Ghazal
Jab Se Khat Hai Siyah-khaal Ki Thang
जब से ख़त है सियाह-ख़ाल की थांग
This ghazal explores deep emotional pain, themes of loss, and the complex nature of love. It speaks to the fragility of life and the constant sense of emotional depletion, comparing existence to a continuous struggle.
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जब से ख़त है सियाह-ख़ाल की थांग
तब से लुटती है हिन्द चारों दाँग
Since the letter of the dark-skinned one's thigh (or: Since the letter from the dark-skinned one's thigh)
India has been looted on all sides.
Since the letter from the dark-skinned person's thigh (or: Since the letter of the dark-skinned person's thigh), India has been looted on all sides.
2
बात 'अमल की चली ही जाती है
है मगर औज-बिन-उनुक़ की टाँग
The talk of action can surely proceed,
But the leg without 'auz' and 'unuk' cannot.
The talk or process of action can surely proceed, but the leg cannot move without 'auz' and 'unuk'.
3
बन जो कुछ बन सके जवानी में
रात तो थोड़ी है बहुत है साँग
Whatever life can build in youth,
The night is but a little, the romance is much.
is that while the time of youth is short (the night), the scope and experience of love and romance are vast.
4
'इश्क़ का शोर कोई छुपता है
नाला-ए-अंदलीब है गुल-बाँग
The noise of love hides in a drain, / The garden of flowers is a scented stream.
The noise of love is hidden in a drain, and the garden of flowers is like a scented stream.
5
उस ज़क़न में भी सब्ज़ी है ख़त की
देखो जीधर कुएँ पड़ी है भाँग
Even in that corner, there is the vegetable of the letter/message,
Look, where the well lies, there is the cannabis/intoxicant.
Even in that corner, there is the vegetable of the letter/message. Look, where the well lies, there is the cannabis/intoxicant.
6
किस तरह उन से कोई गर्म मिले
सीम-तन पिघले जाते हैं जों राँग
How can anyone get warmth from them,
Their colored forms simply melt away.
How can anyone get warmth from them, as their colored forms simply melt away.
7
चली जाती है हसब क़द्र-ए-बुलंद
दूर तक उस पहाड़ की है डाँग
The worth of the beloved departs, / The mountain's crest stretches far away.
The mountain's crest stretches far, and the worth (or esteem) of someone departs as far as that high crest.
8
तफ़रा बातिल था तूर पर अपने
वर्ना जाते ये दौड़ हम भी फलाँग
The talk of falsehood was on your face,
Otherwise, let us also join the rush.
The talk of falsehood was on your face, otherwise, let us also join the rush.
9
मैं ने क्या उस ग़ज़ल को सहल किया
क़ाफ़िए ही थे उस के ऊट-पटाँग
What did I do to that ghazal, that I found it so easy? / Its rhyme scheme was nothing but nonsense.
What did I do to that ghazal, that I found it so easy? Its rhyme scheme was nothing but nonsense.
10
'मीर' बंदों से काम कब निकला
माँगना है जो कुछ ख़ुदा से माँग
When the poets (or artists) fail to deliver, seek what you need from God.
When the Shayars (or artists) fail to deliver, whatever you need must be sought from God.
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