Ghazal
मैं हूँ आसी कि पुर-ख़ता कुछ हूँ
This ghazal expresses deep humility, spiritual surrender, and devotion before the Divine. While acknowledging his human flaws and limited comprehension, the poet finds solace and dignity solely in being God's humble servant.
Source: rekhta · HI
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मैं हूँ आसी कि पुर-ख़ता कुछ हूँ
तेरा बंदा हूँ ऐ ख़ुदा कुछ हूँ
Be I a sinner, or steeped in error's thrall; I am Your servant, O God—I am something after all.
Whether I am a sinner or full of faults, I am still something because, O God, I am Your servant.
2
जुज़्व ओ कुल को नहीं समझता मैं
दिल में थोड़ा सा जानता कुछ हूँ
The part and the whole I do not comprehend; yet deep within my heart, a little something I know.
I do not understand the part and the whole, but inside my heart, I know a little something.
3
तुझ से उल्फ़त निबाहता हूँ मैं
बा-वफ़ा हूँ कि बेवफ़ा कुछ हूँ
I still carry on this love with you; am I faithful, faithless, or something in between?
I continue to fulfill my love with you, whether that makes me faithful, unfaithful, or something in between.
4
जब से ना-आश्ना हूँ मैं सब से
तब कहीं उस से आश्ना कुछ हूँ
Ever since I became a stranger to everyone, only then did I grow somewhat intimate with the Beloved.
Ever since I have become a stranger to everyone else, only then have I gained some familiarity with that Beloved.
5
नश्शा-ए-इश्क़ ले उड़ा है मुझे
अब मज़े में उड़ा रहा कुछ हूँ
The intoxication of love has swept me away; now in pure delight, I scatter all to the wind.
The intoxication of love has swept me away, and now, lost in sheer delight, I am squandering and scattering everything away.
6
ख़्वाब मेरा है ऐन बेदारी
मैं तो उस में भी देखता कुछ हूँ
My dream is the very essence of wakefulness; even in that state, there is something I behold.
My dream is wakefulness itself, and even in that state, I am seeing something.
7
गरचे कुछ भी नहीं हूँ मैं लेकिन
उस पे भी कुछ न पूछो क्या कुछ हूँ
Though I am nothing at all, yet even then / Ask not what multitudes I am.
Although I am nothing at all, even then do not ask what all I am.
8
समझे वो अपना ख़ाकसार मुझे
ख़ाक-ए-रह हूँ कि ख़ाक-ए-पा कुछ हूँ
Would that they deemed me their humble servant; am I dust upon their path, or dust beneath their feet?
I wish they would consider me their humble servant; after all, I am something to them, whether the dust of their path or the dust beneath their feet.
9
चश्म-ए-अल्ताफ़ फ़ख़्र-ए-दीं से हूँ
ऐ 'ज़फ़र' कुछ से हो गया कुछ हूँ
Through the benevolent gaze of Fakhr-ud-Din, O Zafar, transformed completely I have been.
O Zafar, due to the kind and benevolent gaze of Fakhr-ud-Din, I have been completely transformed and become something entirely different.
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