint); neither a new youth nor a cub of a lion has become (it).
7
एक दम थी नुमूद बूद अपनी
या सफ़ेदी की या अख़ीर हुए
A light sheen, a gentle glow, it was ours to own,
Or perhaps it was the whiteness, or the end that was shown.
Literally, it suggests that the gentle glow or sheen was theirs to own, or perhaps it was the whiteness, or the end that was revealed.
8
या'नी मानिंद-ए-सुब्ह दुनिया में
हम जो पैदा हुए सौ पीर हुए
Meaning, in this world of humanity,
The hundred sorrows that we were born with.
, in this world of humanity, the hundred sorrows that we were born with.
9
मत मिल अहल-ए-दुवल के लड़कों से
'मीर'-जी उन से मिल फ़क़ीर हुए
From the sons of the courtly people, do not meet,
'Mir'-ji, for from them, the fakir was separated.
Do not meet the sons of the courtly people; Mir-ji, the fakir was separated from them. The couplet advises avoiding the company of worldly or courtly people because their association led to the separation or loss of the fakir's spiritual state.
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