Ghazal
Lagi Khadang Jab Is Ghamza Ka Sa
lagi khadang jab is ghamza ka sa
Source: Kulliyat-e-Momin (old lithograph edition) · HI
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1
लगी ख़दंग जब इस ग़मज़ा का सा
फ़लक का हाल नहो क्या मेरी जिगर का सा
When the arrow of that coquettish glance struck home,
what was the sky's condition but like that of my pierced heart?
When the arrow of the beloved's coquettish glance struck, the sky's state became just like that of my wounded heart.
2
सख़ावतकाही बहुत में में बख़ावन का
अगर नहोईगा नक़्शा तुम्हारी कहर का सा
Much generosity in showering gifts and praise I'd bring,
If only there were not the picture of your wrath's dread sting.
I would bring much generosity, showering gifts and praise, if only there were not the dreadful picture of your wrath.
3
करे न ख़ाना-ख़राबी तेरी नदामत-ए-जौर
कि आब-ए-शर्म में है जोश चश्म-ए-तर का सा
Let not your remorse for cruelty lay your house to waste,
for in the water of shame there surges a flood like weeping eyes.
May your remorse for your cruelty not ruin your house, for the water of shame surges just like tearful, weeping eyes.
4
ये जोश-ए-आशिक़ देखो कि अपनी क़त्ल की वक़्त
दुआयी सिल लगी वक़्त तन्हा असर का सा
Behold the lover's ardor—at the very hour of his slaughter,
his lips were sealed in prayer, like one who works alone in solitude's effect.
Behold the lover's passion—even at the moment of his killing, his lips remained sealed in prayer, as though absorbed in solitude's effect.
5
लगी उन आँखों से हर वक़्त ऐ दिल-ए-सद-चाक
तेरा न रुत्बा हुआ क्यूँ शिकाफ़-ए-दर का सा
Fixed forever upon those eyes, O heart of a hundred rents,
why did your rank not rise to match the crack within the door?
O heart torn into a hundred pieces, your gaze stayed fixed upon those eyes at every moment; yet why did your rank never rise to equal even the crack in the door?
6
ज़रा हो गर्मी-ए-सोहबत तो ख़ाक कर दी चर्ख़
मेरा सुरूर है गुलख़न्दा-ए-शरर का सा
Should the warmth of my company but kindle, I would reduce the very heavens to ash;
My ecstasy is like the laughing bloom of a flying spark.
If the warmth of my company were to kindle even a little, I would burn the heavens to ash; my ecstasy is like the laughing bloom of a flying spark.
7
बेह नातवाँ हूँ कि हूँ दर नज़र नहीं आता
मेरा भी हाल हुआ तेरी ही कमर का सा
So frail am I that even in sight I cannot be seen—
my state too has become like that of your slender waist.
I have grown so weak that I can no longer be seen even when in view; my condition too has become like that of your slender waist, which is barely visible.
8
जुनून की जोश से बेगाना-वार हैं अहबाब
हमारा हाल वतन में हुआ सफ़र का सा
My friends are strangers now to passion's fervent flame;
At home I feel as if I journey, far from aim.
My friends have become strangers and indifferent to the fervour of passion; in my own homeland my condition has become like that of a traveller.
9
ख़बर नहीं कि उसे क्या हुआ पर उस दर पर
निशान या नज़र आता है नामा-बर का सा
No news of what befell him, yet upon that door
there seems a trace, a sign, as of the messenger of yore.
There is no news of what happened to him, yet on that door appears a trace or sign, as if of the messenger.
10
दिल ऐसी शोख़ को मोमिन ने दी या कि वो ही
मुहिब-ए-हुसैन का और दिल रहे शिमर का सा
Did Momin give his heart to one so wanton, or was it she—
that a lover of Husain should bear a heart like Shimr's own?
Momin gave his heart to such a wanton beloved—or she proved to be such—that the heart of a lover of Husain became like the heart of Shimr.
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