Ghazal
आप का ए'तिबार कौन करे
This ghazal captures the poet's weariness and disillusionment born from the beloved's broken promises and ceaseless waiting. Filled with subtle reproach and wounded dignity, the speaker chooses restraint over confronting the beloved, sparing them the humiliation of their infidelity.
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1
आप का ए'तिबार कौन करे
रोज़ का इंतिज़ार कौन करे
Who could ever place their trust in you? / Who would wait for you day after day?
Who would ever place their trust in you, and who could bear waiting for you day after day?
2
ज़िक्र-ए-मेहर-ओ-वफ़ा तो हम करते
पर तुम्हें शर्मसार कौन करे
I would surely speak of love and fidelity; but who would bear to put you to shame?
I would certainly have spoken of love and faithfulness, but who would want to put you to shame by doing so?
3
हो जो उस चश्म-ए-मस्त से बे-ख़ुद
फिर उसे होशियार कौन करे
One rendered senseless by those intoxicating eyes, / who could ever restore him to his senses again?
Whoever is rendered senseless by those intoxicating eyes, who could ever bring them back to consciousness?
4
तुम तो हो जान इक ज़माने की
जान तुम पर निसार कौन करे
You are the very life of the whole wide world; who, then, would lay down their life for you?
You are the life of the entire world, so who would sacrifice their own life for you?
5
आफ़त-ए-रोज़गार जब तुम हो
शिकवा-ए-रोज़गार कौन करे
When you yourself are the affliction of the age, who is there left to complain against fate?
When you yourself are the greatest calamity of this world, who is left to complain about the world or fate?
6
अपनी तस्बीह रहने दे ज़ाहिद
दाना दाना शुमार कौन करे
Put away your rosary, O pious ascetic; who has the patience to count bead by bead?
O ascetic, put away your rosary; who will take the trouble to count every single bead?
7
हिज्र में ज़हर खा के मर जाऊँ
मौत का इंतिज़ार कौन करे
Better to swallow poison and die in this separation; who has the patience to wait for death?
It is better to consume poison and die in separation; who has the patience to wait for death to arrive on its own?
8
आँख है तर्क-ए-ज़ुल्फ़ है सय्याद
देखें दिल का शिकार कौन करे
The eye is a hunter, the curling lock another; let us see which one makes a quarry of the heart.
The beloved's eye is a fierce warrior and the lock of hair is a hunter; let us see which of the two preys upon the heart.
9
वा'दा करते नहीं ये कहते हैं
तुझ को उम्मीद-वार कौन करे
They make no promise, but merely say: who would keep you lingering in hope?
They do not make a promise, but instead say: who would keep you clinging to hope?
10
'दाग़' की शक्ल देख कर बोले
ऐसी सूरत को प्यार कौन करे
Beholding the countenance of Dagh, they remarked: / Who could ever bring their heart to love such a face?
Upon seeing Dagh's face, they said, who would ever love a face like this?
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