Ghazal
Mue Sahte Sahte Zafa-kaariyan
मुए सहते सहते जफ़ा-कारियाँ
This ghazal describes the endurance of life's harsh circumstances and cruelty, emphasizing a kind of loyalty and the struggle of existence. It poetically expresses feelings of separation and pain, containing a sense of self-acceptance and destiny.
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मुए सहते सहते जफ़ा-कारियाँ
कोई हम से सीखे वफ़ादारियाँ
Enduring cruelty and hardships,
Let someone learn from us loyalty's art.
Enduring hardships and cruelty, may someone learn the art of loyalty from us.
2
हमारी तो गुज़री इसी तौर उम्र
यही नाला करना यही ज़ारियाँ
Our lives passed in this manner, through this life's stream,
To perform this very act, these woven strands of dream.
Our lives passed in this manner, through this life's stream, / To perform this very act, these woven strands of dream. The couplet suggests that the speaker's life has passed in a specific way, and the actions and dreams represented by these woven strands are intrinsically linked to the flow of this very life.
3
फ़रिश्ता जहाँ काम करता न था
मिरी आह ने बर्छियाँ मारियाँ
Where the angel was not working, my sigh struck with spears.
Where the angel was not working, my sigh struck with spears.
4
गया जान से इक जहाँ ले के शोख़
न तुझ से गईं ये दिल-आज़ारियाँ
Having taken a world from the very breath of life, / These heart-sore wanderers departed from you.
These heart-sore wanderers, having taken a world from the very breath of life, departed from you. The couplet literally states that the emotional turmoil or wanderings (dil-aazariyan) left the beloved after gaining a vast, world-like existence from the speaker's very life force.
5
कहाँ तक ये तकलीफ़-ए-मा ला-युताक़
हुईं मुद्दतों नाज़-बर्दारियाँ
How far can this pain of separation endure?
For ages, the pride has become unbearable.
Hasta how long can this pain of separation endure? For ages, the arrogance/pride has become unbearable.
6
ख़त-ओ-काकुल-ओ-ज़ुल्फ़-ओ-अंदाज़-ओ-नाज़
हुईं दाम-ए-रह सद-गिरफ़्तारियाँ
From the letters, the braid, the tresses, the demeanor, and the coquetry,
I have been captured in the bondage of love's journey.
From the letters, the braids, the tresses, the demeanor, and the coquetry, I have been captured in the bondage of love's journey.
7
किया दर्द-ओ-ग़म ने मुझे ना-उमीद
कि मजनूँ को ये ही थीं बीमारियाँ
Did pain and sorrow leave me hopeless, / Or were these the very illnesses of Majnun?
Did pain and sorrow leave me hopeless, or were these the very illnesses of Majnun?
8
तिरी आश्नाई से ही हद हुई
बहुत की थीं दुनिया में हम यारियाँ
By your mere glance, my limits were reached,
How many friendships I had in this world.
My limits were reached by your mere glance; how many friends I had in this world.
9
न भाई हमारी तो क़ुदरत नहीं
खिंचीं 'मीर' तुझ से ही ये ख़्वारियाँ
Oh brother, it is not my nature,
That these glories were drawn from you, 'Mir'.
Oh brother, it is not my nature that these glories were drawn from you, 'Mir'.
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