Ghazal
ishq mein aa ajab maza dekha
This mystical ghazal celebrates the transformative bliss and unity experienced through divine love. Awakening to profound spiritual realization, the seeker transcends worldly dualities and perceives the omnipresent countenance of the Beloved everywhere.
Source: Divan-e-Niyaz (Lucknow, 1960 reprint) · UR
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عشق میں آ عجب مزا دیکھا
خویش و بیگا نہ آشنا دیکھا
Entering love, what a wondrous delight I came to see: kin and stranger alike turned intimate to me.
Entering into love, I experienced a wondrous joy in which both kin and stranger appeared to me as familiar friends.
2
نکتہ ”اَیْنَ مَا“ سے واقف ہو
چہرۂ یار جا بہ جا دیکھا
Having grasped the subtle mystery of the divine essence, everywhere I looked, I beheld the Beloved's face.
Once I understood the subtle secret of "wherever you turn", I beheld the Beloved's face everywhere.
3
بلکہ یہ بولنا تکلّف ہے
ہم نے اس کو سنا ہے یا دیکھا؟
Nay, to speak thus is mere affectation—did we ever truly hear that beloved, or ever really see?
In fact, it is mere affectation to even ask this; did we ever really hear or see that beloved?
4
دیکھتا آپ ہے، سنے ہے آپ
نہ کوئی اس کے ماسوا دیکھا
He is Himself the seer, He Himself the listener; / None other than Him have I ever beheld.
He Himself is the one who sees and He Himself is the one who hears; I have never beheld anyone other than Him.
5
دید کی اپنے تھی اُسے خواہش
آپ کو ہر طرح بنا دیکھا
Possessed by a longing to behold Himself, He fashioned and witnessed Himself in every possible guise.
He had a desire to behold Himself, so He fashioned and observed Himself in every possible form.
6
صورتِ گلؔ میں کھلکھلا کے ہنسا
شکلِ بلبل میں چہچہا دیکھا
In the guise of the rose, He burst forth in laughter; in the form of the nightingale, I saw Him sing.
I saw Him laughing joyfully in the form of a rose, and singing melodiously in the guise of a nightingale.
7
شمع ہو کر کے اور پروانہ
آپ کو آپ میں جلا دیکھا
Becoming both the candle and the moth, I watched myself burn within myself.
I became both the candle and the moth, and watched myself burning within my own self.
8
کر کے دعویٰ کہیں انا الحق کا
بر سرِ دار وہ کھنچا دیکھا
Somewhere, having raised the cry of 'I am the Truth', he was seen strung up upon the gallows.
Somewhere, after proclaiming 'I am the Truth' (Anal-Haqq), he was seen dragged and hanged upon the gallows.
9
تھا وہ برتر ثنا وُ ما سے نیازؔ
پھر وہی اَب ثنا وُ ما دیکھا
Far beyond all praise and laudation was He, O Niyaz; yet now, in every hymn of praise, it is He alone who is seen.
O Niyaz, He was once far beyond all praise and description, yet now He alone is seen in every praise and creation.
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