Ghazal
जीते जी मौत के तुम मुँह में न जाना हरगिज़
In this ghazal, the poet earnestly warns his companions against the perils of falling in love, equating romantic attachment to voluntarily stepping into the jaws of death. Through vivid imagery, he depicts love as a dangerous, predatory force as lethal as locking eyes with a fierce lion.
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जीते जी मौत के तुम मुँह में न जाना हरगिज़
दोस्तो दिल न लगाना न लगाना हरगिज़
While still alive, never walk into the jaws of death; O friends, never lose your heart to love, never ever.
O friends, do not walk into the jaws of death while still alive, and never fall in love, never ever.
2
इश्क़ भी ताक में बैठा है नज़र-बाज़ों की
देखना शेर से आँखें न लड़ाना हरगिज़
Love lies in ambush for those who trade flirtatious glances; Beware, never lock eyes with a lion—take no such chances.
Love is lying in ambush for those who flirt with their eyes, so be careful and never lock eyes with a lion.
3
हाथ मलने न हों पीरी में अगर हसरत से
तो जवानी में न ये रोग बसाना हरगिज़
If in old age you would not wring your hands in deep regret, never let this malady in youth's eager heart be set.
If you do not want to wring your hands in regret during old age, then never harbor this malady (of love) in your youth.
4
जितने रस्ते थे तिरे हो गए वीराँ ऐ इश्क़
आ के वीरानों में अब घर न बसाना हरगिज़
All the pathways that once were yours have turned desolate, O Love; never come now to make your home amidst these ruins.
O Love, all your pathways have now turned desolate; do not ever come to build a home in these ruins now.
5
कूच सब कर गए दिल्ली से तिरे क़द्र-शनास
क़द्र याँ रह के अब अपनी न गँवाना हरगिज़
All those who knew your true worth have now departed Delhi; do not ever diminish your esteem by lingering here.
All those who truly appreciated your worth have departed from Delhi; do not stay here any longer and ruin your value under any circumstances.
6
तज़्किरा देहली-ए-मरहूम का ऐ दोस्त न छेड़
न सुना जाएगा हम से ये फ़साना हरगिज़
Do not bring up the memory of late Delhi, my friend; never will we be able to bear hearing this tragic tale.
O friend, do not bring up the mention of late (ruined) Delhi, for we will never be able to bear listening to this tragic tale.
7
ढूँडता है दिल-ए-शोरीदा बहाने मुतरिब
दर्द-अंगेज़ ग़ज़ल कोई न गाना हरगिज़
This frenzied heart seeks merely an excuse, O minstrel; do not, on any account, sing a sorrow-stirring song.
O singer, this restless heart is already looking for excuses to grieve, so do not sing any sorrowful ghazal at all.
8
सोहबतें अगली मुसव्विर हमें याद आएँगी
कोई दिलचस्प मुरक़्क़ा न दिखाना हरगिज़
Past companionships, O painter, will be brought back to my mind; do not ever show me an enchanting album of any kind.
O painter, never show us any fascinating picture album, as it will remind us of our past companionships.
9
ले के दाग़ आएगा सीने पे बहुत ऐ सय्याह
देख इस शहर के खंडरों में न जाना हरगिज़
You shall return bearing many a wound upon your chest, O traveler; Beware, do not ever wander into the ruins of this city.
O traveler, you will return with many scars on your chest, so beware and do not ever go into the ruins of this city.
10
चप्पे चप्पे पे हैं याँ गौहर-ए-यकता तह-ए-ख़ाक
दफ़्न होगा कहीं इतना न ख़ज़ाना हरगिज़
At every span beneath the dust lie peerless pearls interred; nowhere else could such a vast treasure ever lie buried.
Here, beneath the dust at every single span, lie peerless pearls; nowhere else could such a vast treasure ever be buried.
11
मिट गए तेरे मिटाने के निशाँ भी अब तो
ऐ फ़लक इस से ज़ियादा न मिटाना हरगिज़
Even the traces of your ruination have faded away by now; O sky, seek not to erase me any further than this.
Now even the traces of your destruction have been erased; O sky, do not ruin me any further than this.
12
वो तो भूले थे हमें हम भी उन्हें भूल गए
ऐसा बदला है न बदलेगा ज़माना हरगिज़
They had forgotten me, and so I forgot them too; such sweet revenge this world has never seen, nor will it ever do.
