Ghazal
Dil Ke Teen Aatish-e-hijran Se Bachaya Na Gaya
दिल के तीं आतिश-ए-हिज्राँ से बचाया न गया
This ghazal explores the impossibility of protecting the heart from the flames of separation (hijr). The poet laments that the heart could not be saved from the fire of separation, nor was the house saved from burning, nor was any permanent dwelling built in the heart. It speaks to the profound depth of love and the lover's helplessness before fate.
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1
दिल के तीं आतिश-ए-हिज्राँ से बचाया न गया
घर जला सामने पर हम से बुझाया न गया
My heart was not saved from the flames of separation's fire, / Though the house burned down, my spirit was not extinguished.
My heart could not be saved from the fire of separation, yet my spirit could not be extinguished even when the house burned down.
2
दिल में रह-ए-दिल में कि मे'मार-ए-क़ज़ा से अब तक
ऐसा मतबू-ए-मकाँ कोई बनाया न गया
In the heart, in the path of the heart, until the architect of fate,
No such structure of the dwelling has ever been built.
In the heart, in the path of the heart, until the architect of fate, no such structure of a dwelling has ever been built.
3
कभू आशिक़ का तिरे जबहे से नाख़ुन का ख़राश
ख़त-ए-तक़्दीर के मानिंद मिटाया न गया
How could the scratch of a nail from your body, my lover, ever erase the letter of destiny?
How could the scratch of a lover's nail from your forehead ever erase the letter of destiny?
4
क्या तुनुक-हौसला थे दीदा-ओ-दिल अपने आह
एक दम राज़-ए-मोहब्बत का छुपाया न गया
What courage was it that you showed, O eyes and heart, with your own sighs,
The secret of love could not be kept hidden even for a moment.
What courage did you possess, O eyes and heart, that with your own sighs, the secret of love could not be kept hidden even for a moment.
5
दिल जो दीदार का क़ातिल के बहुत भूका था
उस सितम-कुश्ता से इक ज़ख़्म भी खाया न गया
Though the heart was very hungry for the sight of the beloved, it was not wounded even by that tormenting lover.
Even though the heart was very hungry for the sight of the beloved, it was not wounded even by that tormenting lover.
6
मैं तो था सैद-ए-ज़बूँ सैद-गह-ए-इश्क़ के बीच
आप को ख़ाक में भी ख़ूब मिलाया न गया
I was between the master of speech and the master of love, yet even in the dust, you were not mixed with me.
I was between the master of speech and the master of love, yet even in the dust, you were not mixed with me.
7
शहर-ए-दिल-ए-आह अजब जाए थी पर उस के गए
ऐसा उजड़ा कि किसी तरह बसाया न गया
The city of the heart, oh, what a strange journey it was, but after its departure, it was so devastated that it could not be rebuilt.
The city of the heart was a strange journey, but after its departure, it was so devastated that it could not be rebuilt.
8
आज रुकती नहीं ख़ामे की ज़बाँ रखिए मुआ'फ़
हर्फ़ का तूल भी जो मुझ से घटाया न गया
Today, the tongue of accusation does not stop; keep your pardon, for even the pen stroke of a letter could not be diminished from me.
Today, the tongue of accusation does not stop; please pardon me, for even the weight of a single letter could not be diminished from me.
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