Ghazal
जब से उस बेवफ़ा ने बाल रखे
This ghazal describes the profound pain and emotional turmoil resulting from betrayal, where the lover's deceit has woven a web of anxiety and haunting memories. The poet suggests that every aspect of life is now imbued with a strange fear and thought, a suffering that only the deeply understanding soul can truly grasp.
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जब से उस बेवफ़ा ने बाल रखे
सैद बंदों ने जाल डाल रखे
Since that faithless one cast her hair,
The Sayyids have spread their traps everywhere.
Literally, the couplet means that ever since the faithless woman let down her hair, the Sayyid people have spread their traps.
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हाथ क्या आवे वो कमर है हेच
यूँ कोई जी में कुछ ख़याल रखे
What can the hands do to the waist, oh dear,
If someone keeps thoughts within their heart?
It suggests that the hands or waist cannot perform any action simply because someone harbors thoughts in their heart.
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रह-रव-ए-राह ख़ौफ़नाक इश्क़
चाहिए पाँव को सँभाल रखे
The murmuring of the path, a terrifying love,
Requires the feet to keep their balance.
The murmuring of the path and terrifying love both require the feet to keep their balance.
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पहुँचे हर इक न दर्द को मेरे
वो ही जाने जो ऐसा हाल रखे
Only he knows the pain that I have reached,
He who keeps such a condition of mine.
Only he knows the pain that I have reached, he who keeps such a condition of mine.
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ऐसे ज़र दोस्त हो तो ख़ैर है अब
मलिए उस से जो कोई माल रखे
If you are a friend like this, then it is good,
Better than one who possesses wealth.
If you are a friend like this, then it is good. Better than one who possesses wealth.
6
बहस है नाक़िसों से काश फ़लक
मुझ को इस ज़ुमरे से निकाल रखे
Oh, I wish the sky would remove me from this group of imperfect souls.
The poet wishes that the heavens would remove him from this group of imperfect souls, tired of debating with the flawed people.
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समझे अंदाज़ शे'र को मेरे
'मीर' का सा अगर कमाल रखे
If I could craft a couplet, in the style of 'Meer,'
With a magic that rivals his amazing skill.
If I could compose a couplet in the style of 'Meer,' with a brilliance that matches his amazing skill.
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