Ghazal
Gar Ghair Ki Gahar-se Na Dil-aaraam Nikalta
gar ghair ki gahar-se na dil-aaraam nikalta
Source: Kulliyat-e-Momin (old lithograph edition) · HI
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1
गर ग़ैर की गहर-से न दिल-आराम निकलता
दम का ही को यूँ ऐ दिल-ए-नाकाम निकलता
Had the heart's solace not emerged from the rival's embrace,
Then, O defeated heart, in a mere breath you would have slipped away.
Had the heart's comfort not come forth from the rival's embrace, then, O unsuccessful heart, you would have departed in a single breath.
2
मैं हम से मरता हूँ हाँ अब से उसकी
क़ासिद की ज़बान से नहीं पैग़ाम निकलता
I die of longing, yes, for her from this moment on—
yet from the messenger's tongue no word of hers will come.
I die of longing for her, yet no message of hers ever comes from the messenger's tongue.
3
करती जो मुझे याद शब-ए-वस्ल-ए-अदू तुम
क्या सुब्ह को ख़ुर्शीद न ता शाम निकलता
Had you but thought of me on that night of union with my rival,
would the sun not have risen at dawn to shine till evening came?
If you had remembered me on that night of union with my rival, would the sun not have risen at dawn and shone till evening?
4
जब जानशी तासीर कि दुश्मन भी वहाँ-से
अपनी तरह ऐ गर्दिश-ए-अय्याम निकलता
Then would you know the truth of it, O turning wheel of days,
if even your foe had come forth from that place, as I did, in my own way.
Then you would know the truth of it, O turning wheel of time, if even your enemy had emerged from that place in my own way, as I did.
5
हर इक सिली वस बज़्म में शब पूछती थी नाम
था लुत्फ़ जो कोई मेरा हम-नाम निकलता
At every gathering through the night each one would ask my name;
What joy it was whenever someone bearing my own name came forth.
At every nighttime gathering everyone would ask my name; it was a delight whenever someone who shared my name appeared.
6
क्यों काम तलब है मेरी ज़ारी गर उन
अकाम से देखा है कहीं काम निकलता
Why should my pleading beg for desire's reward from them—
have you ever seen a task fulfilled by one who acts not?
Why should my pleading beg the reward of desire from them—for has anyone ever seen a task accomplished by someone who does nothing?
7
थी नौहा-ज़नी दिल की जनाज़ा पे ज़रूरी
शायद कि वो घबरा के सर-ए-बाम निकलता हो
Mourning aloud was needful at my heart's funeral—
perhaps, alarmed, she'd step out to the edge of her balcony.
Loud mourning was necessary at my heart's funeral—perhaps she would have stepped out in alarm to the edge of her balcony.
8
काँटा सा खटकता है कलेजे में नसीम-ए-सहर
यह ख़ार नहीं दिल से गुल-अंदाम निकलता
Like a thorn it pricks within my heart, the morning breeze at dawn—
this is no thorn, but a rose-limbed beloved departing from my heart.
The morning breeze pricks within my heart like a thorn; this is no thorn, but a rose-limbed beloved leaving my heart.
9
हूरें नहीं मोमिन की नसीबो नमें जो होतें
तंजानी ही से क्यों यह बद-अंजाम निकलता
Had the houris not been written in the believer's fate at all,
why would such a wretched end emerge from mere mockery alone?
Had the houris not been written in the believer's fate at all, why would such a wretched end emerge from mere mockery alone.
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