Ghazal
वैसा कहाँ है हम से जैसा कि आगे था तू
This ghazal speaks about the irony of a relationship that has changed over time. The poet feels that the beloved is no longer the person they once were, and their original charm has diminished. It expresses the emotional struggle between the sweet memories of the past and the distance of the present.
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1
वैसा कहाँ है हम से जैसा कि आगे था तू
औरों से मिल के प्यारे कुछ और हो गया तू
You are not the same as you were before; you
Have changed, dear one, meeting others.
You are not the same with me as you were before; you have changed, dear one, after meeting others.
2
चालें तमाम बे-ढब बातें फ़रेब हैं सब
हासिल कि ऐ शुक्र लब अब वो नहीं रहा तू
All these rambling, clumsy words are mere deception,
Oh, how grateful I am that you are no longer mine.
All these rambling, clumsy words are mere deception; how grateful I am that you are no longer mine.
3
जाते नहीं उठाए ये शोर हर सहर के
या अब चमन में बुलबुल हम ही रहेंगे या तू
This noise does not leave every dawn that we wake up to,
Or shall I be the nightingale in this garden, or shall it be you?
This noise does not leave every dawn that we wake up to, or shall I be the nightingale in this garden, or shall it be you?
4
आ अब्र एक दो दम आपस में रखें सोहबत
कुढ़ने को हूँ मैं आँधी रोने को है बला तू
Oh, let us keep company for a while, my friend,
For I am a storm, destined to weep and descend.
O cloud, let us keep company for a while, my friend, for I am a storm, destined to weep and descend.
5
तक़रीब पर भी तो तू पहलू तही करे है
दस बार 'ईद आई कब कब गले मिला तू
Even when it's just an approximation, you still stay by my side,
Ten times, 'when did Eid come, when did you embrace me?'
The Shayar says that even when it's just an approximation, you still stay by my side, and that Eid came ten times, but you never embraced me.
6
तेरे दहन से उस को निस्बत हो कुछ तो कहिए
गुल गो करे है दा'वा ख़ातिर में कुछ न ला तू
Tell her, through your burning, that she has some connection to me,
Or, don't make any claims for my sake if you bring nothing.
Tell her that she has some connection to me through your burning (or suffering), or don't make any claims for my sake if you bring nothing.
7
दिल क्यूँके रास्त आवे दावा-ए-आश्नाई
दरिया-ए-हुस्न वो मह-ए-कश्ती-ब-कफ़ गदा तू
Why does the path of the beloved appear to me,
O you, the moon-like boat, the enchantress of beauty?
Why does the path of the beloved appear to me? O you, the moon-like boat, the enchantress of beauty, I am your captive.
8
हर फ़र्द यास अभी से दफ़्तर है तुझ गले का
है क़हर जब कि होगा हर्फ़ों से आश्ना तू
Every single person, from now on, is at the office of your throat; / For when you become familiar with the letters, it will be wrath.
Every single person, from now on, is at the office of your throat; / For when you become familiar with the letters, it will be wrath.
9
'आलम है शौक़-कुश्ता ख़िल्क़त है तेरी रफ़्ता
जानों की आरज़ू तू आँखों का मुद्द'आ तू
Your world is a battlefield of creation, your slow movement, oh, you are the desire of souls, the plea of the eyes.
Your world is a battlefield of creation, and your slow movement, oh you! You are the desire of souls and the plea of the eyes.
10
मुँह करिए जिस तरफ़ को सो ही तिरी तरफ़ है
पर कुछ नहीं है पैदा कीधर है ऐ ख़ुदा तू
Whichever direction you turn, that direction is yours, O Beloved,
But truly, there is nothing created anywhere, O God.
Whichever direction you turn, that direction is yours, O Beloved, but truly, nothing is created anywhere, O God.
11
आती ब-ख़ुद नहीं है बाद-ए-बहार अब तक
दो गाम था चमन में टक नाज़ से चला तू
The spring breeze is not blowing on its own yet,
You walked away from the garden with such grace.
The spring breeze is not blowing on its own yet, and you walked away from the garden with such grace.
12
कम मेरी और आना कम आँख का मिलाना
करने से ये अदाएँ है मुद्द'आ कि जा तू
My lack of presence and your lack of coming,
Or meeting of eyes, these graces are so much demanded, that you should go.
My lack of presence and your lack of coming, or meeting of eyes—these graces are so much demanded, that you should go.
13
गुफ़्त-ओ-शुनूद अक्सर मेरे तिरे रहे है
ज़ालिम मु'आफ़ रखियो मेरा कहा-सुना तू
Often I have endured the talk and the silence of you,
Oh cruel one, keep safe the words that I have spoken to you.
The couplet states that the speaker has often endured both the words and the silence of the beloved. He then pleads with the cruel one to keep safe the things he has spoken to him.
14
कह साँझ के मूए को ऐ 'मीर' रोएँ कब तक
जैसे चराग़-ए-मुफ़्लिस इक-दम में जल बुझा तू
O Mir, how long will you weep for the evening's kisses? Like a lamp of a pauper, you are extinguished in an instant.
O Mir, how long will you weep for the evening's kisses? Like a lamp of a pauper, you are extinguished in an instant.
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