Ghazal
हंगामा है क्यूँ बरपा थोड़ी सी जो पी ली है
In this witty and playfully defiant ghazal, the poet satirizes societal hypocrisy and the moralizer's hollow judgments over indulging in wine. With a lighthearted yet piercing tone, he defends personal freedom and argues that those lacking genuine experience have no right to condemn life's harmless pleasures.
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हंगामा है क्यूँ बरपा थोड़ी सी जो पी ली है
डाका तो नहीं मारा चोरी तो नहीं की है
Why is such an uproar raised if I have sipped a little wine? I haven't committed robbery, nor stolen what wasn't mine.
Why is there such an uproar just because I drank a little? I have not robbed anyone, nor have I stolen anything.
2
ना-तजरबा-कारी से वाइ'ज़ की ये हैं बातें
इस रंग को क्या जाने पूछो तो कभी पी है
These sermons of the preacher stem purely from his naivety; What could he know of this ecstasy—ask him, has he ever tasted wine?
The preacher speaks this way only because of his inexperience. What could he know of this ecstasy and state—ask him if he has ever even tasted wine?
3
उस मय से नहीं मतलब दिल जिस से है बेगाना
मक़्सूद है उस मय से दिल ही में जो खिंचती है
I care not for that wine to which the heart remains estranged; my quest is for that wine alone which is distilled within the heart.
I have no concern with that wine from which the heart remains estranged; my desire is only for that wine which is distilled within the heart itself.
4
ऐ शौक़ वही मय पी ऐ होश ज़रा सो जा
मेहमान-ए-नज़र इस दम एक बर्क़-ए-तजल्ली है
Drink that very wine, O longing, and let reason sleep a while; for the guest of my sight this moment is a lightning flash of divine radiance.
O desire, drink that very wine, and O consciousness, go to sleep for a while; for at this moment, the guest of my sight is a lightning flash of divine light.
5
वाँ दिल में कि सदमे दो याँ जी में कि सब सह लो
उन का भी अजब दिल है मेरा भी अजब जी है
There, their heart is set on dealing blows; here, my spirit resolves to bear it all / Strange indeed is that heart of theirs, and wondrous indeed this soul of mine.
There, their heart intends only to inflict pain and trauma, while here, my spirit is determined to endure everything; truly, their heart is strange, and strange too is my own spirit.
6
हर ज़र्रा चमकता है अनवार-ए-इलाही से
हर साँस ये कहती है हम हैं तो ख़ुदा भी है
Each atom glistens with the radiance divine; each breath proclaims: if we exist, then God is too.
Every particle shines with divine light, and every breath declares that if we exist, then God exists too.
7
सूरज में लगे धब्बा फ़ितरत के करिश्मे हैं
बुत हम को कहें काफ़िर अल्लाह की मर्ज़ी है
A spot upon the blazing sun is nature's wondrous deed; if idols call me infidel, by God's will 'twas decreed.
If a spot appears on the sun, it is a wonder of nature, and if idols call us infidels, it is the will of God.
8
तालीम का शोर ऐसा तहज़ीब का ग़ुल इतना
बरकत जो नहीं होती निय्यत की ख़राबी है
Such loud clamor for learning, such din of cultured grace; if no blessings ever flourish, 'tis foul intent at the base.
There is so much clamor and talk about education and culture, yet if there is still no blessing or true progress, it is purely because of ill intentions.
9
सच कहते हैं शैख़ 'अकबर' है ताअत-ए-हक़ लाज़िम
हाँ तर्क-ए-मय-ओ-शाहिद ये उन की बुज़ुर्गी है
The Sheikh speaks truly, O Akbar: submission to the Divine is indeed a duty; / Yet to renounce both wine and the beloved—that is a venerable greatness of his own.
The Sheikh is right, Akbar, that obedience to God is mandatory. However, renouncing both wine and the beloved is a feat of greatness unique to him.
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