Ghazal
Raftaar-o-taur-o-tarz-o-ravish Ka Ye Dhab Hai Kya / Pehle Sulook Aise
रफ़्तार-ओ-तौर-ओ-तर्ज़-ओ-रविश का ये ढब है क्या
This ghazal questions the nature of a relationship where initial spontaneity and simplicity have been lost. The poet laments that the beloved has changed their mannerisms, style, and grace towards them, causing both their respect and affection to fade. It expresses the pain of change and indifference that has crept into love.
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रफ़्तार-ओ-तौर-ओ-तर्ज़-ओ-रविश का ये ढब है क्या
पहले सुलूक ऐसे ही तेरे थे अब है क्या
What is this deluge of speed, manner, style, and grace? / Were your ways always like this, or has something changed?
What is this deluge of speed, manner, style, and grace? Were your ways always like this, or has something changed?
2
हम दिल-ज़दा न रखते थे तुम से ये चश्म-दाश्त
करते हो क़हर लुत्फ़ की जागा ग़ज़ब है क्या
We were not the ones who fell for you, oh memory-keeper,
What a marvel is this cruelty of grace?
We were never the ones who fell for you, oh memory-keeper; what a marvelous blend is this of grace and cruelty?
3
इज़्ज़त भी बा'द ज़िल्लत बिसयार छेड़ है
मज्लिस में जब ख़फ़ीफ़ किया फिर अदब है क्या
Even honor, after ignominy's sting, is a constant, mocking, goading thing. Once shamed publicly, in the assembly's light, what respect remains, by day or by night?
If honor (izzat) has been mocked greatly after humiliation (zillat), what respect or decorum remains in the gathering?
4
आए हम आप में तो न पहचाने फिर गए
उस राह-ए-साब इश्क़ में यारो तअब है क्या
When we came to you, we were not recognized, and then we left. Oh friends, what is this path of love?
When we came to you, we were not recognized, and then we left. Oh friends, what is this path of love?
5
हैराँ हैं उस दहन के अज़ीज़ान-ए-ख़ुर्दा-बीं
ये भी मक़ाम हाए तअम्मुल तलब है क्या
Astonished are those who cherish the blaze, those who love the burning; is this also a station that seeks contemplation?
Those who cherish the blaze, those who love the burning, are astonished; is this also a station that seeks contemplation?
6
आँखें जो होवें तेरी तो तू ऐन कर रखे
आलम तमाम गर वो नहीं तो ये सब है क्या
If your eyes are there, then you have created a world; if they are not, then what is all this?
If your eyes exist, then you have created an entire world; otherwise, what is all this?
7
उस आफ़्ताब बिन नहीं कुछ सूझता हमें
गर ये ही अपने दिन हैं तो तारीक शब है क्या
Without that sun, nothing seems clear to us,
If these are our days, then what is this dark night?
Without that sun, nothing is comprehensible to us, and if these are our days, then what is this dark night?
8
तुम ने हमेशा जौर-ओ-सितम बे-सबब किए
अपना ही ज़र्फ़ था जो न पूछा सबब है क्या
You have always committed injustice and cruelty without reason;
It was your own arrogance that never asked for a reason.
You have always committed injustice and cruelty without reason; it was your own arrogance that never questioned the reason.
9
क्यूँकर तुम्हारी बात करे कोई ए'तिबार
ज़ाहिर में क्या कहो हो सुख़न ज़ेर-ए-लब है क्या
Why should anyone speak of your words on this occasion?
What you say openly, what is on your tongue?
Why should anyone speak of your words on this occasion? What you say openly, what is on your tongue?
10
उस मह बग़ैर 'मीर' का मरना अजब हुआ
हर-चंद मर्ग-ए-आशिक़ मिस्कीं अजब है क्या
How strange it was for me to die without your remembrance, Mi'r,
How strange is the path of the poor lover, day after day?
How strange it was for me to die without your remembrance, Mi'r; how strange is the path of the poor lover, day after day?
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