Ghazal
Tha Mustar Husn Se Us Ke Jo Noor Tha
था मुस्तआर हुस्न से उस के जो नूर था
This ghazal describes a divine beauty and radiance that is so profound it permeates everything. The poet expresses the intensity of his emotions and the realization of self-knowledge, concluding that he himself was far from God.
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1
था मुस्तआर हुस्न से उस के जो नूर था
ख़ुर्शीद में भी उस ही का ज़र्रा ज़ुहूर था
By the splendor of her beauty, the light she possessed,
Even the sun held within it her mere trace's behest.
By the splendor of her beauty, the light she possessed, even the sun held within it her mere trace's behest.
2
हंगामा गर्म-कुन जो दिल-ए-ना-सुबूर था
पैदा हर एक नाले से शोर-ए-नुशूर था
The heart, restless and burning with fervor,
Generated noise from every flowing stream's blur.
The restless heart, burning with fervor, generated a clamor from every flowing stream's blur.
3
पहुँचा जो आप को तो मैं पहुँचा ख़ुदा के तईं
मालूम अब हुआ कि बहुत मैं भी दूर था
If I reached you, I reached you through God's decree,
Now I know that I, too, was very far away.
If I reached you, I reached you by God's decree; now I know that I, too, was very far away.
4
आतिश बुलंद दिल की न थी वर्ना ऐ कलीम
यक शो'ला बर्क़-ए-ख़िर्मन-ए-सद-कोह-ए-तूर था
My heart was not so fiery that it would have been, O Kaleem,
Otherwise, it would have been a flash of lightning, like the mountain of Tur.
My heart was not so fiery, O Kaleem, that it would have been, otherwise, it would have been a flash of lightning, like the mountain of Tur.
5
मज्लिस में रात एक तिरे परतवे बग़ैर
क्या शम्अ क्या पतंग हर इक बे-हुज़ूर था
In the gathering, the night was incomplete without you,
Neither the candle nor the kite was anywhere without your presence.
The gathering and the night were incomplete without you; neither the candle nor the kite was anywhere without your presence.
6
उस फ़स्ल में कि गुल का गरेबाँ भी है हवा
दीवाना हो गया सो बहुत ज़ी-शुऊर था
In that season, where even the gul-flower's waist is in the breeze,
He was so intoxicated that even the beloved was unaware.
In that season, where even the gul-flower's waist is swaying in the breeze, he was so intoxicated that even the beloved was unaware.
7
मुनइ'म के पास क़ाक़ुम ओ संजाब था तो क्या
उस रिंद की भी रात गुज़र गई जो ऊर था
The night passed even for that Sufi who was the essence.
If Munim possessed the Kaqum and Sanjab, then even the night passed for that gentleman who was the essence.
8
हम ख़ाक में मिले तो मिले लेकिन ऐ सिपहर
उस शोख़ को भी राह पे लाना ज़रूर था
If I found you in the dust, I found you, but O time/season,
You must bring that intoxicated one back to the path.
If I found you in the dust, I found you, but O time/season, you must bring that intoxicated one back to the path.
9
कल पाँव एक कासा-ए-सर पर जो आ गया
यकसर वो उस्तुख़्वान शिकस्तों से चूर था
Yesterday, when a single foot arrived upon the canvas of the head,
That very messenger was shattered by defeats.
Yesterday, when a single foot arrived upon the canvas of the head, that very messenger was shattered by defeats.
10
कहने लगा कि देख के चल राह बे-ख़बर
मैं भी कभू किसू का सर-ए-पुर-ग़ुरूर था
He started saying, 'When I saw you, I walked the unknown path;
I too was once filled with the pride of my head.'
He started saying that when he saw (me/it), he walked an unknown path; I too was once filled with the pride of my head.
11
था वो तो रश्क-ए-हूर-ए-बहिश्ती हमीं में 'मीर'
समझे न हम तो फ़हम का अपनी क़ुसूर था
The jealousy of a heavenly nymph was in us, 'Mir',
But we were incapable of understanding, it was our own failing.
The jealousy of a heavenly nymph was within us, 'Mir'; we failed to understand it, and it was our own shortcoming.
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