Ghazal

Dil Pahuncha Halaki Ko Nipt Khinch Kasala / Le Yaar Mire Sallam Hu

दिल पहुँचा हलाकी को निपट खींच कसाला

Mir Taqi Mir· Ghazal· 9 shers

This ghazal describes a profound and painful experience of love and emotional anguish. The speaker conveys the state of his heart, which has reached an unbearable point of distress, attributing this suffering to a complicated and painful relationship. The verses reflect themes of deep sorrow, separation, and the lingering effects of emotional turmoil.

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1
दिल पहुँचा हलाकी को निपट खींच कसाला ले यार मिरे सल्लमहू अल्लाह-तआला
My heart is so drawn to the beloved, that I will abandon my dear friend and Allah (God).
My heart is so drawn to the beloved that I will abandon my friend and Allah (God).
2
कुछ मैं नहीं उस दिल की परेशानी का बा'इस बरहम ही मिरे हाथ लगा था ये रिसाला
Some of the sorrow of that heart, I did not realize, / This magazine was in my hands by mere whim.
I am not the cause of that heart's trouble; this magazine simply came into my hands by mere whim.
3
मा'मूर शराबों से कबाबों से है सब दैर मस्जिद में है क्या शैख़ पियाला न निवाला
From the intoxication of wines and kebabs, everything is a deception; what is in the mosque? The Sheikh's cup, not a single morsel.
From the intoxication of wines and kebabs, everything is a deception; what is in the mosque? The Sheikh's cup, not a single morsel.
4
गुज़रे है लहू वाँ सर हर ख़ार से अब तक जिस दश्त में फूटा है मिरे पाँव का छाला
My blood has passed through every thorn until now, In the desert where the blister of my foot has burst.
My blood has passed through every thorn, up to the point where the blister on my foot burst in the desert.
5
गर क़स्द उधर का है तो टक देख के आना ये देर है ज़हाद न हो ख़ाना-ए-ख़ाला
If your intention is directed elsewhere, then come after seeing the eye; this is the time for devotion, not the house of the carefree.
If your intention is directed elsewhere, then come after seeing the eye; this is the time for devotion, not the house of the carefree.
6
जिस घर में तिरे जल्वे से हो चाँदनी का फ़र्श वाँ चादर महताब है मकड़ी का सा जाला
The floor of the house where your beauty brings moonlight, Is a web, like a spider's web, of moonlight.
The floor of the house where your beauty casts moonlight is a sheet of moonlight that resembles a spider's web.
7
दुश्मन न कुदूरत से मिरे सामने हो जो तलवार के लड़ने को मिरे कीजो हवाला
If the enemy does not stand before me with malice, Then call me forth for a fight with a sword.
If the enemy does not appear before me with malice, then summon me for a fight with a sword.
8
नामूस मुझे साफ़ी तीनत की है वर्ना रुस्तम ने मिरी तेग़ का हमला न सँभाला
I have the reputation of purity, otherwise, Rustam would not have endured my arrow's strike.
My reputation is one of purity, otherwise, Rustam would not have withstood the strike of my arrow.
9
देखे है मुझे दीदा-ए-पुर-ख़श्म से वो 'मीर' मेरे ही नसीबों में था ये ज़हर का प्याला
I have seen, from the eyes of the city, O Meer, That in my own destiny was this cup of poison.
I have seen, from the eyes of the city, O Meer, that this cup of poison was in my own destiny.
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