Ghazal
Hamdam Chhupaa Ve Daan Koi Kya Dilki Chaah Ko
hamdam chhupaa ve daan koi kya dilki chaah ko
Source: Kulliyaat-e-Nazeer Akbarabadi (1922) · HI
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1
हमदम छुपा वे दान कोई क्या दिलकी चाह को
शाहिद जहान समझते हैं पहली निगाह को
O my beloved, how can anyone conceal the heart's desire?
The whole world comprehends it from the very first glance.
O beloved, how can anyone hide the heart's longing? The whole world understands it at the very first glance.
2
दिखला हिनाई दस्त लिया झपटे दीन-ओ-दिल
क्या दस्तरस हो देखिए इस दस्तगाह को
Showing the henna-stained hand, she snatched away faith and heart in a flash;
Let us see what reach we have against so deft a sleight of hand.
Showing her henna-stained hand, she snatched away faith and heart in an instant; let us see what power we have against such a skillful hand.
3
बैठा जो चाँदनी में तो रुख़ की झलक दिखा
ख़िजलत थी कौन सी कि न दी रू-ए-माह को
When you sat in the moonlight, you showed your face's gleam—
what shame was there that you did not inflict upon the moon?
When you sat in the moonlight and revealed a glimpse of your face, what humiliation was there that you did not inflict upon the face of the moon?
4
नासिह तो रास्त कहता हो लेकिन वो क्या करे
दे बैठे अपना दिल जो किसी कज-कुलाह को
The counselor may speak the truth, yet what is one to do—
When the heart's already given to some rakish, tilted-cap?
The counselor may well be speaking the truth, but what can one do who has already lost his heart to some rakish, tilted-cap beloved.
5
झिड़की से उसने हमको ख़फ़ा देख कर कहा
क्या तापते लगते हो इस रस्म-ओ-राह को
Seeing me vexed by her rebuke, she spoke and said:
Why do you warm yourself at this custom of ties we've made?
When she saw me upset by her rebuke, she said: why do you get so heated and burn over this custom of our relationship?
6
जाती हैं झिड़कें नहीं हमारी वो लज़्ज़तें
जो चाह में समझते हैं बेहतर निगाह को
The rebukes may depart, but not those relishes of ours
Who, in their love, deem a reproachful glance the sweeter gift.
The rebukes may go away, but those relishes of ours do not depart, for those in love consider a reproachful glance to be the better thing.
7
गर आर है कुछ इसमें तुम्हें तो कुछ ऐ मियाँ
लेजाओ अपने पास दिल-ए-इज़्ज़त-पनाह को
If you have any objection to it, then O my dear,
Take away with you this honor-sheltering heart.
If you feel any shame or objection in this, then O dear one, take away with you this honour-sheltering heart.
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