Ghazal
Deedah-e-hairaan Ne Tamasha Kiya
deedah-e-hairaan ne tamasha kiya
Source: Kulliyat-e-Momin (old lithograph edition) · HI
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1
दीदा-ए-हैराँ ने तमाशा किया
देर तलक वो मुझे देखा किया
My wonder-struck eyes made a spectacle of it all,
For a long, long while that one kept gazing at me.
My astonished eyes made a spectacle, and for a long time that one kept gazing at me.
2
ज़ब्त-ए-फ़ुग़ाँ को गह असर था किया
हौसला क्या क्या न किया क्या किया
Restraining my laments once bore some fruit indeed—
what courage I summoned, and what I did not, what deeds!
At times holding back my cries did have its effect; what great courage I mustered, and what I refrained from doing—what did I achieve!
3
आँख न लगने से सब अहबाब ने
आँख के लग जाने का चर्चा किया
Because my eyes found no sleep at all,
every friend spoke of my falling in love.
Because my eyes found no sleep at all, every friend talked about my having fallen in love.
4
मर गए उस के लब-ए-जाँ-बख़्श पर
हम ने इलाज आप ही अपना किया
I died upon those life-bestowing lips of hers—
so I myself have wrought my own remedy at last.
I died upon her life-giving lips, and thus I myself carried out my own cure.
5
बुझ गई इक आह में शम्अ-ए-हयात
मुझ को दम-ए-सर्द ने ठंडा किया
In a single sigh the candle of my life was snuffed away;
it was my own cold breath that chilled me into death's dismay.
In a single sigh the candle of life was extinguished; it was my own cold breath that made me cold.
6
ग़ैर अयादत से बुरा मानते
क़त्ल किया उन को अच्छा किया
They would have taken ill a rival's visit to my sickbed—
by slaying me, they did a kindly thing instead.
They would have resented a rival coming to visit me in my illness, so by killing me they did a good thing.
7
उन से पर्दा-पोश को देखे कोई
मुझ को मेरी शर्म ने रुस्वा किया
Behold the veil-concealer—let someone gaze on them; it was my own sense of shame that brought disgrace on me.
Let someone behold that veil-concealing one; it was my own shame that disgraced me.
8
ज़िंदगी हिज्र से इक मौत थी
मर्ग ने क्या कार-ए-मसीहा किया
Life, in separation, was a death itself—
what Messiah's work has death now done!
Living in separation was like being dead; so death performed the work of the Messiah by granting release from that suffering life.
9
पान में ये रंग कहाँ आप ने
आप मेरे ख़ून का दावा किया
Whence this crimson hue upon your lips of betel-leaf?
You have laid claim, it seems, to the blood that once was mine.
Where did this red colour in your betel come from? It seems you have laid claim to my blood.
10
जौर का शिकवा न करूँ ज़ुल्म है
राज़ मेरा सब्र ने इफ़्शा किया
I won't complain of cruelty—that too is tyranny;
my patience has betrayed the secret hidden deep in me.
I do not complain of the cruelty done to me, for complaining is itself a kind of tyranny; yet my very patience has exposed the secret I kept hidden within.
11
कुछ ही बन आती नहीं क्या कीजिए
उस के बिगड़ने ने कुछ ऐसा किया
Nothing at all comes right now, what is there to do?
Her falling out with me has wrought such ruin anew.
Nothing at all turns out right now, what can be done? Her falling out with me has caused such ruin that everything is spoiled.
12
जाती थी तेरी मेरे लिए जाँ ही
ग़ैर से क्यों शिकवा-ए-बेजा किया
My very life was slipping away for your sake—
why then did I vainly reproach my rival?
My very life was departing for your sake—so why did I needlessly complain about my rival?
13
रहम-ए-फ़लक और मेरे हाल पर
तू ने करम ऐ सितम-आरा किया
The mercy of the heavens, and upon my plight—
you showed me grace, O cruel tormentor of mine.
The mercy of the heavens, and upon my plight—you showed me grace, O cruel tormentor of mine.
14
सच ही सही आप का पैमान-ए-वफ़ा
मर्ग ने कब वादा-ए-फ़र्दा किया
Granted, true indeed is your pledge of faithfulness—
yet when did death ever promise a tomorrow?
Granted your pledge of faithfulness is true, but when did death ever promise a tomorrow?
15
दावा-ए-तकलीफ़ से जल्लाद ने
रोज़-ए-जज़ा क़त्ल फिर अपना किया
With his plea of suffering, the executioner
On Judgment Day once more has slain his own self.
With his plea of inflicting suffering, the executioner on the Day of Judgment once again slew his own self.
16
मर्ग ने हिज्राँ में छुपाया है मुँह
लो मुँह उस पर्दा-नशीं का किया
Death has hidden its face within the parting's veil—
behold, I have unveiled that cloistered one at last.
Death has hidden its face within the veil of separation; behold, at last I have unveiled that cloistered one's face.
17
दुश्मन-ए-मोमिन है सही बुत सदा
मुझ से मेरे नाम ने ये क्या किया
True, the idol is ever the believer's foe—
what has my very name done unto me?
True, the idol has ever been the believer's enemy—what has my own name done to me?
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