Ghazal
Naam Yun Pasti Mein Baala-tar Hamaara Ho Gaya
naam yun pasti mein baala-tar hamaara ho gaya
Source: Deewan-e-Zauq (1923) · HI
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1
नाम यूँ पस्ती में बाला-तर हमारा हो गया
जिस तरह पानी कुएँ की तह में तारा हो गया
Thus in our lowness our name rose aloft and high,
as in the well's deep bed a star appears to lie.
Our name rose high even in its lowliness, just as a star comes to shine in the water deep down in a well.
2
मेरे नालों से जो पानी संग-ए-ख़ारा हो गया
कोह के चश्मों का आँसू हर शरारा हो गया
The water that from my laments turned to solid stone,
Each spark became a teardrop in the mountain springs that moan.
The water that was affected by my laments turned into hard stone, and every spark of the mountain springs became a teardrop.
3
ज़िक्र-ए-दुनिया नक़्श-ए-मुर्दा को हुआ आब-ए-हयात
मर के ये सीमाब फिर ज़िंदा दोबारा हो गया
The tale of the world became the water of life for the dead man's form,
This quicksilver, having died, once more came back alive again.
The talk of the world became the water of life for the dead figure, and this quicksilver, having died, came back alive once again.
4
दाँत यूँ चमके हँसी में बात उस मह-पारा के
मैं ने जाना माह-ए-ताबाँ पारा-पारा हो गया
So gleamed the teeth in the laughter of that moon-fragment's speech,
I fancied the radiant moon itself had shattered into shards.
When that moon-like beloved spoke and laughed, the teeth gleamed so brightly that I imagined the shining moon had broken into fragments.
5
हर हुबाब-ए-बहर की खुल जाएगी तारा सी आँख
अक्स-अफ़गन गर ये रुख़-ए-रौशन तुम्हारा हो गया
Each bubble on the ocean's face would open like a star's bright eye,
if once your luminous countenance cast down its shimmering reflection there.
Every bubble on the sea would open its eye like a star, if your luminous face were to cast its reflection upon it.
6
शैख़ ने इफ़्तारियों के तर निवाले खाए ख़ूब
है मगर रोज़ों की गर्मी से छुहारा हो गया
The Sheikh devoured the juicy morsels of the iftar feasts with relish,
yet from the heat of all his fasting he has shrivelled to a dried date.
The Sheikh ate the juicy morsels of the iftar feasts to his heart's content, yet the heat of his fasting left him shrivelled like a dried date.
7
एक दम भी हम को जीना हिज्र में था नागवार
पर उमीद-ए-वस्ल में बरसों गवारा हो गया
Even a single breath of life in parting was unbearable to me,
yet in the hope of union, long years grew bearable to me.
Living even a single moment in separation was unbearable to me, yet in the hope of union enduring long years became bearable.
8
है मक़ाम-ए-ज़िंदगी ज़ेर-ए-दम-ए-शमशीर-ए-मर्ग
हो गया जिस तरह कोई दम गुज़ारा हो गया
Life's dwelling lies beneath the edge of death's drawn sword;
whatever breath you pass has, somehow, passed away.
Life's abode lies beneath the edge of death's sword; however one spends a single breath, that passing is enough.
9
रश्क से उस ज़ुल्फ़ के क्या शक है बिखरे जो अंबर
बल्कि जल कर सोख़्ता अंबर भी सारा हो गया
No wonder, out of envy for those tresses, the ambergris lies scattered—
nay, burnt to cinders, all the ambergris has turned to ash and dust.
It is no wonder that, out of envy for those tresses, the ambergris lay scattered; indeed, burnt to cinders, all the ambergris was consumed.
10
दिल पे ज़ख़्मों की तरक़्क़ी से हुई और इक बहार
आगे था सद-बर्ग ये गुल अब हज़ारा हो गया
With the flourishing of wounds, another spring bloomed upon my heart—
Once it was a hundred-petalled rose, now it has grown a thousandfold.
As the wounds multiplied, another spring blossomed upon the heart; this flower, once a hundred-petalled rose, has now become a thousand-petalled one.
11
ज़ुल्मत-ए-इस्याँ से मेरे बन गया शब-ए-रोज़-ए-हश्र
आफ़्ताब इक नेज़े पर बूम-ए-दार तारा हो गया
From the darkness of my sins the Day of Judgment turned to night—
The sun, a spear's length high, became a dark star on the gallows' height.
From the darkness of my sins, the Day of Judgment itself turned into night; the sun, standing a spear's length high, became a dark star upon the gallows.
12
दी शहादत नशा की सुर्ख़ी से चश्म-ए-यार ने
ख़ून रहा अपना न पिन्हाँ आशकारा हो गया
The beloved's eye bore witness through the redness of its wine-drunk gaze;
My blood could stay concealed no more—it rose, laid bare, to open view.
The beloved's eye, with the redness of its intoxicated gaze, gave testimony; my blood could no longer remain hidden and became openly revealed.
13
ज़ौक़ इस बहर-ए-बक़ा में कश्ती-ए-उम्र-ए-रवाँ
जिस जगह पर जा लगी वो ही किनारा हो गया
O Zauq, in this ocean of eternity, the fleeting boat of life—
wherever it came to rest, that very place became its shore.
O Zauq, in this ocean of eternity, the moving boat of life—wherever it reached and halted, that very spot became its shore.
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