Ghazal
सितम से गो ये तिरे कुश्ता-ए-वफ़ा न रहा
The speaker laments the pain and burden of faithfulness, stating that the bond of loyalty can no longer be sustained. The beloved's name once caused intoxication, yet the heart, filled with suffering, could never truly belong to them. The meeting of the eyes was always an illusion, and the beloved has now become detached and unknown.
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सितम से गो ये तिरे कुश्ता-ए-वफ़ा न रहा
रहे जहान में तो दैर में रहा न रहा
From cruelty, my heart, this cloak of devotion remains not,
Neither in the world, nor in the secluded retreat, it remains not.
Due to cruelty, my heart, this cloak of devotion is gone, neither in the world nor in the secluded retreat.
2
कब उस का नाम लिए ग़श न आ गया मुझ को
दिल-ए-सितम-ज़दा किस वक़्त उस में जा न रहा
When did merely mentioning his name cause me to faint?
Oh, heart afflicted by cruelty, in what moment are you wandering within him?
When did merely mentioning his name cause me to faint? Oh, heart afflicted by cruelty, in what moment are you wandering within him?
3
मिलाना आँख का हर-दम फ़रेब था देखा
फिर एक दम में वो बे-दीद आश्ना न रहा
Every moment of meeting was an illusion, seen,
Suddenly, that beloved companion was no longer there.
Literally, the couplet means that the meeting in the eyes was an illusion every moment, and suddenly, that beloved companion was no longer present.
4
मूए तो हम पे दिल पर को ख़ूब ख़ाली कर
हज़ार शुक्र कसो से हमें गिला न रहा
Though you emptied our heart with your love,
Do not complain to us with a thousand grievances.
Though you emptied our heart with your love, do not complain to us with a thousand grievances.
5
उधर खुली मिरी छाती इधर नमक छिड़का
जराहत उस को दिखाने का अब मज़ा न रहा
The open chest of mine over there, the sprinkling of salt here,
No longer gives pleasure in showing off the wounds.
My chest is open over there, and salt has been sprinkled here. Now, showing off the wounds no longer gives pleasure.
6
हुआ हूँ तंग बहुत कोई दिन में सिन लीजो
कि जी से हाथ उठा कर वो उठ गया न रहा
I am very troubled, someone please take care of me, for the one who raised their hand against me, I could not lift myself.
I am very troubled; someone please take care of me, for the one who raised their hand against me, I could not lift myself.
7
सितम का उस के बहुत मैं नज़ार हूँ मम्नून
जिगर तमाम हुआ ख़ून-ओ-दिल बजा न रहा
I am too much a admirer of her cruelty, beloved,
My entire heart is bleeding, it cannot stop playing its tune.
I am too much an admirer of her cruelty, beloved; my entire heart is bleeding, and it cannot stop playing its tune.
8
अगरचे रह गए थे उस्तुख़्वान-ओ-पोस्त वले
लगाई ऐसी कि तस्मा भी फिर लगा न रहा
Though the master of the ink and the parchment remained, / The binding was so strong that even the silk could not hold it.
Although the master of the ink and the parchment remained, the binding was so strong that even the silk could not hold it.
9
हमीयत उस के तईं कहते हैं जो 'मीर' में थी
गया जहाँ से पे तेरी गली मैं आ न रहा
They say that the fondness was in the 'Mir' (of poetry)
The fondness/affection is said to have been in the 'Mir' (the poetry/style of 'Mir'), from where I am coming on your street. It suggests that the depth of love or memory was found within the poetic tradition or the works of a great poet like 'Mir'.
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