Ghazal
Josh-e-nishat-o-aish Hai Har Ja Basant Ka
josh-e-nishat-o-aish hai har ja basant ka
Source: Kulliyaat-e-Nazeer Akbarabadi (1922) · HI
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1
जोश-ए-निशात-ओ-ऐश है हर जा बसंत का
हो तुर्फ़ा रोज़गार तरब-ज़ा बसंत का
The surge of joy and pleasure fills each place with spring's delight,
How wondrous is the season that spring's rapture brings to light.
Everywhere there is a surge of joy and pleasure because of spring; wondrous and full of delight is this season that spring brings.
2
बाग़ों में लुत्फ़-ए-नश्व-ओ-नुमा की हैं कसरतें
पुर मुर्ग़ीन-ए-नग़्मा ख़ुश-दिली-अफ़्ज़ा बसंत का
In gardens the delights of growth and blossoming abound in plenty,
Full of song-birds, the joy-enhancing spring brims over with its bounty.
In the gardens there is an abundance of the pleasures of growth and blooming; full of singing birds, the heart-gladdening spring overflows with its bounty.
3
फिरते हैं कर लिबास बसंती ओ दिलबरान
है चश्मे ज़र-निगार सरापा बसंत का
Clad in the saffron robes of spring the lovers roam about,
from head to toe the gold-adorned eye is the very self of spring.
The lovers wander about dressed in saffron, spring-coloured robes, and from head to foot the gold-adorned eye is the very embodiment of spring.
4
चादर पे यार के ये कहा हमने सुब्ह-दम
ऐ जान हुआ तो बहर-ए-मन चर्चा बसंत का
Upon my love's own shawl at break of dawn I softly said,
My dear, it came — so for my sake let talk of springtime spread.
At daybreak, upon my beloved's shawl, I said: my dear, now that it has come, let the talk of spring spread for my sake.
5
तशरीफ़ तुम न लाए जो कर कर बसंती पोश
कहिए गुनाह हमने किया क्या बसंत का
You came not, clad in saffron spring's attire—
So tell me, what sin did we spring commit?
You did not come adorned in saffron springtime clothes, so tell me—what sin did we commit on the occasion of spring?
6
सुनते ही इस बहार से निकला कि चुपके तईं
दिल देखते ही हो गया शैदा बसंत का
The moment I heard of this springtime, so softly it slipped out,
the heart, at the very first sight, grew mad with love of spring.
As soon as it heard of this springtime, the heart quietly slipped away, and at the very first sight became madly in love with spring.
7
अपना वो ख़ुश-लिबास बसंती दिखा नज़ीर
चमकाया हुस्न-ए-यार ने क्या क्या बसंत का
Show off, Nazir, that fine saffron-hued attire of yours;
How brilliantly the beloved's beauty has made the springtime gleam.
Show off, Nazir, that beautiful saffron-coloured dress of yours; how much the beloved's beauty has made the spring shine.
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