Ghazal
रंज और रंज भी तन्हाई का
This ghazal poignantly explores the agonizing sorrow of solitude and the looming despair of separation and disgrace. The poet reflects on the fragility of life and the unbearable torment of surviving a long, lonely night of heartbreak.
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रंज और रंज भी तन्हाई का
वक़्त पहुँचा मिरी रुस्वाई का
Grief, and that too the sorrow of solitude; the hour of my disgrace has finally arrived.
There is grief, and that too the sorrow of solitude; the moment of my public disgrace has now arrived.
2
उम्र शायद न करे आज वफ़ा
काटना है शब-ए-तन्हाई का
Life, perhaps, may not keep faith tonight; yet I still must endure this night of solitude.
Perhaps life will not remain faithful today and may come to an end, yet this night of loneliness still has to be endured.
3
तुम ने क्यूँ वस्ल में पहलू बदला
किस को दा'वा है शकेबाई का
Why did you turn away in the hour of union? Who ever laid claim to patient restraint?
Why did you turn away during the moment of union? Who among us ever claimed to possess patience and restraint?
4
एक दिन राह पे जा पहुँचे हम
शौक़ था बादिया-पैमाई का
One day I found myself upon the open road / Drawn by a longing to roam the wilderness.
One day we set out on the road because we had a passion to wander through the wilderness.
5
उस से नादान ही बन कर मिलिए
कुछ इजारा नहीं दानाई का
It is better to meet them feigning naivety; wisdom, after all, is no one's monopoly.
One should meet that person feigning naivety or ignorance, for no one holds a monopoly over wisdom.
6
सात पर्दों में नहीं ठहरती आँख
हौसला क्या है तमाशाई का
Even behind seven veils, the gaze refuses to be stayed; / What fearless daring the spectator has displayed!
The eye does not stop even behind seven veils; behold the sheer courage and daring of the spectator.
7
दरमियाँ पा-ए-नज़र है जब तक
हम को दा'वा नहीं बीनाई का
As long as the foot of gaze falters in between, we lay no claim to possessing true vision.
As long as our gaze remains caught in between and falls short, we make no claim to possessing true vision.
8
कुछ तो है क़द्र तमाशाई की
है जो ये शौक़ ख़ुद-आराई का
The onlooker must surely hold some worth, given this fervent passion to adorn oneself.
The spectator must surely hold some value, which is why this desire to adorn and beautify oneself exists.
9
उस को छोड़ा तो है लेकिन ऐ दिल
मुझ को डर है तिरी ख़ुद-राई का
I have broken away from her, yet O heart, / I dread this stubborn willfulness of yours.
I have broken away from them, but O heart, I am terrified of your stubborn self-will and obstinacy.
10
बज़्म-ए-दुश्मन में न जी से उतरा
पूछना क्या तिरी ज़ेबाई का
Even in the gathering of rivals, your charm never left the heart; what praise could ever suffice for the splendor of your beauty?
Even in the gathering of rivals, you never faded from my heart; what can possibly be said in praise of your exquisite beauty?
11
यही अंजाम था ऐ फ़स्ल-ए-ख़िज़ाँ
गुल ओ बुलबुल की शनासाई का
Was this the destined end, O season of autumn, to the acquaintance of the rose and the nightingale?
O season of autumn, was this the only final outcome destined for the acquaintance of the rose and the nightingale?
12
मदद ऐ जज़्बा-ए-तौफ़ीक़ कि याँ
हो चुका काम तवानाई का
Aid me, O spirit of divine grace, for here / The strength of mortal power is wholly spent.
Help me, O divine grace and guidance, for here all my physical strength and mortal energy have completely run out.
13
मोहतसिब उज़्र बहुत हैं लेकिन
इज़्न हम को नहीं गोयाई का
O censor, defenses abound to plead, yet we have no permission to speak.
O censor, we have plenty of justifications and defenses to offer, but we do not have permission to speak.
14
होंगे 'हाली' से बहुत आवारा
घर अभी दूर है रुस्वाई का
There may well be wanderers far more wayward than Hali; the abode of disgrace is still far in the distance.
There may be many people far more vagrant than Hali, but the house of disgrace is still far away.
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