Ghazal
Sharab-e-shauq Sen Sarshar Hain Ham
शराब-ए-शौक़ सें सरशार हैं हम
This ghazal portrays the alternating states of intoxication and awareness experienced in the depths of intense love. Bewitched by the beloved's fickle and capricious nature, the lover oscillates perpetually between ecstatic self-forgetfulness and restless sorrow.
Source: rekhta · HI
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शराब-ए-शौक़ सें सरशार हैं हम
कभू बे-ख़ुद कभू हुशियार हैं हम
Brimming with the wine of longing are we; at times lost to ourselves, at times sober and aware.
We are completely intoxicated with the wine of passion and longing; at times we lose all self-awareness, and at other times we are fully conscious and alert.
2
दो-रंगी सूँ तिरी ऐ सर्व-ए-रा'ना
कभू राज़ी कभू बेज़ार हैं हम
By your fickle ways, O graceful cypress tall, / Sometimes we are pleased, sometimes weary of it all.
O graceful beloved, because of your fickle and changeable behavior, we are sometimes pleased with you and at other times fed up with you.
3
तिरे तस्ख़ीर करने में सिरीजन
कभी नादाँ कभी अय्यार हैं हम
In wooing and winning your heart, O beloved, at times I am naive, at times cunning and sly.
O beloved, in our efforts to win you over and conquer your heart, at times we act naive and innocent, and at other times cunning and sly.
4
सनम तेरे नयन की आरज़ू में
कभू सालिम कभी बीमार हैं हम
In longing for your eyes, beloved, at times we are whole, at times lovesick are we.
Beloved, in the desire of your eyes, sometimes we are completely sound and healthy, and sometimes we fall sick.
5
'वली' वस्ल-ओ-जुदाई सूँ सजन की
कभू सहरा कभू गुलज़ार हैं हम
O Wali, through union and parting with the beloved, sometimes a barren desert, sometimes a blooming garden are we.
O Wali, on account of union and separation from the beloved, sometimes we are like a barren desert and sometimes like a blooming garden.
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