Ghazal
Tira Lab Dekh Haivan Yaad Aave
तिरा लब देख हैवाँ याद आवे
In this classical ghazal, the poet celebrates the exquisite beauty of the beloved through vivid poetic metaphors, likening their lips to the elixir of life, their face to Canaan, and their eyes to a blooming field of narcissus flowers. The verses convey a deep sense of romantic adoration and fascination.
Source: rekhta · HI
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तिरा लब देख हैवाँ याद आवे
तिरा मुख देख कनआँ याद आवे
Beholding your lips brings the Water of Life to mind; looking upon your face calls the fair land of Canaan to mind.
Looking at your lips reminds one of the Water of Life, and seeing your face brings the land of Canaan to mind.
2
तिरे दो नैन जब देखूँ नज़र भर
मुझे तब नर्गिसिस्ताँ याद आवे
Whenever I gaze fully into your two eyes, / A garden of narcissus comes to my mind.
Whenever I look fully into your two eyes, I am reminded of a garden of narcissus flowers.
3
तिरी ज़ुल्फ़ाँ की तूलानी कूँ देखे
मुझे लैल-ए-ज़मिस्ताँ याद आवे
Beholding the vast expanse of your dark tresses, I am reminded of the endless night of winter.
Seeing the extreme length of your dark tresses, I am reminded of a long winter night.
4
तिरे ख़त का ज़मुर्रद-रंग देखे
बहार-ए-सुंबुलिस्ताँ याद आवे
Beholding the emerald hue of the soft down upon your cheek; one recalls the blooming spring of a hyacinth garden.
On seeing the emerald-green hue of the soft down on your face, one is reminded of the blooming spring of a hyacinth garden.
5
तिरे मुख के चमन के देखने सूँ
मुझे फ़िरदौस-ए-रिज़वाँ याद आवे
Upon beholding the blooming garden of your face, / Rizwan's celestial paradise comes to mind.
By looking at the garden of your face, I am reminded of Rizwan's celestial paradise.
6
तिरी ज़ुल्फ़ाँ में यू मुख जो कि देखे
उसे शम-ए-शबिस्ताँ याद आवे
Whoever beholds your radiant face amidst your dark tresses is reminded of the glowing candle in the chamber of the night.
Whoever sees your face amidst your dark tresses is reminded of a candle glowing in the bedchamber at night.
7
जो कुइ देखे मिरी अँखियाँ को रोते
उसे अब्र-ए-बहाराँ याद आवे
Whoever chances to behold these weeping eyes of mine, to mind would surely come the rain-clouds of spring.
Whoever sees my eyes weeping will surely be reminded of the rain clouds of spring.
8
जो मेरे हाल की गर्दिश कूँ देखे
उसे गिर्दाब-ए-गर्दां याद आवे
Whoever beholds the dizzying whirl of my troubled plight, / A spinning vortex shall surely rise before their sight.
Whoever witnesses the turbulent whirl of my troubled condition will surely be reminded of a spinning whirlpool.
9
'वली' मेरा जुनूँ जो कुइ कि देखे
उसे कोह ओ बयाबाँ याद आवे
O Vali, whosoever beholds this frenzy of mine, is reminded of desolate mountains and the barren wild.
Vali says that whoever witnesses my madness or frenzy is reminded of mountains and barren wildernesses.
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