Ghazal
है ये तकिया तिरी अताओं पर
This ghazal reflects an unwavering faith in divine benevolence despite human flaws and repeated transgressions. It expresses a spirit of deep surrender and devotion, where worldly ties fade before the singular claim of the Beloved.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
है ये तकिया तिरी अताओं पर
वही इसरार है ख़ताओं पर
Such is the trust I place in Your boundless grace, that I persist still in each transgression.
I rely so heavily upon your boundless grace and benevolence that I stubbornly persist in committing my faults.
2
रहें ना-आश्ना ज़माने से
हक़ है तेरा ये आश्नाओं पर
To remain estranged from all the world—such is your rightful claim upon those who love you.
Those who love you should remain completely detached and estranged from the rest of the world; you truly have this right over them.
3
रहरवो बा-ख़बर रहो कि गुमाँ
रहज़नी का है रहनुमाओं पर
Take heed, O wayfarers, and stay alert; suspicion of robbery falls upon the guides themselves.
O travelers, stay alert and cautious, because the suspicion of robbery falls upon the guides themselves.
4
है वो देर आश्ना तो ऐब है क्या
मरते हैं हम इन्हीं अदाओं पर
If she takes time to warm to love, what flaw is that? / It is for these very coy graces that I die.
If the beloved takes time to become familiar and close, what fault is in that? It is precisely these charming ways of theirs that I am completely enamored with.
5
उस के कूचे में हैं वो बे-पर ओ बाल
उड़ते फिरते हैं जो हवाओं पर
Those who once soared high upon the winds, lie stripped of wing and plume within her lane.
Those who soar freely upon the winds find themselves wingless and helpless in the beloved's lane.
6
शहसवारों पे बंद है जो राह
वक़्फ़ है याँ बरहना पाँव पर
The path that is barred to proud cavaliers / Is reserved in this realm for bare feet alone.
The path that is closed to skilled horsemen is reserved here solely for those with bare feet.
7
नहीं मुनइ'म को उस की बूँद नसीब
मेंह बरसता है जो गदाओं पर
Not a single drop is destined for the wealthy man, of the rain that pours down upon the beggars.
The wealthy man is not destined to receive even a single drop of the rain that pours down upon the beggars.
8
नहीं महदूद बख़्शिशें तेरी
ज़ाहिदों पर न पारसाओं पर
Thy boundless grace is never held confined, neither to the ascetic nor the pious kind.
Your grace and bounties are not confined only to ascetics or the pious.
9
हक़ से दरख़्वास्त अफ़्व की 'हाली'
कीजे किस मुँह से इन ख़ताओं पर
With what face, O Hali, could one plead to the Almighty for pardon, burdened by such grave transgressions as these?
O Hali, with what face can one plead to God for forgiveness in spite of having committed such grave sins and mistakes?
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