Ghazal
ख़त से वो ज़ोर सफ़ा-ए-हुस्न अब कम हो गया
This ghazal suggests that the intensity and brilliance of beauty (husn) have diminished. The intense longing (chah) for the beloved has transformed into a complex state. It speaks of how a world that was once multifaceted and varied has now condensed into a single, unified existence.
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ख़त से वो ज़ोर सफ़ा-ए-हुस्न अब कम हो गया
चाह-ए-यूसुफ़ था ज़क़न सो चाह-ए-रुसतम हो गया
From the letter, the strength of your beauty's veil has now lessened,
The desire for Joseph was like that, now it has become the desire for Rustam.
From the letter, the strength of your beauty's veil has now lessened, the desire that was like Joseph's has now become the desire for Rustam. This suggests that the initial, soft admiration inspired by beauty has been replaced by a stronger, more passionate, or perhaps challenging desire.
2
सीना-कोबी-ए-संग से दिल-ए-ख़ून होने में रही
हक़-ब-जानिब था हमारे सख़्त मातम हो गया
The chest, the ribs, and the body, from the heart of blood, I was destined to mourn, but it has been lost.
From the chest, ribs, and the heart of blood, I was destined to mourn, but that (destiny/place) has been lost.
3
एक सा आलम नहीं रहता है उस आलम के बीच
अब जहाँ कोई नहीं याँ एक आलम हो गया
In that world, there is no single atmosphere; now, a world where no one is, has become a single atmosphere.
In that world, there is no uniform atmosphere; now, it has become a single atmosphere where no one exists.
4
आँख के लड़ते तिरी आशोब सा बरपा हुआ
ज़ुल्फ़ के दिरहम हुए इक जम्अ' बरहम हो गया
As if your locks were a battleground for my eyes, / Your tresses became a hoard, and my heart was rendered numb.
Your locks were spread out as if they were a battlefield for my eyes, and your tresses became a hoard, which rendered my heart numb.
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उस लब-ए-जाँ-बख़्श की हसरत ने मारा जान से
आब-ए-हैवाँ यमन-ए-तालेअ' से मिरे सम हो गया
From the longing of that life-giving lip, my life was taken; my existence became like the waters of Yemen's spring.
From the longing of that life-giving lip, my life was taken; my existence became like the waters of Yemen's spring.
6
वक़्त तब तक था तो सज्दा मस्जिदों में कुफ़्र था
फ़ाएदा अब जब कि क़द मेहराब सा ख़म हो गया
When time was still, disbelief was in the mosques; / Now that the pillar of faith has become bent, what use is it?
The couplet suggests that when time was plentiful, disbelief was prevalent even within the mosques; now that the pillar of faith has become bent like an arch, it is of no use.
7
इश्क़ उन शहरी ग़ज़ालों का जुनूँ को अब खिंचा
वहशत-ए-दिल बढ़ गई आराम-ए-जाँ रम हो गया
The passion for those city-style ghazals has now pulled me;
My heart's wildness has increased, and the soul's ease has become a pleasure.
The passion for these city-style ghazals has now pulled me; my heart's wildness has increased, and the soul's comfort has become a pleasure.
8
जी खिंचे जाते हैं फ़र्त-ए-शौक़ से आँखों की और
जिन ने देखा एक-दम उस को सो बे-दम हो गया
The eyes are drawn by the current of longing,
And those who behold it become lifeless.
The eyes are drawn by the current of longing, and those who behold it become lifeless.
9
हम ने जो कुछ उस से देखा सो ख़िलाफ़-ए-चश्म-ए-दाशत
अपना इज़राईल वो जान मुजस्सम हो गया
What I saw from Him, against the eye of my heart,
My own Israel became a living body.
What I saw from Him, against the eye of my heart, my own Israel became a living body.
10
क्या कहूँ क्या तरहें बदलें चाह ने आख़िर को 'मीर'
था गिरह जो दर्द छाती में सो अब ग़म हो गया
What shall I say, what ways shall I change, the desire of the end, O Meer? / The knot of pain that resided in the chest, has now become sorrow.
What shall I say, and what ways shall I change, the desire of the end, O Meer? The knot of pain that resided in the chest, has now become sorrow.
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