They had forgotten us, and so we forgot them too; the world has never taken such revenge, nor will it ever take it.
13
हम को गर तू ने रुलाया तो रुलाया ऐ चर्ख़
हम पे ग़ैरों को तो ज़ालिम न हँसाना हरगिज़
If you have made us weep, O Heavens, then so be it; but never let strangers mock and laugh at our sorrow, O cruel Fate.
O sky, even if you have made us weep, so be it, but O cruel one, never let strangers laugh at our misery.
14
आख़िरी दौर में भी तुझ को क़सम है साक़ी
भर के इक जाम न प्यासों को पिलाना हरगिज़
Even in this final round, I bind you by an oath, O Cupbearer: / Never serve a brimming cup to quench the thirsty.
O Cupbearer, I swear you by an oath that even in this final round, you must never serve a full cup to those who are thirsty.
15
बख़्त सोए हैं बहुत जाग के ऐ दौर-ए-ज़माँ
न अभी नींद के मातों को जगाना हरगिज़
Wearied by long vigils, my fortunes have fallen asleep, O revolving Time; do not, on any account, awaken those so drunk with slumber just yet.
O revolving time, my fortunes have finally fallen asleep after staying awake for so long; do not awaken those intoxicated by slumber just yet.
16
कभी ऐ इल्म ओ हुनर घर था तुम्हारा दिल्ली
हम को भूले हो तो घर भूल न जाना हरगिज़
O learning and art, Delhi was once your home; though you have forgotten us, never forget your home.
O knowledge and art, Delhi was once your home; even if you have forgotten us, never forget your home.
17
शाइरी मर चुकी अब ज़िंदा न होगी यारो
याद कर कर के उसे जी न कुढ़ाना हरगिज़
Poetry is dead, my friends, never to breathe again; fret your heart no longer now, recalling it in vain.
Friends, poetry is dead and will never come back to life, so do not torment your heart by continually reminiscing about it.
18
'ग़ालिब' ओ 'शेफ़्ता' ओ 'नय्यर' ओ 'आज़ुर्दा' ओ 'ज़ौक़'
अब दिखाएगा ये शक्लें न ज़माना हरगिज़
Ghalib and Shefta, Nayyar, Azurda, and Zauq— never again shall the age reveal such faces as these.
Ghalib, Shefta, Nayyar, Azurda, and Zauq—the world will never again bring forth such faces as these.
19
'मोमिन' ओ 'अल्वी' ओ 'सहबाई' ओ 'ममनूँ' के बाद
शेर का नाम न लेगा कोई दाना हरगिज़
After Momin, Alvi, Sahbai, and Mamnoon have gone, no one of wisdom shall ever speak the name of verse again.
After the demise of poets like Momin, Alvi, Sahbai, and Mamnoon, no wise person will ever even speak the name of poetry again.
20
कर दिया मर के यगानों ने यगाना हम को
वर्ना याँ कोई न था हम में यगाना हरगिज़
By dying, my kin have left me solitary and unique; else none among us here was ever truly peerless.
Our kin have made us solitary and unique by dying, otherwise none of us here was ever truly peerless.
21
'दाग़' ओ 'मजरूह' को सुन लो कि फिर इस गुलशन में
न सुनेगा कोई बुलबुल का तराना हरगिज़
Listen to Dāgh and Majrooh now, for never again in this garden shall anyone hear the nightingale's song.
Listen to Dagh and Majrooh now, for after this no one in this garden will ever hear the nightingale's song again.
22
रात आख़िर हुई और बज़्म हुई ज़ेर-ओ-ज़बर
अब न देखोगे कभी लुत्फ़-ए-शबाना हरगिज़
The night has reached its end, and scattered is the gathering; / Never again shall you behold the nocturnal delight.
The night has come to an end and the gathering has dispersed. Now you will never again experience the pleasure of the night.
23
बज़्म-ए-मातम तो नहीं बज़्म-ए-सुख़न है 'हाली'
याँ मुनासिब नहीं रो रो के रुलाना हरगिज़
This is a gathering of verse, O Hali, not an assembly of grief; / It is not at all fitting here to weep, and make others weep.
O Hali, this is a poetry gathering, not an assembly of mourning; it is entirely inappropriate to weep and make others cry here.
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