Ghazal
Hum Ne Jaana Tha Sukhon Honge Zabaan Par Kitne
हम ने जाना था सुख़न होंगे ज़बाँ पर कितने
This ghazal reflects the depth of life's experiences and emotions. The poet muses on the multitude of sweet words that might reside on the tongue, compared to the countless pages filled by the pen. It contemplates the loss of skill and the complexity of love in every corner of life.
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1
हम ने जाना था सुख़न होंगे ज़बाँ पर कितने
पर क़लम हाथ जो आई लिखे दफ़्तर कितने
We knew there would be so many verses on the tongue,
But when the pen came to hand, how many lines were written.
We thought there would be so many verses on the tongue, but when the pen was in hand, how many were written in the notebook.
2
मैं ने इस उस सन्ना' से सर खींचा है
कि हर इक कूचे में जिस के थे हुनर-वर कितने
From that silence, I have drawn a thread,
Where in every lane, how many skilled ones were found.
From that silence, I have drawn a thread, to measure how many skilled people were in every alley.
3
किश्वर-ए-इश्क़ को आबाद न देखा हम ने
हर गली-कूचे में ऊजड़ पड़े थे घर कितने
We never saw the dwelling of love to be established,
How many homes lay ruined in every alleyway.
The Shayar says that he never saw the dwelling of love established; how many homes lay ruined in every alleyway.
4
आह निकली है ये किस की हवस सैर-ए-बहार
आते हैं बाग़ में आवारा हुए पर कितने
Oh, whose desire is this yearning for the spring garden's stroll?
Those who enter the garden, wander lost, but how many?
Oh, whose desire is this yearning for the spring garden's stroll? Though many enter the garden, wandering lost, how many are there?
5
देखियो पंजा-ए-मिज़्गाँ की टक आतिश-दस्ती
हर सहर ख़ाक में मिलते हैं दर-ए-तर कितने
I saw the blazing craft of the mizzgaan's paw; / Every dawn, how many doors of longing are found in the dust.
I saw the blazing craft of the mizzgaan's paw; / Every dawn, how many doors of longing are found in the dust.
6
कब तलक ये दिल-ए-सद-पारा नज़र में रखिए
उस पर आँखें ही सिए रहते हैं दिलबर कितने
Until when will you keep this heart, oh beloved, in your gaze? / For the eyes, beloved, are always kept in the heart.
Until when will you keep this heart in your gaze? Because, beloved, the eyes are always kept in the heart.
7
'उम्र गुज़री कि नहीं दो आदम से कोई
जिस तरफ़ देखिए 'अर्से में हैं अब ख़र कितने
After years have passed, has anyone seen
So many treasures where I look, from Adam's time?
Has anyone passed so much time, for when I look anywhere, there are so many treasures, as if they have been here since Adam's time.
8
तू है बेचारा गदा 'मीर' तिरा क्या मज़कूर
मिल गए ख़ाक में याँ साहब अफ़सर कितने
O poor 'Meer', what can be said of you,
When in the dust, sir, how many officers are found.
O poor 'Meer', what can be said of you, when in the dust, how many officers are found.
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