Ghazal
जब इश्क़ सिखाता है आदाब-ए-ख़ुद-आगाही
This ghazal emphasizes that profound love ('Ishq') and self-awareness are the true paths to spiritual awakening and inner sovereignty. It reflects that intellectual mastery alone is insufficient without sincere devotion and the heartfelt yearning of dawn prayers, which elevate humble souls to spiritual greatness.
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जब इश्क़ सिखाता है आदाब-ए-ख़ुद-आगाही
खुलते हैं ग़ुलामों पर असरार-ए-शहंशाही
When love imparts the discipline of self-awareness, unto slaves are unveiled the secrets of sovereign greatness.
When love teaches the etiquette of self-awareness, the secrets of royal sovereignty are revealed even to slaves.
2
'अत्तार' हो 'रूमी' हो 'राज़ी' हो 'ग़ज़ाली' हो
कुछ हाथ नहीं आता बे-आह-ए-सहर-गाही
Be it Attar, Rumi, Razi, or Ghazali—nothing is attained without the sigh of dawn.
Whether one is Attar, Rumi, Razi, or Ghazali, nothing is attained without the sigh and supplication of early dawn.
3
नौमीद न हो इन से ऐ रहबर-ए-फ़रज़ाना
कम-कोश तो हैं लेकिन बे-ज़ौक़ नहीं राही
Despair not of them, O wise guide; slack though their effort may be, these travelers are not devoid of passion.
O wise guide, do not lose hope in these travelers; though their efforts may be slack, they are not devoid of passion and enthusiasm.
4
ऐ ताइर-ए-लाहूती उस रिज़्क़ से मौत अच्छी
जिस रिज़्क़ से आती हो पर्वाज़ में कोताही
O heavenly bird, far better is death than that sustenance which brings a faltering to your flight.
O heavenly bird, death is far better than that sustenance which restricts or brings a decline in your flight.
5
दारा ओ सिकंदर से वो मर्द-ए-फ़क़ीर औला
हो जिस की फ़क़ीरी में बू-ए-असदूल-लाही
Far nobler than Darius and Alexander is that mendicant dervish, within whose poverty breathes the fragrance of the Lion of God.
That dervish is far superior to great rulers like Darius and Alexander, in whose poverty the fragrance of the Lion of God (Hazrat Ali) is found.
6
आईन-ए-जवाँ-मर्दां हक़-गोई ओ बे-बाकी
अल्लाह के शेरों को आती नहीं रूबाही
Truth-speaking and fearlessness are the creed of the valiant; the lions of God know not the cunning of a fox.
Speaking the truth and being fearless is the principle of brave men; the lions of God know no fox-like cunning or cowardice.
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