Ghazal
देखना हर सुब्ह तुझ रुख़्सार का
This ghazal celebrates the radiant beauty of the beloved, comparing the morning sight of their glowing face to the dawn of divine celestial light. It captures the lover's deep enchantment and devotion, portraying how the beloved's fiery grace turns the heart into a captivated moth and yearning nightingale.
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देखना हर सुब्ह तुझ रुख़्सार का
है मुताला मतला-ए-अनवार का
To gaze each morning upon the radiance of your face / Is to study the dawn-horizon of all celestial lights.
Looking at your face every morning is akin to studying the very dawn-horizon from which all lights originate.
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बुलबुल ओ परवाना करना दिल के तईं
काम है तुझ चेहरा-ए-गुल-नार का
To make of the heart both nightingale and moth / Is the miracle wrought by your rose-flame face.
Making the heart both a nightingale and a moth is the doing of your fiery, rose-red face.
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सुब्ह तेरा दर्स पाया था सनम
शौक़-ए-दिल मोहताज है तकरार का
Though I caught a glimpse of you this morning, my love, the heart's desire ever pleads for repetition.
O beloved, I caught a glimpse of you this morning, yet my heart's longing still yearns to see you again and again.
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माह के सीने उपर ऐ शम्अ-रू
दाग़ है तुझ हुस्न की झलकार का
Upon the bosom of the moon, O candle-faced beloved, / Lies a scar from the searing radiance of your beauty's glow.
O candle-faced beloved, the mark on the chest of the moon is merely the scar left by the radiant glow of your beauty.
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दिल कूँ देता है हमारे पेच-ओ-ताब
पेच तेरे तुर्रा-ए-तर्रार का
My heart is thrown into a restless whirl, by the cunning twist of your coquettish curl.
The twist of your cunning and playful lock of hair throws my heart into restlessness and turmoil.
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जो सुन्या तेरे दहन सूँ यक बचन
भेद पाया नुस्ख़ा-ए-असरार का
Whoever heard a single word from your lips, unlocked the secret of the book of mysteries.
Whoever heard even a single word from your mouth learned the secret of the book of mysteries.
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चाहता है इस जहाँ में गर बहिश्त
जा तमाशा देख उस रुख़्सार का
If paradise in this world is what you seek, go and behold the wonder of that cheek.
If you desire to experience paradise in this world, go and behold the beauty of the beloved's cheek.
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आरसी के हाथ सूँ डरता है ख़त
चोर कूँ है ख़ौफ़ चौकीदार का
The budding down trembles at the mirror's hand, just as a thief fears the watchman's command.
The newly sprouted facial hair fears the mirror just as a thief fears the watchman.
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सर-कशी आतिश-मिज़ाजी है सबब
नासेहों को गर्मी-ए-बाज़ार का
My fiery temper and rebellion are the reason why / The preachers' market thrives and their demand runs high.
My rebellious nature and fiery temperament are the reason why the counselors' business thrives and they have so much work to do.
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ऐ 'वली' क्यूँ सुन सके नासेह की बात
जो दिवाना है परी-रुख़्सार का
O Vali, why would he ever heed the counselor's plea, he who is crazed with love for a fairy-faced beauty?
O Vali, how can a person listen to the counsel of an advisor when he is madly in love with a fairy-faced beloved?
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