Ghazal
ग़ज़ब किया तिरे वअ'दे पे ए'तिबार किया
This ghazal poignantly portrays the anguish of trusting an unfaithful beloved's false promises and the torment of unrequited longing. Through a tone of bitter regret and sorrow, the poet laments spending an agonizing night waiting in vain, ultimately feeling humbled and betrayed by his own loyalty.
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ग़ज़ब किया तिरे वअ'दे पे ए'तिबार किया
तमाम रात क़यामत का इंतिज़ार किया
What sheer folly to have trusted in your sworn word; all night long, I kept vigil for the Day of Reckoning.
I made a terrible mistake by trusting your promise, and spent the entire night waiting as if waiting for the Day of Judgment.
2
किसी तरह जो न उस बुत ने ए'तिबार किया
मिरी वफ़ा ने मुझे ख़ूब शर्मसार किया
When by no means that stone idol could be brought to trust, my own fidelity put me thoroughly to shame.
When that stone-hearted beloved refused to trust me in any way, my own faithfulness and loyalty thoroughly humiliated me.
3
हँसा हँसा के शब-ए-वस्ल अश्क-बार किया
तसल्लियाँ मुझे दे दे के बे-क़रार किया
Making me laugh through the night of union, she drowned my eyes in tears; by offering solace again and again, she only left me more restless.
On the night of union, my beloved made me laugh only to make me weep, and by repeatedly offering solace, only left me more restless.
4
ये किस ने जल्वा हमारे सर-ए-मज़ार किया
कि दिल से शोर उठा हाए बे-क़रार किया
Who is it that revealed their radiant grace upon my tomb, that from the heart arose a cry: 'Alas, made restless once again!'?
Who is it that has displayed their radiant appearance at my grave, causing a cry to rise from within my heart, 'Alas, you have made me restless again!'?
5
सुना है तेग़ को क़ातिल ने आब-दार किया
अगर ये सच है तो बे-शुबह हम पे वार किया
I hear the slayer has sharpened his blade anew; if this be true, then beyond doubt, the strike was aimed at me.
I have heard that the killer has sharpened his sword; if this is true, then he has undoubtedly struck at me.
6
न आए राह पे वो इज्ज़ बे-शुमार किया
शब-ए-विसाल भी मैं ने तो इंतिज़ार किया
They relented not, though boundless was my pleading; even on the night of union, all I did was wait.
Despite my endless pleading and humility, they did not relent; even on the night of union, all I did was wait.
7
तुझे तो वादा-ए-दीदार हम से करना था
ये क्या किया कि जहाँ को उमीद-वार किया
It was to me alone you were meant to promise a glimpse; what have you done instead, filling the whole world with hope?
You were supposed to promise a glimpse only to me, but what have you done instead that you made the entire world hopeful of seeing you?
8
ये दिल को ताब कहाँ है कि हो मआल-अंदेश
उन्हों ने वअ'दा किया इस ने ए'तिबार किया
Where does this heart have the strength to foresee the end? They made a promise, and it simply believed.
This heart does not have the strength to think about the consequences. They made a promise, and it simply trusted them.
9
कहाँ का सब्र कि दम पर है बन गई ज़ालिम
ब तंग आए तो हाल-ए-दिल आश्कार किया
What room for patience now, O cruel one, when my very life is at stake? Pushed to despair at last, I laid bare the secret state of my heart.
O cruel beloved, how can there be any patience now when my very life is at stake; pushed to the extreme, I finally revealed the condition of my heart.
10
तड़प फिर ऐ दिल-ए-नादाँ कि ग़ैर कहते हैं
अख़ीर कुछ न बनी सब्र इख़्तियार किया
Writhe once more, O foolish heart, for rivals mock and sneer:
When nothing else availed at last, he resigned himself to bear.
O foolish heart, writhe in pain once again, because rivals are taunting that when nothing availed him in the end, he resigned himself to patience.
11
मिले जो यार की शोख़ी से उस की बेचैनी
तमाम रात दिल-ए-मुज़्तरिब को प्यार किया
Since it caught its restlessness from the beloved's playful art, all through the night I tenderly comforted this agitated heart.
Because this restlessness was gifted by the beloved's playful mischief, I spent the entire night caressing and comforting my troubled heart.
12
भुला भुला के जताया है उन को राज़-ए-निहाँ
छुपा छुपा के मोहब्बत को आश्कार किया
By feigning to forget, time and again, I revealed the hidden secret; by striving to conceal it repeatedly, I only laid my love bare.
By repeatedly pretending to forget, I ended up revealing the hidden secret to them, and by constantly striving to conceal my love, I only made it manifest.
13
न उस के दिल से मिटाया कि साफ़ हो जाता
सबा ने ख़ाक परेशाँ मिरा ग़ुबार किया
It was not wiped clean from her heart to leave it free of stain; the morning breeze dispersed my dust, scattering it in vain.
The morning breeze scattered my dust all in vain, as it did not even wipe me completely from the beloved's heart so that it might become clear.
14
हम ऐसे महव-ए-नज़ारा न थे जो होश आता
मगर तुम्हारे तग़ाफ़ुल ने होश्यार किया
I was not so entranced in beholding you as to ever regain my senses, yet your cold indifference has startled me awake.
I was so lost in gazing at you that I would not have regained consciousness on my own, but your cold indifference startled me back to my senses.
