Ghazal
Sam Kaha Musa To Dard-e-dil-e-zaar Kam Hua
sam kaha musa to dard-e-dil-e-zaar kam hua
Source: Kulliyat-e-Momin (old lithograph edition) · HI
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1
सम कहा मूसा तो दर्द-ए-दिल-ए-ज़ार कम हुआ
बारी कुछ इस दवासी तो आज़ार कम हुआ
When sorrow spoke, the aching heart's dull pain grew less;
At last, with such a remedy, my torment grew the less.
When sorrow found its voice, the grieving heart's pain eased a little; at last, with such a remedy, my affliction grew less.
2
कुछ अपनी ही नसीब की ख़ूबी थी बाद-ए-मर्ग
हंगामा-ए-मोहब्बत-ए-अग़्यार कम हुआ
It was but my own fortune's grace that after I lay dead,
the tumult of my rivals' love for her at last grew less.
It was some grace of my own fortune that after my death, the tumult of my rivals' love for her finally diminished.
3
माशूक़ सी ही हमहनी बना ही बराबरे
वहाँ लुत्फ़ कम हुआ तो यहाँ प्यार कम हुआ
We fashioned ourselves equals, just like the beloved too—
There, as the favor lessened, here the love grew less in kind.
We made ourselves exactly equal to the beloved; when the favour diminished there, the love here lessened to the same degree.
4
आई ग़ज़ाल-ए-चश्म सदा मेरी दाम में
सय्याद ही रहा मैं गिरफ़्तार कम हुआ
The gazelle-eyed ones kept falling always into my snare—
I remained the hunter, rarely was I the captured prey.
The gazelle-eyed beauties always fell into my snare; I remained the hunter, and only rarely was I ever captured myself.
5
ना-कामियों का पेश बेजद का क्या इलाज
बोसा दिया तो ज़ौक़-ए-लब-ए-यार कम हुआ
What cure is there for the frustrated, forever unfulfilled—
for when a kiss was granted, the thirst for the beloved's lips grew less.
What cure is there for failures and endless discontent—for when a kiss was granted, the longing for the beloved's lips diminished.
6
हर चंद इज़्तिराब में मैनी कमी नके
तो बही न वहाँ तग़ाफ़ुल-ए-बिस्यार कम हुआ
Though in my restless anguish I made no least abatement,
Even so, your boundless heedlessness grew not a whit the less.
Though there was no lessening in my restlessness, even then your abundant indifference did not grow the least bit less.
7
क्या मुझ में मर ही लेनी की ताक़त नहीं रही
क्यों शोर-ए-नालहा-ए-अज़ा-बार कम हुआ
Is it that even the strength to die has left me now?
Why has the clamor of my grief-laden laments grown so faint?
Have I lost even the strength to die? Why has the clamor of my grief-laden laments grown so faint?
8
सब ता बफ़्ता चौंक पड़ी तेरी अहद में
इक मेरा बख़्त था कि वो बेदार कम हुआ
All that was asleep awoke with a start in your age;
Only my fortune it was that stirred less from its slumber.
In your era everything that was asleep awoke with a start; only my fortune was the one that stirred the least from its sleep.
9
कुछ क़ैस और मैं ही नहीं सब के सब मुए
अच्छा तो दर्द-ए-इश्क़ का बीमार कम हुआ
Not only Qais, but one and all of us have died—
well then, the sufferers of love's disease are fewer now.
Not just Qais and I, but all of us have died—well then, the number of those afflicted with love's disease has decreased.
10
ज़िक्र-ए-बुतान सी पहली सी नफ़रत नहीं रही
कुछ अबतो कुफ़्र-ए-मोमिन-ए-दीन-दार कम हुआ
For speaking of the idols, I no longer feel that old disdain—
at last the pious believer's unbelief has waned a little.
I no longer feel that former loathing at the mention of idols; by now the devout believer's unbelief has lessened somewhat.
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