Ghazal
main uski taraf jaun to jaani nahin jaata
This ghazal poignantly captures the helplessness of lovers thwarted by societal barriers and the envy of the world. Mir laments the tragic distance between the beloved and the lover, portraying how external constraints prevent their long-awaited union despite mutual longing.
Source: Divan-e-Turab · HI
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1
मैं उसकी तरफ़ जाऊँ तो जानी नहीं जाता
वो मीर ब-तरफ़ आए तो आने नहीं पाता
If I turn my steps toward my love, I find I cannot go; and should she venture toward Mir, she is not let to come.
If I try to go toward my beloved, I find myself unable to go, and if she tries to come toward Mir, she is not allowed to come.
2
ये तबा-ए-हसूद दोनो ज़माने का हुआ रंग
दिल कोई किसी साथ लगाने नहीं पाता
Such has become the envious temper of both worlds today, that no one is ever allowed to give their heart away.
Both worlds have developed such an envious nature that no one is able to attach their heart to or fall in love with anyone else.
3
इस शहर का रस्म अजब तौर का यारो
अदना को कोई मनाने नहीं पाता
Strange are the customs of this city, my friends: / To soothe the hurt of the humble, no one ever bends.
Friends, the custom of this city is very strange, as no one ever bothers to console or appease an ordinary, humble person.
4
गर वास्ते नज़ारा के खड़े हैं तो क्या है
कोई आँख भर उसको तो मिलाने नहीं पाता
What does it matter if they stand merely to behold? Not one can hold that gaze or look upon them in full measure.
Even if people are standing merely to gaze at them, it does not matter, because no one is able to look at them fully or meet their gaze.
5
कहना मैं उसे कुछ ही ज़बान से नहीं पाता
सुनता है कोई बात तो सुनाने नहीं पाता
I cannot bring my tongue to speak a single word to thee; and even should an ear attend, I fail to tell my plea.
I am simply unable to say anything to them with my tongue, and even if someone is willing to listen, I fail to narrate my words.
6
तुम याद उसे करते हो क्या इस में है हासिल
हाल उसको कोई अपना बताने नहीं पाता
What is to be gained by longing for them so, when no one is ever able to make them know one's woe?
What is to be gained by remembering them, when no one is ever able to convey their true condition to them?
7
तस्वीर मिरी पुश्त पे उसने है लिखी
मुँह अपना उसे मैं तो दिखाने नहीं पाता
She has inscribed my portrait upon my back; / thus to her, I can never show my face.
She has drawn my portrait upon my back, which is why I am unable to show my face to her.
8
सय्याद रहम कीजिए रोता है और धूप
बुलबुल को यहाँ कोई सताने नहीं पाता
Have mercy, O hunter, it weeps beneath the scorching sun; for here, none is permitted to torment the nightingale.
O hunter, have mercy, the nightingale is weeping under the scorching sun; here, no one is allowed to torment it.
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