Ghazal
Teg-e-sitam Se Us Ki Mera Sar Juda Hua
तेग़-ए-सितम से उस की मिरा सर जुदा हुआ
This ghazal expresses the intense pain of separation and the agony of love. The poet states that his head was severed by the sword of cruelty, but he is thankful to God for receiving the right to love. It portrays the deep pain of heartbreak and life experiences.
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1
तेग़-ए-सितम से उस की मिरा सर जुदा हुआ
शुक्र ख़ुदा कि हक़ मोहब्बत अदा हुआ
From the cup of cruelty, my head separated from her;
Thank God that the right of love was fulfilled.
From the cup of cruelty, my head separated from her; Thank God that the right of love was fulfilled.
2
क़ासिद को दे के ख़त नहीं कुछ भेजना ज़रूर
जाता है अब तो जी ही हमारा चला हुआ
Do not send any letter to the messenger, by all means,
For now, our very life is the thing that is going.
Do not send any letter to the messenger, by all means, for now, our very life is the thing that is going.
3
वो तो नहीं कि अश्क थमे ही न आँख से
निकले है कोई लख़्त-ए-दिल अब सौ जला हुआ
It is not that the tears will not stop from the eye,
But that some piece of the heart has now been burnt.
It is not that the tears will not stop from the eye, but that some piece of the heart has now been burnt.
4
हैरान रंग बाग़-ए-जहाँ था बहुत रुका
तस्वीर की कली की तरह दिल न वा हुआ
The garden of the world, in its wondrous colors, had paused for a long time,
But my heart did not become like the bud of a picture.
The garden of the world, with its wondrous colors, paused for a long time, but my heart did not become like the bud of a picture.
5
आलम की बे-फ़िज़ाई से तंग आ गए थे हम
जागा से दिल गया जो हमारा बजा हुआ
We were weary of the world's artificiality,
When our heart departed from the source of life.
We were weary of the world's artificiality, when our heart departed from the source of life.
6
दर पे हमारे जी के हुआ ग़ैर के लिए
अंजाम-ए-कार मुद्दई' का मुद्दआ' हुआ
At our threshold, the heart felt a stranger's desire,
The quest for the outcome became the demand of the claimant.
At our doorstep, the heart felt a stranger's desire, and the search for the outcome became the claim of the claimant.
7
उस के गए पे दिल की ख़राबी न पोछिए
जैसे कसो का कोई नगर हो लुटा हुआ
Do not try to mend the broken heart of someone who has left; it is like a city of brass that has been looted.
Do not attempt to repair the broken heart of someone who has departed; it is like a city of brass that has been looted.
8
बद-तर है ज़ीस्त मर्ग से हिज्रान-ए-यार में
बीमार दिल भला न हुआ तो भला हुआ
Life is a state of separation from the beloved, worse than death; if this ailing heart survives, it's better off if it dies.
The Shayar says that living in separation from the beloved is worse than death itself; and if this ailing heart survives, it would be better for it to die.
9
कहता था 'मीर' हाल तो जब तक तो था भला
कुछ ज़ब्त करते करते तिरा हाल क्या हुआ
Meer used to say, 'Until the condition was good, the state was fine;'
But what happened to your condition while trying to restrain it?
Meer used to say that as long as the condition was good, everything was fine; but what happened to that condition while trying to restrain it?
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