Ghazal
पए-नज़्र-ए-करम तोहफ़ा है शर्म-ए-ना-रसाई का
This ghazal contemplates the lover's helplessness and inability to reach the beloved, offering the very shame of this unfulfillment as an ultimate tribute. Through profound philosophical wit, it explores the paradoxes of human limitation, piety, and absolute devotion.
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पए-नज़्र-ए-करम तोहफ़ा है शर्म-ए-ना-रसाई का
ब-खूँ-ग़ल्तीदा-ए-सद-रंग दा'वा पारसाई का
As an offering for your grace, I present the shame of failing to arrive; drenched in a hundred hues of blood lies my proud claim to piety.
As an offering for your grace, I present only the shame of my failure to reach you, while my claim to piety lies rolling and soaked in a hundred hues of blood.
2
न हो हुस्न-ए-तमाशा-दोस्त रुस्वा बेवफ़ाई का
ब-मोहर-ए-सद-नज़र साबित है दा'वा पारसाई का
Let not beauty that craves a public spectacle be shamed for infidelity; verified by the seal of a hundred gazing eyes is its claim to chastity.
Beauty that loves public display should not be disgraced for unfaithfulness, as its claim to chastity is confirmed by the seal of a hundred watching eyes.
3
ज़कात-ए-हुस्न दे ऐ जल्वा-ए-बीनिश कि मेहर-आसा
चराग़-ए-ख़ाना-ए-दर्वेश हो कासा गदाई का
Bestow the alms of beauty, O radiant vision, so that sun-like, the begging bowl may turn into a lamp for this dervish's humble cell.
O manifestation of vision, give the charity of your beauty so that, like the sun, this beggar's bowl may become a lamp to illuminate the dervish's dwelling.
4
न मारा जान कर बे-जुर्म ग़ाफ़िल तेरी गर्दन पर
रहा मानिंद-ए-ख़ून-ए-बे-गुनह हक़ आश्नाई का
Knowing me guiltless, you spared my life, O heedless one; yet upon your neck remains the debt of our love, heavy as an innocent's shed blood.
O heedless one, you did not slay me knowing I was innocent, yet the obligation of our acquaintance remained upon your neck just like the guilt of an innocent's blood.
5
तमन्ना-ए-ज़बान महव-ए-सिपास-ए-बे-ज़बानी है
मिटा जिस से तक़ाज़ा शिकवा-ए-बे-दस्त-ओ-पाई का
The longing for a voice is lost in thanks for speechlessness, / which wiped away the urge to mourn my utter helplessness.
The desire to speak is absorbed in gratitude for speechlessness, because this silence has wiped out the urge to complain about utter helplessness.
6
वही इक बात है जो याँ नफ़स वाँ निकहत-ए-गुल है
चमन का जल्वा बाइ'स है मिरी रंगीं-नवाई का
It is the selfsame essence that is breath here, and the rose's perfume there; The garden's radiant splendor is the cause of my melody's vibrant flair.
It is the very same reality that is breath here in me and the fragrance of the rose over there; the splendor of the garden is the reason for my colorful melodies.
7
दहान-ए-हर-बुत-ए-पैग़ारा-जू ज़ंजीर-ए-रुस्वाई
अदम तक बेवफ़ा चर्चा है तेरी बेवफ़ाई का
The mocking lips of every idol forge a chain of my disgrace; O faithless one, even to non-existence echoes the tale of your unfaithfulness.
The mouth of every taunting beloved has become a chain of my disgrace, and O faithless one, the talk of your unfaithfulness has reached even to the realm of non-existence.
8
न दे नाले को इतना तूल 'ग़ालिब' मुख़्तसर लिख दे
कि हसरत-संज हूँ अर्ज़-ए-सितम-हा-ए-जुदाई का
Lengthen not this lament so much, Ghalib, write it brief; / For I yearn to recount the manifold cruelties of separation's grief.
O Ghalib, do not prolong this cry of sorrow, write it briefly, for I long to narrate the manifold cruelties of separation.
9
जहाँ मिट जाए सई-ए-दीद ख़िज़्रआबाद-ए-आसाइश
ब-जेब-ए-हर-निगह पिन्हाँ है हासिल रहनुमाई का
Where the striving to behold dissolves in Khizr's haven of rest, in the fold of every glance lies hid guidance's truest quest.
Where the striving to see comes to an end, it becomes a haven of peaceful rest like that of Khizr; there, the true reward of guidance lies hidden within the fold of every glance.
10
ब-इज्ज़-आबाद वहम-ए-मुद्दआ तस्लीम-ए-शोख़ी है
तग़ाफ़ुल को न कर मसरूफ़-ए-तम्कीं-आज़माई का
In this humble realm of phantom desire, surrender itself seems audacity; burden not your aloof indifference with testing your own poise.
In this dwelling of helplessness where desires are merely an illusion, even humble submission is seen as insolence; do not burden your indifference by putting your composure to the test.
11
'असद' का क़िस्सा तूलानी है लेकिन मुख़्तसर ये है
कि हसरत-कश रहा अर्ज़-ए-सितम-हा-ए-जुदाई का
The tale of Asad is long, yet in brief it comes to this: he lived ever yearning to recount the cruelties of separation.
Asad's story is very long, but in short it is simply that he spent his entire life yearning to express the cruelties and pains of separation.
12
हवस गुस्ताख़ी-ए-आईना तकलीफ़-ए-नज़र-बाज़ी
ब-जेब-ए-आरज़ू पिन्हाँ है हासिल दिलरुबाई का
Desire is the mirror's audacity, the torment of glancing eyes; tucked inside the pocket of yearning, the whole reward of enchantment lies.
Desire compels one to bear the mirror's audacity and the trouble of exchanging glances, whereas the entire reward of heart-stealing charm lies hidden inside the pocket of longing.
13
नज़र-बाज़ी तिलिस्म-ए-वहशत-आबाद-ए-परिस्ताँ है
रहा बेगाना-ए-तासीर अफ़्सूँ आश्नाई का
The play of glances is an illusion of a fairyland steeped in wild frenzy; the magic spell of intimacy remained forever devoid of effect.
The exchange of glances is like a magical illusion of a frenzy-filled fairyland, while the magic spell of acquaintance and intimacy remained completely ineffective.
14
न पाया दर्दमंद-ए-दूरी-ए-यारान-ए-यक-दिल ने
सवाद-ए-ख़त्त-ए-पेशानी से नुस्ख़ा मोम्याई का
The soul aching from the parting of kindred friends could find / No healing balm inscribed in the dark lines of fate upon the brow.
The one suffering from the separation of kindred friends could not find the prescription for a healing balm even in the lines of fate written upon the forehead.
15
'असद' ये इज्ज़-ओ-बे-सामानी-ए-फ़िरऔन-ए-तौअम है
जिसे तू बंदगी कहता है दा'वा है ख़ुदाई का
O Asad, this helpless destitution is twin to Pharaoh's pride; what you profess as humble worship is a claim to the divine.
O Asad, this helplessness of yours and Pharaoh's destitution are twin born; what you call humble devotion is actually a claim to divinity.
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