Ghazal
जुनूँ कार-फ़रमा हुआ चाहता है
This ghazal captures the overwhelming onset of madness and all-consuming passion (junoon), compelling the lover to abandon the world for the solitude of the desert. Through imagery of relentless tears swelling into rivers, it portrays the profound grief, longing, and emotional intensity brought on by the memory of the beloved.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
जुनूँ कार-फ़रमा हुआ चाहता है
क़दम दश्त पैमा हुआ चाहता है
Madness prepares to take command once more; / My feet yearn to measure the desert floor.
Madness is about to take full control, and my feet are ready to wander across the desert.
2
दम-ए-गिर्या किस का तसव्वुर है दिल में
कि अश्क अश्क दरिया हुआ चाहता है
Whose image dwells in the heart at this weeping hour, that every single teardrop yearns to become a river?
At the moment of weeping, whose thought is in the heart that every single teardrop is turning into a river?
3
ख़त आने लगे शिकवा-आमेज़ उन के
मिलाप उन से गोया हुआ चाहता है
Her letters have begun to arrive, steeped in reproach; it seems as though a reunion with her is now about to unfold.
Their letters filled with complaints have started arriving; it seems as though a meeting with them is about to happen.
4
बहुत काम लेने थे जिस दिल से हम को
वो सर्फ़-ए-तमन्ना हुआ चाहता है
The very heart from which I had so much to achieve—it is now about to be consumed entirely by longing.
We had so much to accomplish through this heart, but now it is on the verge of being entirely consumed by longing.
5
अभी लेने पाए नहीं दम जहाँ में
अजल का तक़ाज़ा हुआ चाहता है
Hardly have we caught our breath in this world, and already death arrives to demand its due.
We have barely had a chance to catch our breath in this world, and already the call of death is demanding its due.
6
मुझे कल के वादे पे करते हैं रुख़्सत
कोई वा'दा पूरा हुआ चाहता है
They bid me farewell on the promise of tomorrow; it seems some promise is about to be fulfilled.
They are bidding me farewell on the promise of tomorrow, as if some promise is about to be fulfilled.
7
फ़ुज़ूँ तर है कुछ इन दिनों ज़ौक़-ए-इस्याँ
दर-ए-रहमत अब वा हुआ चाहता है
These days, a greater relish for sin stirs within me; it seems the door of divine mercy is about to open wide.
These days, the desire to commit sins has increased even more, and it feels as though the door of divine mercy is about to open.
8
क़लक़ गर यही है तो राज़-ए-निहानी
कोई दिन में रुस्वा हुआ चाहता है
If this heart-sorrow endures, the concealed secret of love is bound to be exposed to disgrace in a matter of days.
If this inner grief and restlessness continue in this way, the hidden secret is bound to be exposed and brought to disgrace within a few days.
9
वफ़ा शर्त-ए-उल्फ़त है लेकिन कहाँ तक
दिल अपना भी तुझ सा हुआ चाहता है
Fidelity is love's condition, yet how far can it extend? / My heart, too, now longs to turn indifferent, like your own.
Faithfulness is indeed a condition of love, but only up to what limit? Now my heart too desires to become indifferent and unfaithful just like yours.
10
बहुत हज़ उठाता है दिल तुझ से मिल कर
क़लक़ देखिए क्या हुआ चाहता है
Meeting you, my heart derives such immense delight; let us see what sorrow now prepares to strike.
My heart experiences immense joy upon meeting you; now let us see what sorrow or pain is about to follow.
11
ग़म-ए-रश्क को तल्ख़ समझे थे हमदम
सो वो भी गवारा हुआ चाहता है
We once deemed the grief of jealousy bitter, my friend; yet even that now seems ready to become bearable.
O friend, we used to consider the pain of jealousy to be bitter, but now even that is becoming bearable.
12
बहुत चैन से दिन गुज़रते हैं 'हाली'
कोई फ़ित्ना बरपा हुआ चाहता है
My days pass in such tranquil peace, O Hali / As though some great tempest is about to arise.
O Hali, my days are passing in great ease and peace, which makes it seem as though some trouble or turmoil is about to erupt.
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