Ghazal
जब यास हुई तो आहों ने सीने से निकलना छोड़ दिया
This ghazal portrays a state of profound despair and resignation where grief becomes so overwhelming that sighs, tears, and longing cease completely. Using the imagery of a silent wilderness paralyzed by a cruel hunter's arrows, the poet poignantly captures the emotional numbness and complete desolation of the soul.
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जब यास हुई तो आहों ने सीने से निकलना छोड़ दिया
अब ख़ुश्क-मिज़ाज आँखें भी हुईं दिल ने भी मचलना छोड़ दिया
When despair took hold, sighs ceased to escape the breast; the eyes have turned dry and cold, and the heart has abandoned its wild unrest.
When utter despair set in, sighs stopped escaping the chest. Now the eyes too have become dry without tears, and the heart has ceased its restless yearning.
2
नावक-फ़गनी से ज़ालिम की जंगल में है इक सन्नाटा सा
मुर्ग़ान-ए-ख़ुश-अलहाँ हो गए चुप आहू ने उछलना छोड़ दिया
From the cruel archer's deadly flight of arrows, a silence grips the wild: the sweet-singing birds have fallen mute, and the deer has ceased to leap.
Due to the cruel hunter shooting arrows, a silence has fallen over the forest; the sweet-singing birds have become quiet, and the deer has stopped leaping.
3
क्यूँ किब्र-ओ-ग़ुरूर इस दौर पे है क्यूँ दोस्त फ़लक को समझा है
गर्दिश से ये अपनी बाज़ आया या रंग बदलना छोड़ दिया
Why pride yourself upon this age, why take the heavens for a friend? / Has fate ceased its revolving wheel, or stopped changing its fickle hues?
Why do you take pride in this era and consider the sky (fate) your friend? Has it stopped revolving or ceased changing its colors?
4
बदली वो हवा गुज़रा वो समाँ वो राह नहीं वो लोग नहीं
तफ़रीह कहाँ और सैर कुजा घर से भी निकलना छोड़ दिया
That breeze has turned, that season passed, those paths and people are no more; What talk of strolls or pleasure now, I step no longer past my door.
The air has changed, that era has passed, and neither those paths nor those people remain anymore. What talk of leisure or outings now, I have stopped even stepping out of the house.
5
वो सोज़-ओ-गुदाज़ उस महफ़िल में बाक़ी न रहा अंधेर हुआ
परवानों ने जलना छोड़ दिया शम्ओं ने पिघलना छोड़ दिया
That burning passion and melting grief remained no more in that gathering—alas, what darkness fell: The moths have ceased to burn, and the candles no longer melt.
That burning passion and deep emotion are no longer left in that gathering, bringing utter darkness; the moths have stopped burning and the candles have ceased to melt.
6
हर गाम पे चंद आँखें निगराँ हर मोड़ पे इक लेसंस-तलब
उस पार्क में आख़िर ऐ 'अकबर' मैं ने तो टहलना छोड़ दिया
With watchful eyes at every step and a license sought at every turn, in that park at last, O Akbar, I have given up my stroll.
Watchful eyes observe every step and a license is demanded at every turn, so in the end, O Akbar, I simply stopped strolling in that park.
7
क्या दीन को क़ुव्वत दें ये जवाँ जब हौसला-अफ़्ज़ा कोई नहीं
क्या होश सँभालें ये लड़के ख़ुद उस ने सँभलना छोड़ दिया
How can these youths give strength to faith when none inspires their soul? / How can these boys hold to their senses when she herself has lost control?
How can these youths strengthen the faith when there is no one to encourage them, and how can these boys keep their senses when she herself has lost all self-control?
8
इक़बाल मुसाइद जब न रहा रक्खे ये क़दम जिस मंज़िल में
अश्जार से साया दूर हुआ चश्मों ने उबलना छोड़ दिया
When fortune ceased to favor me, wherever my steps were laid, the springs refused to bubble forth, the trees withdrew their shade.
When good fortune was no longer favorable, wherever I stepped, the trees lost their shade and the springs ceased to flow.
9
अल्लाह की राह अब तक है खुली आसार-ओ-निशाँ सब क़ाएम हैं
अल्लाह के बंदों ने लेकिन उस राह में चलना छोड़ दिया
The path of God lies open still, each sign and trace stands true; yet servants of the Lord have ceased to walk that path anew.
The path of God is still open and all its signs remain intact, but the servants of God have stopped walking upon that path.
10
जब सर में हवा-ए-ताअत थी सरसब्ज़ शजर उम्मीद का था
जब सर-सर-ए-इस्याँ चलने लगी इस पेड़ ने फलना छोड़ दिया
While the breeze of devotion stirred my soul, hope's tree was lush and green;
When the biting gale of sin began to blow, it ceased to bear its fruit.
When there was a desire for devotion and obedience in my mind, the tree of hope was lush and green; but when the violent wind of sins began to blow, that tree stopped bearing fruit.
11
उस हूर-लक़ा को घर लाए हो तुम को मुबारक ऐ 'अकबर'
लेकिन ये क़यामत की तुम ने घर से जो निकलना छोड़ दिया
Congratulations, Akbar, that you brought that fairy-faced beauty inside; / Yet what a catastrophe it is that you now refuse to step outside!
Congratulations Akbar on bringing that fairy-faced beauty home, but it is disastrous that you have completely stopped stepping outside.
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