Ghazal
इन आँखों ने क्या क्या तमाशा न देखा
This ghazal explores the superficiality of worldly spectacles in contrast to true spiritual insight. It reflects on the dissolution of duality upon witnessing the Beloved, capturing a mood of profound philosophical contemplation and mystical union.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
इन आँखों ने क्या क्या तमाशा न देखा
हक़ीक़त में जो देखना था न देखा
What countless spectacles these eyes have not beheld; yet in truth, that which was meant to be seen remained unseen.
These eyes have witnessed all sorts of worldly spectacles, yet in reality, that which was truly meant to be seen remained unseen.
2
तुझे देख कर वो दुई उठ गई है
कि अपना भी सानी न देखा न देखा
Gazing upon you, all sense of duality has ceased to be; such that even of myself, no equal did I ever see.
Upon seeing you, all sense of duality has disappeared, so much so that I have never seen another like myself.
3
उन आँखों के क़ुर्बान जाऊँ जिन्हों ने
हज़ारों हिजाबों में परवाना देखा
I would surrender my life to those eyes that perceived the moth even through a thousand veils.
I sacrifice myself for those eyes that managed to see the moth through thousands of veils.
4
न हिम्मत न क़िस्मत न दिल है न आँखें
न ढूँडा न पाया न समझा न देखा
Neither courage nor fate, neither heart nor eyes have I; I never sought, never found, never understood, nor ever saw.
I have neither courage nor good fortune, neither heart nor eyes; consequently, I never sought, never found, never understood, nor ever saw anything.
5
मरीज़ान-ए-उल्फ़त की क्या बे-कसी है
मसीहा को भी चारा-फ़रमा न देखा
What utter helplessness the victims of love endure—even the Messiah was never seen to offer them a cure.
How helpless are the patients of love, for even the Messiah (the ultimate healer) was never seen curing their affliction.
6
बहुत दर्द-मंदों को देखा है तू ने
ये सीना ये दिल ये कलेजा न देखा
Many a sufferer you may have beheld, yet never such a breast, such a heart, such a wounded core.
You may have seen many who suffer from pain, but you have never seen a chest, a heart, and a spirit like mine bearing such agony.
7
वो कब देख सकता है उस की तजल्ली
जिस इंसान ने अपना ही जल्वा न देखा
How could one ever behold His divine radiance, who has not yet witnessed their own inner splendor?
A person who has not even witnessed their own inner essence or splendor can never behold the divine light of God.
8
बहुत शोर सुनते थे इस अंजुमन का
यहाँ आ के जो कुछ सुना था न देखा
Much had we heard of the fame of this gathering; yet coming here, nothing of what was told was seen.
We used to hear a great deal about the fame of this gathering, but upon coming here, we saw nothing of what we had heard.
9
सफ़ाई है बाग़-ए-मोहब्बत में ऐसी
कि बाद-ए-सबा ने भी तिनका न देखा
Such is the swept desolation in love's garden, that even the morning breeze found not a single straw.
There is such cleanliness and desolation in the garden of love that even the morning breeze could not see a single straw there.
10
उसे देख कर और को फिर जो देखे
कोई देखने वाला ऐसा न देखा
Whoever could gaze upon another after beholding that beloved—never have I seen a beholder of such a kind.
I have never seen an onlooker who, after beholding that beloved, would ever look at anyone else.
11
वो था जल्वा-आरा मगर तू ने मूसा
न देखा न देखा न देखा न देखा
He shone in radiant splendour, yet you, O Moses, saw not, saw not, saw not, saw not.
He was manifesting His divine radiance, yet O Moses, you did not see, did not see, did not see, and did not see Him.
12
गया कारवाँ छोड़ कर मुझ को तन्हा
ज़रा मेरे आने का रस्ता न देखा
The caravan departed, leaving me behind alone; it did not wait a moment to see if I had come.
The caravan departed leaving me all alone, and did not wait even for a moment to see if I was coming.
13
कहाँ नक़्श-ए-अव्वल कहाँ नक़्श-ए-सानी
ख़ुदा की ख़ुदाई में तुझ सा न देखा
Where lies the primal design, where any copy made anew? In all of God's creation, I have seen none like you.
Neither the first original design nor any second copy compares; in all of God's creation, I have seen no one like you.
14
तिरी याद है या है तेरा तसव्वुर
कभी 'दाग़' को हम ने तन्हा न देखा
Whether it is your memory or the vision of your face, / Never once have we seen Dagh alone in any place.
Whether it is your memory or your imagination, we have never seen Dagh alone.
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