15
हमारे सीने में जो रह गई थी आतिश-ए-हिज्र
शब-ए-विसाल भी उस को न हम-कनार किया
The fire of separation that had lingered in my breast, even the night of union could not draw into its embrace.
The fire of separation that had remained within our breast was not brought into an embrace even on the night of union.
16
रक़ीब ओ शेवा-ए-उल्फ़त ख़ुदा की क़ुदरत है
वो और इश्क़ भला तुम ने ए'तिबार किया
The rival and the art of love—truly a marvel of God! / Him, capable of devotion? How could you have ever believed it?
A rival practicing the ways of love is indeed a strange wonder of God; him and love—how could you have ever believed him?
17
ज़बान-ए-ख़ार से निकली सदा-ए-बिस्मिल्लाह
जुनूँ को जब सर-ए-शोरीदा पर सवार किया
From the tongue of the thorn arose the cry of 'Bismillah', the moment frenzy was mounted upon my wild and troubled head.
The moment I let frenzy take over my troubled head, a cry of 'Bismillah' arose from the tongue of the thorns, as if welcoming my coming wounds.
18
तिरी निगह के तसव्वुर में हम ने ऐ क़ातिल
लगा लगा के गले से छुरी को प्यार किया
Lost in the vision of your lethal gaze, O slayer, I pressed the dagger to my throat and caressed it with love.
O killer, lost in the imagination of your gaze, I embraced the dagger to my throat again and again and showered it with love.
19
ग़ज़ब थी कसरत-ए-महफ़िल कि मैं ने धोके में
हज़ार बार रक़ीबों को हम-कनार किया
So overwhelming was the gathering's crowd that in delusion, a thousand times did I take my rivals into my embrace.
The gathering was so overwhelmingly crowded that, in confusion, I embraced my rivals a thousand times by mistake.
20
हुआ है कोई मगर उस का चाहने वाला
कि आसमाँ ने तिरा शेवा इख़्तियार किया
Has someone, perchance, become a lover of the sky, that heaven has adopted your cruel ways?
Perhaps someone has fallen in love with the sky as well, which is why it has adopted your ways and habits.
21
न पूछ दिल की हक़ीक़त मगर ये कहते हैं
वो बे-क़रार रहे जिस ने बे-क़रार किया
Ask not the heart's true plight, yet this alone we say: May they remain restless who stole our peace away.
Do not ask the true condition of my heart, yet we only say this: may the one who made us restless remain restless themselves.
22
जब उन को तर्ज़-ए-सितम आ गए तो होश आया
बुरा हो दिल का बुरे वक़्त होश्यार किया
My senses returned only once they had mastered the art of cruelty; woe to this heart of mine, which chose the worst hour to awaken.
I regained my senses only when they had mastered the ways of cruelty; curse this heart of mine, which alerted me at such an unfortunate time.
23
फ़साना-ए-शब-ए-ग़म उन को इक कहानी थी
कुछ ए'तिबार किया कुछ न ए'तिबार किया
The tale of my night of grief was to them merely a story; partly they believed it, partly they doubted it.
of my night of sorrow was merely a tale to them; they believed part of it and disbelieved the rest.
24
असीरी दिल-ए-आशुफ़्ता रंग ला के रही
तमाम तुर्रा-ए-तर्रार तार तार किया
The captivity of this crazed heart has shown its effect at last; it has unraveled, strand by strand, that proud, audacious lock.
The captivity of this troubled heart finally showed its effect, unraveling strand by strand that proud and audacious lock of hair.
25
कुछ आ गई दावर-ए-महशर से है उम्मीद मुझे
कुछ आप ने मिरे कहने का ए'तिबार किया
Some hope from the Judge of Judgment Day has stirred within my heart, / For even you have placed some trust in what my words impart.
I have gained some hope from the Judge of Judgment Day, because you have placed some trust in what I said.
26
किसी के इश्क़-ए-निहाँ में ये बद-गुमानी थी
कि डरते डरते ख़ुदा पर भी आश्कार किया
Such was the anxious dread in guarding this hidden love, that trembling with fear, I confessed it even to God.
In keeping my love for someone hidden, there was such suspicion and dread that I disclosed it even to God with great fear.
27
फ़लक से तौर क़यामत के बन न पड़ते थे
अख़ीर अब तुझे आशोब-ए-रोज़गार किया
The heavens could not master the ways of Doomsday's strife; at last, it made of you the great turmoil of this life.
The heavens were unable to fully manifest the ways and chaos of Doomsday, so at last, they turned you into the great turmoil of this world.
28
वो बात कर जो कभी आसमाँ से हो न सके
सितम किया तो बड़ा तू ने इफ़्तिख़ार किया
Accomplish that which the heavens themselves could never do; if cruelty is all you wrought, why take such pride in you?
Do something extraordinary that even the heavens could never do; if you have merely inflicted cruelty, what is there to be so proud of?
29
बनेगा मेहर-ए-क़यामत भी एक ख़ाल-ए-सियाह
जो चेहरा 'दाग़'-ए-सियह-रू ने आश्कार किया
Even the blazing sun of Doomsday would turn into a mere black mole, upon the dazzling face revealed by this dark, disgraced scar.
If this disgraced, dark-faced Dagh were to unveil that radiant face, even the blazing sun of Doomsday would appear merely as a black beauty mark before it.
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