Ghazal

Tira Majnun Huun Sahra Ki Qasam Hai

तिरा मजनूँ हूँ सहरा की क़सम है

Wali Dakhani· Ghazal· 7 shers· radif: की क़सम है

This ghazal expresses the lover's intense passion and complete devotion, swearing sacred oaths by the wilderness and his own yearning. Likening himself to Majnun, the poet lovingly praises the beloved's captivating beauty, grace, and ethereal presence.

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1
तिरा मजनूँ हूँ सहरा की क़सम है तलब में हूँ तमन्ना की क़सम है
I am your Majnun, I swear by the desert sands; consumed by seeking you, I swear by desire's demands.
I am your Majnun (mad lover), I swear by the desert; I am in search of you, I swear by longing.
2
सरापा नाज़ है तू ऐ परी-रू मुझे तेरे सरापा की क़सम है
You are sheer grace from head to foot, O fairy-faced beauty; I swear an oath upon your form, complete from head to foot.
O fairy-faced beloved, you are embodiment of grace and coquetry from head to toe; I swear an oath upon your complete beauty from head to foot.
3
दिया हक़ हुस्न-ए-बाला-दस्त तुजकूं मुझे तुझ सर्व-ए-बाला की क़सम है
God has endowed you with an overriding, sovereign beauty; I swear upon the tall grace of your cypress stature.
God has bestowed upon you a supreme and prevailing beauty; I swear an oath by your tall, cypress-like stature.
4
किया तुझ ज़ुल्फ़ ने जग कूँ दिवाना तिरी ज़ुल्फ़ाँ के सौदा की क़सम है
Your tresses have driven the whole world mad; I swear upon the sweet frenzy born of your dark locks.
Your tresses have made the whole world crazy, and I swear by the madness born of your dark locks.
5
दो-रंगी तर्क कर हर इक से मत मिल तुझे तुझ क़द्द-ए-राना की क़सम है
Renounce this duplicity, mingle not with every soul; I swear unto you by the grace of your stately stature.
Give up this duplicity and do not mingle with everyone; I swear to you by the oath of your graceful stature.
6
किया तुझ इश्क़ ने आलम कूँ मजनूँ मुझे तुझ रश्क-ए-लैला की क़सम है
Your love has turned the entire world into Majnun; I swear by you, who makes even Laila envious!
Your love has made the entire world mad like Majnun; I swear by you, whose beauty makes even Laila envious.
7
'वली' मुश्ताक़ है तेरी निगह का मुझे तुझ चश्म-ए-शहला की क़सम है
Wali yearns deeply for a glance from you; I swear by your dark, enchanting eyes.
Wali longs for your gaze, and I swear this by your beautiful, dark eyes.
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