Ghazal
उल्टी हो गईं सब तदबीरें कुछ न दवा ने काम किया
This ghazal expresses the despair and helplessness felt when all remedies and plans fail. The poet speaks of a heart-sickness that has ultimately destroyed everything, leaving the speaker to endure the pain due to life's circumstances and forced choices.
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उल्टी हो गईं सब तदबीरें कुछ न दवा ने काम किया
देखा इस बीमारी-ए-दिल ने आख़िर काम तमाम किया
All the schemes were undone, no medicine could help,
This heart-sickness has finally done its damage.
All the schemes were undone, no medicine could help, this heart-sickness has finally done its damage.
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अहद-ए-जवानी रो रो काटा पीरी में लीं आँखें मूँद
या'नी रात बहुत थे जागे सुब्ह हुई आराम किया
I kept my eyes closed in the bed of my youth, weeping, as if I had spent the night awake, and found rest when morning came.
I closed my eyes in the bed of my youth, weeping, as if I had spent the night awake, and found rest when morning came.
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हर्फ़ नहीं जाँ-बख़्शी में उस की ख़ूबी अपनी क़िस्मत की
हम से जो पहले कह भेजा सो मरने का पैग़ाम किया
Not in the grace of the beloved's mercy is the beauty of my own fate; what was told to us before, was a message of death.
The beauty of my own fate is not in the grace of the beloved's mercy; what was told to us beforehand was a message of death.
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नाहक़ हम मजबूरों पर ये तोहमत है मुख़्तारी की
चाहते हैं सो आप करें हैं हम को अबस बदनाम किया
It is a slander against the helpless, this accusation of freedom,
You desire it, so you have disgraced us with this stain.
It is a false accusation that we accuse the helpless of freedom. Because you desire it, you have disgraced us with this stain.
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सारे रिंद औबाश जहाँ के तुझ से सुजूद में रहते हैं
बाँके टेढ़े तिरछे तीखे सब का तुझ को इमाम किया
All the fragrant and the base, everywhere, in your prostration, they dwell; all the crooked, the slanted, the sharp, all are made Imam by you.
All types of people from all over the world, whether fragrant or base, live in your prostration (supplication); and all those who are crooked, slanted, or sharp in nature, have been made leaders (Imam) by you.
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सरज़द हम से बे-अदबी तो वहशत में भी कम ही हुई
कोसों उस की ओर गए पर सज्दा हर हर गाम किया
The disrespect shown to me, even in the wilderness, is little; I went miles toward her, but made a bow at every step.
The disrespect shown by Sarzad was minimal even in the wilderness; yet I walked miles toward her, bowing down at every single step.
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किस का काबा कैसा क़िबला कौन हरम है क्या एहराम
कूचे के उस के बाशिंदों ने सब को यहीं से सलाम किया
Whose Kaaba, what Qibla, which Haram is it? What Ihram is it?
The inhabitants of that street greeted everyone from here.
The poet asks: whose Kaaba, what Qibla, which Haram, and what Ihram is it? The answer received is that the inhabitants of that street greeted everyone from here.
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शैख़ जो है मस्जिद में नंगा रात को था मय-ख़ाने में
जुब्बा ख़िर्क़ा कुर्ता टोपी मस्ती में इनआ'म किया
The Shaikh who was naked in the mosque at night, was in the tavern with a jubba, khirqa, kurta, and cap, full of joy.
The Shaikh who was naked in the mosque at night, was in the tavern wearing a jubba, khirqa, kurta, and cap, full of joy.
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काश अब बुर्क़ा मुँह से उठा दे वर्ना फिर क्या हासिल है
आँख मुँदे पर उन ने गो दीदार को अपने आम किया
If only the burqa would lift from the mouth, otherwise what is the gain?
For the eyes, they have given the sight of the beloved to their own whim.
The Shayar says that I wish the burqa would lift from the mouth, otherwise what is the gain? Because for the eyes, they have given the sight of the beloved to their own whim.
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याँ के सपीद ओ सियह में हम को दख़्ल जो है सो इतना है
रात को रो रो सुब्ह किया या दिन को जूँ तूँ शाम किया
In the whiteness and blackness of your love, the access I have is only this much;
Whether I cry at night or make it dawn, or whether I waste the day or make it evening.
In the whiteness and blackness of your love, the access I have is only this much: whether I cry at night to make it dawn, or whether I spend the day to make it evening.
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सुब्ह चमन में उस को कहीं तकलीफ़-ए-हवा ले आई थी
रुख़ से गुल को मोल लिया क़ामत से सर्व ग़ुलाम किया
The morning garden, how did the gentle breeze bring her such sorrow,
She bought the rose by its face and enslaved all by her stature.
Enthusiastically, the morning garden, how did the breeze bring her such sorrow? She bought the rose with her face and enslaved everyone with her figure.
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साअद-ए-सीमीं दोनों उस के हाथ में ला कर छोड़ दिए
भूले उस के क़ौल-ओ-क़सम पर हाए ख़याल-ए-ख़ाम किया
Sa'ad-e-Sīmīn, both those I brought to your hands, you let them go; / And on your promise and oath, you betrayed my thoughts.
Sa'ad-e-Sīmīn, you let go of both things that I brought into your hands; and on your promise and oath, you betrayed my thoughts.
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काम हुए हैं सारे ज़ाएअ' हर साअ'त की समाजत से
इस्तिग़्ना की चौगुनी उन ने जूँ जूँ मैं इबराम किया
All my efforts are wasted by the company of every moment,
For four times they abandoned me, whenever I offered prayer.
All my efforts are wasted by the company of every moment; for fourfold they abandoned me whenever I offered prayer.
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ऐसे आहु-ए-रम-ख़ुर्दा की वहशत खोनी मुश्किल थी
सेहर किया ए'जाज़ किया जिन लोगों ने तुझ को राम किया
The intensity of that fire of your divine love was difficult to lose,
The people who made you 'Ram' performed such wonders.
The intensity of that fire of your divine love was difficult to lose, and the people who made you 'Ram' performed such wonders.
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'मीर' के दीन-ओ-मज़हब को अब पूछते क्या हो उन ने तो
क़श्क़ा खींचा दैर में बैठा कब का तर्क इस्लाम किया
Why do you now ask of Mir his religion or creed? He has drawn his cloak and has long since argued for Islam in seclusion.
Why do you now inquire about Mir's religion or creed? He has already drawn his cloak and debated the tenets of Islam in seclusion for a long time.
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