Ghazal
दिल गया तुम ने लिया हम क्या करें
This ghazal reflects on the loss of one's heart in love with a blend of witty nonchalance and poignant resignation. The poet treats the surrender of the heart and the agony of separation as inevitable, embracing the pain with bittersweet acceptance.
Source: rekhta · HI
Listen
1
दिल गया तुम ने लिया हम क्या करें
जाने वाली चीज़ का ग़म क्या करें
The heart is gone, you claimed it—what can I do? / Why grieve for a thing that was bound to depart?
My heart is gone and you have taken it, so what can I do? Why should one grieve over a thing that was bound to leave anyway?
2
हम ने मर कर हिज्र में पाई शिफ़ा
ऐसे अच्छों का वो मातम क्या करें
By dying in separation, I found my cure at last; why would she mourn for one who has thus recovered?
By dying in separation, we finally found our cure; why would the beloved mourn someone who has thus recovered and become well?
3
अपने ही ग़म से नहीं मिलती नजात
इस बिना पर फ़िक्र-ए-आलम क्या करें
When from my own sorrow I find no release, how then can I mourn for the cares of the world?
When I cannot find release from my own sorrow, how can I be expected to worry about the cares of the world?
4
एक साग़र पर है अपनी ज़िंदगी
रफ़्ता रफ़्ता इस से भी कम क्या करें
Upon a single cup of wine my life now rests; / Little by little, how could I reduce it any less?
My life now relies entirely on just a single cup of wine; how can I reduce it gradually any further than this?
5
कर चुके सब अपनी अपनी हिकमतें
दम निकलता हो तो हमदम क्या करें
All have exhausted every remedy and art they knew; / When life's last breath departs, what can a companion do?
Everyone has exhausted all their plans and remedies; when life's breath is departing, what can even a companion do?
6
दिल ने सीखा शेवा-ए-बेगानगी
ऐसे ना-महरम को महरम क्या करें
The heart has learned the ways of estrangement; how can one make a confidant of such a stranger?
The heart has adopted the ways of estrangement and alienation; how can such an unfamiliar stranger be made an intimate confidant?
7
मा'रका है आज हुस्न ओ इश्क़ का
देखिए वो क्या करें हम क्या करें
Today is the grand duel of Beauty and Love; let us see what she does, and what I shall do.
Today is a duel between beauty and love; let us see what they do and what we do.
8
आईना है और वो हैं देखिए
फ़ैसला दोनों ये बाहम क्या करें
There is the mirror and there stands the beloved, let us see; what verdict between themselves the two decree.
The mirror and the beloved are facing each other; let us see what decision the two of them mutually arrive at.
9
आदमी होना बहुत दुश्वार है
फिर फ़रिश्ते हिर्स-ए-आदम क्या करें
To be truly human is an arduous plight; why then do angels covet this mortal state?
It is extremely difficult to truly be a human being, so why do angels still covet becoming human?
10
तुंद-ख़ू है कब सुने वो दिल की बात
और भी बरहम को बरहम क्या करें
Fierce of temper, when would she heed the heart's lament? Why ruffle any further one who is already vexed?
The beloved is ill-tempered and will not listen to the heart's feelings, so why provoke or anger someone who is already annoyed?
11
हैदराबाद और लंगर याद है
अब के दिल्ली में मोहर्रम क्या करें
Remembering Hyderabad and the grand Langar processions of old, / What can one do with Muharram now in Delhi?
I remember Hyderabad and its grand Langar procession; what is there left to do or observe during Muharram now in Delhi?
12
कहते हैं अहल-ए-सिफ़ारिश मुझ से 'दाग़'
तेरी क़िस्मत है बुरी हम क्या करें
Those who would speak on my behalf tell me, 'O Dagh, your luck is ill-fated—what can we do?'
Dagh says that the people who advocate or intercede on his behalf tell him that his luck itself is bad, so there is nothing they can do.
Comments · 0
Free — just your email. You'll come right back here.
No comments yet. Be the first.