Ghazal
इश्क़ को तर्क-ए-जुनूँ से क्या ग़रज़
This ghazal reflects on the unyielding nature of profound love and its detachment from worldly rationality or restraint. It expresses that true passion and sincere longing provide their own inner direction, freeing the devoted wanderer from any need for external guidance.
Source: rekhta · HI
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इश्क़ को तर्क-ए-जुनूँ से क्या ग़रज़
चर्ख़-ए-गर्दां को सुकूँ से क्या ग़रज़
What concern has love with forsaking its madness? What business has the turning sphere with rest?
Love has no concern with giving up its madness, just as the revolving sky has nothing to do with rest or stillness.
2
दिल में है ऐ ख़िज़्र गर सिदक़-ए-तलब
राह-रौ को रहनुमों से क्या ग़रज़
If true devotion dwells within the heart, O Khizr, what need has the wayfarer of any guide?
O Khizr, if there is genuine sincerity of desire in the heart, the traveler has no need for any guide.
3
हाजियो है हम को घर वाले से काम
घर के मेहराब ओ सुतूँ से क्या ग़रज़
O pilgrims, our concern is with the Master of the house; what care have we for its arches and pillars?
O pilgrims, our concern is solely with the master of the house (God); what do we care about the arches and pillars of the building?
4
गुनगुना कर आप रो पड़ते हैं जो
उन को चंग ओ अरग़नूँ से क्या ग़रज़
Those who dissolve in tears merely humming to themselves—what need have they of the harp or the organ?
Those who break into tears simply by humming to themselves have no need or concern for musical instruments like the harp and organ.
5
नेक कहना नेक जिस को देखना
हम को तफ़्तीश-ए-दरूँ से क्या ग़रज़
To call them good who good appear to see; what need have we to probe the inner heart?
We should call someone good if they appear good to us, as we have no concern with investigating what lies hidden within their heart.
6
दोस्त हैं जब ज़ख़्म-ए-दिल से बे-ख़बर
उन को अपने अश्क-ए-ख़ूँ से क्या ग़रज़
When friends remain unaware of the heart's deep wound, what care have they for these tears of blood?
When friends are unaware of the wound in the heart, they have no concern or care for my tears of blood.
7
इश्क़ से है मुजतनिब ज़ाहिद अबस
शेर को सैद-ए-ज़बूँ से क्या ग़रज़
The pious ascetic flees from love in vain; what concern has the lion with such feeble prey?
The ascetic avoids love in vain, for what concern could a lion possibly have with such a weak and helpless prey?
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कर चुका जब शैख़ तस्ख़ीर-ए-क़ुलूब
अब उसे दुनिया-ए-दूँ से क्या ग़रज़
Now that the Sheikh has conquered human hearts, what care has he for this vile world's petty parts?
Once the Sheikh has already conquered people's hearts, what concern or interest does he have left with this vile, lowly world?
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आए हो 'हाली' पए-तस्लीम याँ
आप को चून-ओ-चगूँ से क्या ग़रज़
You have come here, O Hali, to surrender and bow; what business have you now with the 'why' and the 'how'?
O Hali, you have come here only to bow and submit, so what business do you have with questioning the why and the how?
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