Ghazal
Ho Kyon Na Tere Kaam Mein Hairaan Tamasha
ho kyon na tere kaam mein hairaan tamasha
Source: Kulliyaat-e-Nazeer Akbarabadi (1922) · HI
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1
हो क्यों न तेरे काम में हैरान तमाशा
या रब तेरी क़ुदरत में हो हर आन तमाशा
Why should I not stand bewildered before Your handiwork—
O Lord, in Your omnipotence lies a wonder at every moment.
Why should I not remain amazed at Your doings—O Lord, in Your power there is a wondrous spectacle at every instant.
2
ले अर्श से ता फ़र्श नए रंग नए ढंग
हर शक्ल अजाइब हो हर इक शान तमाशा
From heaven's heights down to the earthen floor, new hues, new ways unfold;
Each form a marvel to behold, each splendor a spectacle to behold.
From the highest heavens down to the earthen floor, there are new colours and new styles everywhere; every form is a wonder and every splendour is a spectacle.
3
अफ़्लाक पे तारों की चमकती हो तिलिस्मात
और रू-ए-ज़मीन पर गुल-ओ-रैहान तमाशा
In the skies the stars shimmer like a spell of enchantment,
and on the face of the earth, flowers and sweet basil make their show.
In the skies the stars glitter like a magical spell, and on the surface of the earth flowers and sweet basil put on their display.
4
जिन्नात परी देव मलक हूर भी नादिर
इंसान अजूबा हैं तो हैवान तमाशा
Jinns, fairies, angels, demons, houris too are rare and few,
If humans are a wonder, then the beasts a spectacle to view.
Jinns, fairies, demons, angels and houris are all rare; if humans are a marvel, then beasts are a spectacle.
5
जब हुस्न के जाती है मुरक़्क़ा पे नज़र आह
क्या क्या नज़र आता हो हर इक आन तमाशा
When the gaze falls upon the album of beauty, ah,
what wonders upon wonders appear in every passing moment, a spectacle.
When one's gaze falls upon the album of beauty, ah, what countless spectacles appear in every single moment.
6
चोटी की गुंधावट कहीं दिखलाती हो नैरंग
रखती हो कहीं ज़ुल्फ़-ए-परेशान तमाशा
Somewhere the braided plait displays its wondrous art,
Somewhere your scattered tresses stage their dazzling show.
Somewhere the weaving of your braided plait reveals its wondrous colour, and somewhere your scattered tresses put on their own spectacle.
7
गर इश्क़ के कूचे में गुज़र कीजिए तो वां भी
हर वक़्त नई सैर है हर आन तमाशा
Should you but pass through the lane of love, there too
at every moment a fresh walk, at each instant a new spectacle awaits you.
If you pass through the lane of love, there too at every moment there is a fresh stroll and at each instant a new spectacle to behold.
8
मुख ज़र्द बदन ख़ुश्क जिगर चाक अलम-नाक
ग़ुल शोर तपिश नाला-ओ-अफ़ग़ान तमाशा
The face gone pale, the body parched, the liver cleft and steeped in woe—
Uproar and clamor, fever's heat, the wails and sobs become a spectacle.
The face has turned pale, the body dried up, and the liver is split and filled with sorrow; the uproar, the burning fever, and the cries and laments have all become a spectacle.
9
हम पस्त-निगाहों की नज़र में तो नज़ीर आह
सब अर्ज़-ओ-समा की हो गुलिस्तान तमाशा
To us, the ones with downcast eyes, O Nazeer, behold —
all earth and sky became one garden's spectacle unrolled.
To us of lowly, downcast gaze, O Nazeer, all the earth and sky became the spectacle of a single garden.
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