Ghazal
इश्क़-ए-बुत में कुफ़्र का मुझ को अदब करना पड़ा
This ghazal reflects the complete surrender and helplessness of a lover who compromises even his faith and principles for the sake of the beloved. It also poignantly captures the agonizing trial of separation, revealing how enduring the beloved's absence proved far more difficult than imagined.
Source: rekhta · HI
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इश्क़-ए-बुत में कुफ़्र का मुझ को अदब करना पड़ा
जो बरहमन ने कहा आख़िर वो सब करना पड़ा
In love with an idol, I was forced to honor heresy; whatever the Brahmin ordained, at last I had to do it all.
In love with an idol, I was forced to show reverence to disbelief, and in the end, I had to do everything the Brahmin commanded.
2
सब्र करना फ़ुर्क़त-ए-महबूब में समझे थे सहल
खुल गया अपनी समझ का हाल जब करना पड़ा
To endure patience in separation from the beloved, I had deemed an easy art; the true measure of my understanding was laid bare only when I had to bear it.
I thought it was easy to bear patience in separation from the beloved, but the reality of my understanding was revealed only when I actually had to do it.
3
तजरबे ने हुब्ब-ए-दुनिया से सिखाया एहतिराज़
पहले कहते थे फ़क़त मुँह से और अब करना पड़ा
Experience taught me to abstain from this world's lure and greed; / What once was merely spoken words has now become the deed.
Experience has taught me to stay away from the love of this worldly life; previously I only spoke of it in words, but now I have actually had to practice it.
4
शैख़ की मज्लिस में भी मुफ़्लिस की कुछ पुर्सिश नहीं
दीन की ख़ातिर से दुनिया को तलब करना पड़ा
Even in the Sheikh's assembly, the poor man finds no heed; for the sake of faith itself, to seek the world became a need.
Even in the gathering of the religious elder, no one asks after the poor; thus, even for the sake of faith, one was compelled to seek worldly wealth.
5
क्या कहूँ बे-ख़ुद हुआ मैं किस निगाह-ए-मस्त से
अक़्ल को भी मेरी हस्ती का अदब करना पड़ा
How can I tell which rapturous glance stripped me so of myself, that even Reason was compelled to bow in reverence to my being.
I cannot tell whose intoxicating gaze made me so completely lose myself that even intellect was forced to show respect to my existence.
6
इक़तिज़ा फ़ितरत का रुकता है कहीं ऐ हम-नशीं
शैख़-साहिब को भी आख़िर कार-ए-शब करना पड़ा
Can nature's pressing urge ever be restrained, O companion? Even the pious Sheikh had at last to yield to the night's affair.
O companion, can the demands of human nature ever be stopped? Ultimately, even the venerable Sheikh had to engage in the affairs of the night.
7
आलम-ए-हस्ती को था मद्द-ए-नज़र कत्मान-ए-राज़
एक शय को दूसरी शय का सबब करना पड़ा
To keep the secret veiled within the realm of being, one thing had to be made the cause of another.
The world of existence intended to keep the secret hidden, which is why it had to make one thing the cause of another.
8
शेर ग़ैरों के उसे मुतलक़ नहीं आए पसंद
हज़रत-ए-'अकबर' को बिल-आख़िर तलब करना पड़ा
The verses penned by others failed completely to delight her; at last, the revered Akbar had to be summoned to her side.
She did not like the verses of other poets at all, so in the end Hazrat Akbar had to be summoned.
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