Ghazal
तिरे इश्क़ की इंतिहा चाहता हूँ
This ghazal captures the lover's innocent yet audacious yearning to reach the ultimate peak and culmination of boundless love. Imbued with deep passion and contemplative simplicity, it expresses a desire for testing trials that push patience to its limits and elevate spiritual devotion.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
तिरे इश्क़ की इंतिहा चाहता हूँ
मिरी सादगी देख क्या चाहता हूँ
I seek the utmost culmination of your love; behold my innocence, look what I dare to crave!
I desire to reach the extreme limit of your love; just look at my simplicity and innocence, what a vast thing I am asking for.
2
सितम हो कि हो वादा-ए-बे-हिजाबी
कोई बात सब्र-आज़मा चाहता हूँ
Be it cruelty, or a promise to unveil without disguise—I desire something that puts my patience to the test.
Whether it be cruelty or a promise to reveal yourself without a veil, I desire something that tests my patience.
3
ये जन्नत मुबारक रहे ज़ाहिदों को
कि मैं आप का सामना चाहता हूँ
May this paradise bless the pious and devout, for all I desire is to stand face to face with You.
May this paradise be a blessing to the devout ascetics, for I only desire to stand face-to-face with You.
4
ज़रा सा तो दिल हूँ मगर शोख़ इतना
वही लन-तरानी सुना चाहता हूँ
A frail, tiny heart I may be, yet so audaciously bold, / I yearn to hear that very same denial: 'Thou shalt not behold!'
I am just a tiny heart, yet so daring and bold that I long to hear that very same divine refusal: 'You shall never see Me.'
5
कोई दम का मेहमाँ हूँ ऐ अहल-ए-महफ़िल
चराग़-ए-सहर हूँ बुझा चाहता हूँ
I am a guest for but a fleeting breath, O friends of the gathering; like a lamp at dawn, I am about to fade away.
O people of the gathering, I am a guest only for a brief moment; I am like a morning lamp that is about to be extinguished.
6
भरी बज़्म में राज़ की बात कह दी
बड़ा बे-अदब हूँ सज़ा चाहता हूँ
In the crowded gathering, I revealed the secret truth; insolent as I am, I now seek my punishment.
I revealed a secret in the middle of a crowded gathering; I am extremely insolent and now seek punishment for it.
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