Ghazal
नक़्क़ाश देख तो मैं क्या नक़्श-ए-यार खींचा
The poem muses on the artist's gaze, questioning how the poet could depict the beloved's image. It speaks of drawing the beloved's presence and enduring the wait for the charming one. The verses suggest that the rituals of love should not be questioned, as even the empty-hearted have their own drawn experiences.
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नक़्क़ाश देख तो मैं क्या नक़्श-ए-यार खींचा
उस शोख़ कम-नुमा का नित इंतिज़ार खींचा
Seeing the engraver, what else could I do but draw the design of the beloved?
From that charming, modest one, I kept drawing the wait.
Seeing the engraver, what could I do but draw the design of the beloved? From that charming, modest one, I kept drawing the wait.
2
रस्म-ए-क़लमरव-ए-इश्क़ मत पूछ कुछ कि नाहक़
एकों की खाल खींची एकों को दार खींचा
Do not ask about the ritual of love's pen, for it is not possible;
One has drawn the skin of one, and drawn the curtain for one.
Do not inquire about the ritual of love's pen, for it is impossible; one has drawn the skin of one, and drawn the curtain for one.
3
था बद-शराब साक़ी कितना कि रात मय से
मैं ने जो हाथ खींचा उन ने कटार खींचा
Oh, the cupbearer, how much wine did you pour that night? From the hand I pulled, they drew a dagger.
Oh, the cupbearer, how much wine did you pour that night? When I pulled my hand, they pulled a dagger.
4
मस्ती में शक्ल सारी नक़्क़ाश से खिंची पर
आँखों को देख उस की आख़िर ख़ुमार खींचा
In playfulness, the whole face was drawn by the artisan, yet
From the eyes, that ultimate intoxication was drawn.
Although the whole face was drawn by the artisan in a playful manner, looking into the eyes eventually drew ultimate intoxication.
5
जी खिंच रहे हैं ऊधर आलम का होगा बलवा
गर शाने तू ने उस की ज़ुल्फ़ों का तार खींचा
Oh, the world is stirring up a commotion, a grand upheaval, / If you pull even a single strand of his tresses.
is that if you pull even one strand of his tresses, a great commotion will arise in the world.
6
था शब किसे कसाए तेग़-ए-कशीदा-कफ़ में
पर मैं ने भी बग़ल बग़ल बे-इख़्तियार खींचा
From the belt of a captive, I pulled a thread of the bowstring, yet I too pulled the belt by chance.
The poet says that the moon pulled a thread of the bowstring from a captive's belt, but the poet also pulled the belt by chance.
7
फिरता है 'मीर' तो जो फाड़े हुए गरेबाँ
किस किस सितम-ज़दे ने दामाँ यार खींचा
When Meer wanders, from whose torn garment
Which cruel tyrant pulled the curtain of my beloved?
When Meer wanders, whose torn garment is it, which cruel tyrant pulled the curtain/pallu of my beloved?
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