Ghazal
Vo Sanam Jab Suun Basa Dida-e-hairan Men Aa
वो सनम जब सूँ बसा दीदा-ए-हैरान में आ
This ghazal portrays the overwhelming power of passionate love, where the presence of the beloved in the lover's astonished eyes consumes all reason and intellect. Filled with deep yearning, the poet invites the modest beloved to cast aside hesitation and dwell within the garden of his heart.
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वो सनम जब सूँ बसा दीदा-ए-हैरान में आ
आतिश-ए-इश्क़ पड़ी अक़्ल के सामान में आ
Ever since that idol came to dwell within my wonder-struck eyes, the fire of love has consumed the storehouse of reason.
Ever since that beloved came to dwell in my wonder-struck eyes, the fire of love has consumed the entire storehouse of my intellect.
2
नाज़ देता नहीं गर रुख़्सत-ए-गुल-गश्त-ए-चमन
ऐ चमन-ज़ार-ए-हया दिल के गुलिस्तान में आ
If your coquetry permits you not to stroll amidst the garden, / O meadow of modesty, come wander into the rose-bower of my heart.
If your coquetry does not allow you to stroll through the garden, then O garden of modesty, come into the garden of my heart.
3
ऐश है ऐश कि उस मह का ख़याल-ए-रौशन
शम्अ' रौशन किया मुझ दिल के शबिस्ताँ में आ
What sheer bliss, that the radiant thought of that moon-like beloved has come and lit a candle in the night-chamber of my heart.
It is pure bliss that the radiant thought of that moon-faced beloved has arrived and lit a candle in the bedchamber of my heart.
4
याद आता है मुझे वो दो गुल-ए-बाग़-ए-वफ़ा
अश्क करते हैं मकाँ गोशा-ए-दामान में आ
I remember those two blossoms from fidelity's garden bower; In the corner of my hem, tears arrive and make their home.
When I remember those two flowers from the garden of loyalty, tears come and settle in the corner of my hem.
5
मौज-ए-बे-ताबी-ए-दिल अश्क में हुई जल्वा-नुमा
जब बसी ज़ुल्फ़-ए-सनम तब-ए-परेशान में आ
The surge of the heart's unrest was revealed in weeping tears, when the beloved's tangled locks came to dwell in my troubled soul.
When the beloved's tresses came to reside in my troubled soul, the wave of my heart's restlessness revealed itself through tears.
6
नाला-ओ-आह की तफ़्सील न पूछो मुझ सूँ
दफ़्तर-ए-दर्द बसा इश्क़ के दीवान में आ
Ask not of me the details of every lament and sigh; a whole chronicle of pain is compiled within the tome of love.
Do not ask me for the details of my laments and sighs; an entire record of pain is compiled in the book of love.
7
पंजा-ए-इश्क़ ने बेताब किया जब सूँ मुझे
चाक-ए-दिल तब सूँ बसा चाक-ए-गरेबान में आ
Ever since the fierce grasp of love made me restless, the wound of my heart came to dwell within the tear of my collar.
Ever since the grasp of love made me restless, the wound of my heart has come and settled into the tear of my collar.
8
देख ऐ अहल-ए-नज़र सब्ज़ा-ए-ख़त में लब-ए-लाल
रंग-ए-याक़ूत छुपा है ख़त-ए-रैहान में आ
Behold, O discerning eye, the ruby lips framed by youthful verdant down; Come, see the ruby's glowing hue concealed within the Rayhan script.
O discerning observer, behold the ruby-red lips framed by the youthful green down; come and see how the deep color of a ruby lies hidden within the elegant Rayhan script.
9
हुस्न था पर्दा-ए-तजरीद में सब सूँ आज़ाद
तालिब-ए-इश्क़ हुआ सूरत-ए-इंसान में आ
Veiled in pure transcendence, Beauty was unchained and free; / Yet seeking love, it came clothed in humanity.
Beauty was completely free and hidden behind the veil of abstraction, but desiring love, it appeared in the form of a human being.
10
शैख़ यहाँ बात तिरी पेश न जावे हरगिज़
अक़्ल कूँ छोड़ के मत मज्लिस-ए-रिंदान में आ
O Shaikh, your sermons here will never hold any sway; enter not the gathering of revelers without casting your reason away.
O Sheikh, your words will never hold any sway here; do not enter the gathering of revelers without casting your intellect aside.
11
दर्द-मंदाँ को ब-जुज़ दर्द नहीं सैद मुराद
ऐ शह-ए-मुल्क-ए-जुनूँ ग़म के बयाबान में आ
For the grief-stricken, no quarry is desired save pain alone; O sovereign of the realm of madness, enter the wilderness of sorrow!
For the grief-stricken, there is no desired quarry except pain itself; therefore, O sovereign of the realm of madness, come into the wilderness of sorrow.
12
हाकिम-ए-वक़्त है तुझ घर में रक़ीब-ए-बद-ख़ू
देव मुख़्तार हुआ मुल्क-ए-सुलैमान में आ
In your home, that vile rival reigns supreme today; alas! Over Solomon’s sacred realm, a demon has seized sway.
The ill-natured rival has become the ruler in your house; alas, it is as if a demon has taken over the kingdom of Solomon.
13
चश्मा-ए-आब-ए-बक़ा जग में किया है हासिल
यूसुफ़-ए-हुस्न तिरे चाह-ए-ज़नख़दान में आ
The spring of the elixir of life has found its true place on earth, descending into the well of your dimpled chin, O Joseph of beauty.
O Joseph of beauty, the fountain of the elixir of eternal life has found its true manifestation in this world by descending into the well of your chin-dimple.
14
जग के ख़ूबाँ का नमक हो के नमक-पर्वर्दा
छुप रहा आ के तिरे लब के नमक-दान में आ
Nurtured on the charm of all the world's fair beauties, salt came to seek refuge within the saltcellar of your lips.
The charm of all the beauties of the world, having been nourished and sustained, has come and hidden itself in the saltcellar of your lips.
15
बस कि मुझ हाल सूँ हम-सर है परेशानी में
दर्द कहती है मिरा ज़ुल्फ़ तिरे कान में आ
So closely does your disheveled tress match my distressed state, that it leans into your ear to whisper the story of my pain.
Your disheveled hair matches my troubled state so completely in its distress that it comes near your ear to tell the story of my pain.
16
ग़म सूँ तेरे है तरह्हुम का महल हाल-ए-'वली'
ज़ुल्म को छोड़ सजन शेवा-ए-एहसान में आ
Wali's plight, from grief of you, now calls for pity and grace; forsake your cruelty, beloved, and turn to mercy’s embrace.
Due to the sorrow caused by you, Wali's condition has become deserving of pity; beloved, abandon your cruelty and adopt the practice of kindness.
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