Ghazal
नाला-ए-इज्ज़ नक़्स-ए-उलफ़त है
The ghazal suggests that the river of dignity (izzat) and the map of love (ulfat) define existence. The poet notes that while effort and suffering bring surprising relief, true love only yields tears of regret. Life is transient, as there is no lasting place for sorrow or joy; instead, the heart, being wounded, perceives every direction as a site of further pain.
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नाला-ए-इज्ज़ नक़्स-ए-उलफ़त है
रंज-ओ-मेहनत कमाल राहत है
The river of self-respect is the deceit of love,
But the sorrow and effort are the wonder of relief.
The stream of self-respect is a deceit of love, but sorrow and effort are the wonder of true relief.
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इश्क़ ही गिर्या-ए-नदामत है
वर्ना आशिक़ को चश्म-ए-ख़िफ़्फ़त है
Love itself is the stream of regret,
Otherwise, the lover possesses the eye of indifference.
Love itself is the torrent of regret; otherwise, the lover possesses the eye of indifference.
3
ता दम-ए-मर्ग ग़म ख़ुशी का नहीं
दिल-ए-आज़ुर्दा गर सलामत है
O, the intoxication of death is not of sorrow or joy; if the heart of the sapphire is safe, it is so.
The Shayar says that the intoxication of death belongs neither to sorrow nor to joy; if the sapphire heart is safe, it remains so.
4
दिल में नासूर फिर जिधर चाहे
हर तरफ़ कूचा-ए-जर्राहत है
In the heart, a festering sore again, wherever it wishes,
Every direction is an alley of surgery.
The couplet means that a festering wound (nasoor) in the heart can open up anywhere it wants, and every direction seems to require surgical intervention.
5
रोना आता है दम-ब-दम शायद
कसो हसरत की दिल से रुख़्सत है
Tears come, drop by drop, perhaps,
The heart's longing has taken leave.
Tears come drop by drop, perhaps, because the heart's longing has taken leave.
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फ़ित्ने रहते हैं उस के साए में
क़द-ओ-क़ामत तिरा क़यामत है
Fitnahs (trials/temptations) reside in your shadow,
Your stature itself is the doomsday.
Temptations reside in your shadow, and your very existence is the doomsday.
7
न तुझे रहम ने उसे टुक सब्र
दिल पे मेरे अजब मुसीबत है
Neither mercy nor patience was enough for you,
It is a strange calamity upon my heart.
is that neither mercy nor patience sufficed for you, and it is a strange calamity upon my heart.
8
तू तो नादान है निपट नासेह
कब मोअस्सिर तिरी नसीहत है
You are a naive, careless person,
When will your advice become effective?
You are a naive and careless person; when will your advice become effective?
9
दिल पे जब मेरे आ के ये ठहरा
कि मुझे ख़ुश-दिली अज़िय्यत है
When this settled upon my heart,
That misery is my joyful burden.
When this settled upon my heart, I accept the misery with joy.
10
रंज-ओ-मेहनत से बाज़ क्यूँके रहूँ
वक़्त जाता रहे तो हसरत है
Why should I live with sorrow and toil,
When time keeps passing and my heart yearns?
Why should I live with sorrow and toil, when time keeps passing and my heart yearns? The couplet asks why one should continue living with sorrow and hard work when time is passing and there is a strong yearning in the heart.
11
क्या है फिर कोई दम को क्या जानो
दम ग़नीमत मियाँ जो फ़ुर्सत है
What power is there, what do I know?
It is a great favor, friend, that I have leisure time.
What power is there, what do I know? It is a great favor, friend, that I have leisure time.
12
तेरा शिकवा मुझे न मेरा तुझे
चाहिए यूँ जो फ़िल-हक़ीक़त है
I do not want your complaint, nor do I want mine; / This is the truth that is beyond mere illusion.
I neither want your complaint nor do I want my own; this is the truth that exists beyond mere illusion.
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तुझ को मस्जिद है मुझ को मय-ख़ाना
वाइज़ा अपनी अपनी क़िस्मत है
You have the mosque, I have the tavern (of love);
This is the destiny that is ours, separate and apart.
You have the mosque, and I have the tavern (of love); this is the destiny that is ours, separate and apart. (The couplet contrasts religious piety/structure with the intoxication of love/freedom, suggesting that each person is destined for their own separate path.)
14
ऐसे हँसमुख को शम्अ' से तश्बीह
शम्अ-ए-मज्लिस की रोनी सूरत है
To compare such a cheerful face with a lamp's glow,
Is like the tearful countenance of the evening gathering.
Compare such a cheerful face to a lamp's glow, it is like the tearful countenance of the evening gathering.
15
बातिल-उस-सेहर देख बातिल थे
तेरी आँखों का सेहर आफ़त है
Seeing the false dawn, I saw that you were false; / The dawn of your eyes is a calamity.
Seeing the false dawn, I realized that you were false; the dawn of your eyes is a calamity.
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अब्र-ए-तर के हुज़ूर फूट बहा
दीदा-ए-तर को मेरे रहमत है
The veil of tears has flowed forth from your presence; O my heart, this mercy is for my eyes.
In the presence of the wet cloud (or cloud of tears), it burst forth. This is a mercy for my tearful eyes.
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गाह नालाँ तपाँ गहे बे-दम
दिल की मेरे अजब ही हालत है
My heart is in a strange state, oh, the breathless flow of the stream.
My heart is in a strange state, oh, the breathless flow of the stream.
18
क्या हुआ गर ग़ज़ल क़सीदा हुई
आक़िबत क़िस्सा-ए-मोहब्बत है
What happened, that the ghazal turned into a qasida; / The end result is merely a story of love.
What happened that the ghazal turned into a qasida; / The end result is merely a story of love.
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तुर्बत-ए-'मीर' पर हैं अहल-ए-सुख़न
हर तरफ़ हर्फ़ है हिकायत है
On Mir's turmoil, the people of poetry are gathered,
Everywhere there is a letter, and there is a tale.
On Mir's grave, the people of poetry are gathered; everywhere there is a letter and a tale.
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तू भी तक़रीब-ए-फ़ातिहा से चल
ब-ख़ुदा वाजिबु्ज़्ज़ियारत है
Even if you approach from the beginning (like Surah Al-Fatiha), the visit to God is obligatory.
Even if you start from the beginning (like Surah Al-Fatiha), the visit to God is obligatory.
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