Ghazal
Paigham-e-gham Jigar Ka Gulzar Tak Na Pahuncha
पैग़ाम-ए-ग़म जिगर का गुलज़ार तक न पहुँचा
This ghazal expresses a profound emotional pain and despair, where the speaker's message of sorrow (Paigham-e-Gham) fails to reach the heart's garden (Gulzaar). It speaks to the futility of complaint and suffering, suggesting that even the deepest feelings of sorrow cannot reach their intended destination.
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1
पैग़ाम-ए-ग़म जिगर का गुलज़ार तक न पहुँचा
नाला मिरा चमन की दीवार तक न पहुँचा
The message of sorrow did not reach the garden of the heart,
Nor did my stream reach the wall of the courtyard.
The poet says that the message of sorrow neither reached the garden of the heart nor did my stream reach the wall of the courtyard.
2
उस आइने के मानिंद ज़ंगार जिस को खावे
काम अपना उस के ग़म में दीदार तक न पहुँचा
Like that mirror, the tarnish which consumes,
Whose sorrow in its sight, no glimpse is found.
Like a mirror's tarnish that consumes, in its sorrow, one cannot even reach the sight of their own purpose.
3
जूँ नक़्श-ए-पा है ग़ुर्बत हैरान-कार उस की
आवारा हो वतन से जो यार तक न पहुँचा
Oh, the markings of separation are astonishing; how can one wander, having reached neither the homeland nor the beloved?
The marks of separation are astonishing; how can one wander, having reached neither the homeland nor the beloved?
4
लबरेज़-ए-शिकवा थे हम लेकिन हुज़ूर तेरे
कार-ए-शिकायत अपना गुफ़्तार तक न पहुँचा
Our complaints were merely soft whispers, but my Lord, you never even allowed my grievances to reach your lips.
Our complaints were merely soft whispers, but my Lord, you never even allowed my grievances to reach your lips.
5
ले चश्म-ए-नम-रसीदा पानी चुवाने कोई
वक़्त-ए-अख़ीर उस के बीमार तक न पहुँचा
Who comes to draw water from the moist mirror of eyes,
Never reached the sick one in the final moments of time.
Who comes to draw water from the moist mirror of eyes, never reached the sick one in the final moments of time.
6
ये बख़्त-ए-सब्ज़ देखो बाग़-ए-ज़माना में से
पज़मुर्दा गुल भी अपनी दस्तार तक न पहुँचा
Look at this green fortune, from the garden of the world,
Even a wilted flower could not reach its own turban.
Look at this green fortune, from the garden of the world; even a wilted flower could not reach its own turban.
7
मस्तूरी ख़ूब-रूई दोनों न जम' होवें
ख़ूबी का काम किस की इज़हार तक न पहुँचा
The fine cotton and the fine clothes cannot be combined,
How can the beauty of work be revealed if it does not reach its limit?
The fine cotton and fine clothes cannot be combined, and the beauty of a work cannot be revealed until it reaches its limit.
8
यूसुफ़ से ले के ता-गुल फिर गुल से ले के ता-शम्मा
ये हुस्न किस को ले कर बाज़ार तक न पहुँचा
From Yusuf, taking the garden, then from the garden, taking the bloom,
Which beauty, O beauty, cannot be brought to the market?
Taking the garden from Yusuf, and then the bloom from the garden, which beauty cannot be brought to the market? This questions the universal reach and power of beauty.
9
अफ़्सोस 'मीर' वे जो होने शहीद आए
फिर काम उन का उस की तलवार तक न पहुँचा
Alas, Mir, those who came to be martyred,
Their deeds did not even reach the edge of the sword.
Alas, Mir! Those who came to be martyred, their deeds did not even reach the edge of the sword.
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