Ghazal
Main Hijr Mein Marne Ke Qarin Ho Hi Chuka Tha
main hijr mein marne ke qarin ho hi chuka tha
Source: Deewan-e-Zauq (1923) · HI
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1
मैं हिज्र में मरने के क़रीं हो ही चुका था
तुम वक़्त पे आ पहुँचे नहीं हो ही चुका था
In separation's grip I had all but met my end—
you arrived in time, or else it had all but been the end.
I had almost reached the point of dying in separation; you arrived just in time, or else it would have all been over.
2
अब जान पे आफ़त है जो आए हो दोबारा
इक बार तो ग़ारत दिल-ओ-दीं हो ही चुका था
Now my very life's in peril, that you've come once more—
for once already my heart and faith were ravaged to the core.
Now my life is in danger because you have come again, for once already my heart and faith had been plundered completely.
3
बरहम उसे क्यों तू ने किया छेड़ के फिर ज़ुल्फ़
ऐ दिल वो अभी चीन-ब-जबीं हो ही चुका था
Why did you vex her, O heart, by toying again with her tresses—
when already her brow had gathered into a frown of displeasure?
O heart, why did you anger her by toying again with her tresses, when she had only just knitted her brow into a frown of displeasure?
4
होता जो न पैवंद-ए-ज़मीं तेरी गली में
आसूदा ये दिल ज़ेर-ए-ज़मीं हो ही चुका था
Had it not found its resting place as a patch upon the earth of your lane,
This heart would surely have found its peace already, laid deep beneath the ground.
Had this heart not become a patch fused into the ground of your lane, it would long ago have found rest buried deep beneath the earth.
5
आने से मिरे ठहर गए आप वगरना
जाने का इरादा तो कहीं हो ही चुका था
You stayed on only because I arrived, or else
the thought of leaving had already been fixed somewhere in your heart.
You stayed only because I arrived; otherwise you had already made up your mind to leave.
6
जो ख़त में लिखा उस से वो उस लिखने से पहले
मक्तूब मिरी लौह-ए-जबीं हो ही चुका था
Whatever was written to her in the letter—before that writing,
it had already been inscribed as a missive upon the tablet of my brow.
Whatever was written in the letter had already, before that writing, been inscribed as a message upon the tablet of my forehead.
7
बे-बदरक़ा-ए-मर्ग तवक़्क़ुफ़ रहा वर्ना
अज़्म-ए-सफ़र-ए-जान-ए-हज़ीं हो ही चुका था
Without death as my guide, the journey paused a while—or else
the grieving soul had already resolved to set out and depart.
Without death to escort it, the journey was delayed a while; otherwise the sorrowful soul had already made up its mind to depart.
8
क्या होता जो समझाते उसे जाके मिरे दोस्त
दुश्मन का सुख़न ज़ेहन-नशीं हो ही चुका था
What would it have availed, had my friends gone and reasoned with her?
The enemy's words had already lodged deep within her heart.
What would it have mattered if my friends had gone and tried to make her understand? The enemy's words had already settled firmly in her mind.
9
क्या देखते हम यूसुफ़-ए-कनआँ को कि अपना
मंज़ूर-ए-नज़र एक हसीं हो ही चुका था
Why should we have gazed upon Joseph of Canaan, when
a beauty of our own had already claimed our every glance
Why would we look at Joseph of Canaan, when a beauty of our own had already become the focus of our gaze.
10
क्या गर्म-ए-तपिश होता तड़प कर तिरे आगे
मैं सर्द तख़्ता-ए-सरगीं हो ही चुका था
How could I have burned warm with longing, writhing before you—
I had already become a cold, dung-spread slab of clay.
How could I have blazed warm with longing, writhing before you, when I had already turned into a cold, dung-plastered slab of clay.
11
सीना जो किया चाक तो वाँ कुछ भी न पाया
क्या जल के जिगर ख़ाक कहीं हो ही चुका था
When I tore open my breast, I found nothing there at all—
had the heart, burnt to ashes, already turned to dust somewhere?
When I tore open my breast I found nothing there at all; had the heart, burnt to ashes, already turned to dust somewhere?
12
जो कुछ कि हुआ हम से वो किस तरह न होता
हुक्म-ए-अज़ली ज़ौक़ यूँहीं हो ही चुका था
Whatever came to pass through me, how could it not have been?
The writ of fate, O Zauq, was thus already set in stone.
Whatever happened at my hands, how could it not have happened? O Zauq, it was the decree of eternity, already settled thus beforehand.
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