Ghazal
Us Se To Aur Aag Wo Bedard Ho Gaya
us se to aur aag wo bedard ho gaya
Source: Deewan-e-Zauq (1923) · HI
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1
उस से तो और आग वो बेदर्द हो गया
अब आह-ए-आतिशीन से भी दिल सर्द हो गया
From that, the heartless one grew colder still, more cruel—
now even my fiery sighs have left my heart grown cold.
From that fire, the heartless one became even more cruel and unfeeling; now even my burning sighs have only made his heart colder.
2
सीने में बुलहवस के भी था आबला मगर
नश्तर का नाम सुनते ही मुँह ज़र्द हो गया
The greedy one too bore a blister within his breast,
yet hearing just the lancet's name, his face turned pale.
Even the greedy one had a blister in his breast, but on merely hearing the name of the lancet, his face turned pale.
3
सौ बार मर के आशिक़-ए-जाँ-बाख़्ता तेरा
मरने को फिर खड़ा रू-ए-शश-नर्द हो गया
A hundred times he died, your lover who gambled away his life;
Yet to die once more he stood again, facing the six-sided dice.
Your lover, who gambled away his life dying a hundred times, once more stood ready to die before the six-sided dice.
4
मजनून भी दश्त-गर्द था मानिंद-ए-गिर्द-बाद
जब ख़ाक उड़ाई हमने तो वो गर्द हो गया
Majnun too roamed the wilderness, like a whirling column of dust;
but when I kicked up the dust myself, he dissolved into dust and was lost.
Majnun too wandered the wilderness like a whirling column of dust; but when I raised the dust, he too turned to dust and was lost.
5
इस सैद-ए-तीर-ख़ुर्दा को तू ने किया न ज़ब्ह
आख़िर तड़प तड़प के यहीं सर्द हो गया
This arrow-stricken prey you would not deign to slay—
at last, writhing and writhing, cold it grew right here.
You did not slaughter this prey wounded by the arrow; in the end, writhing and writhing, it grew cold (died) right here.
6
वाँ रुख़ शगुफ़्तगी से गुल-ए-वर्द बन गया
याँ ग़म से रू-ए-ज़र्द गुल-ए-ज़र्द हो गया
There, that face with blossoming grew into a crimson rose;
Here, my sallow face with grief became a yellow rose.
There, the beloved's face blossomed with joy into a crimson rose; here, my pale face, worn by grief, turned into a yellow rose.
7
पीर-ए-मुग़ाँ के पास वो दारू है जिस से ज़ौक़
नामर्द मर्द मर्द-ए-जवाँ शेर ओ हो गया
With the old Magian priest there is such wine, O Zauq,
that the coward turns man, the man a youthful lion grown.
O Zauq, the old Magian priest possesses such wine that by it the coward becomes a man and the man turns into a youthful lion.
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