Ghazal
अल्लाह अगर तौफ़ीक़ न दे इंसान के बस का काम नहीं
This ghazal emphasizes the necessity of divine grace in all human endeavors, highlighting that true spiritual understanding and the deeper essence of love cannot be attained by human will alone. It urges the seeker to cultivate profound vision and reflection, revealing that nature's boundless generosity offers blessings in abundance to those who develop conscious awareness.
Source: rekhta · HI
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अल्लाह अगर तौफ़ीक़ न दे इंसान के बस का काम नहीं
फ़ैज़ान-ए-मोहब्बत आम सही इरफ़ान-ए-मोहब्बत आम नहीं
Unless by God's own grace bestowed, it lies beyond mere mortal art; Love's bounty may be free to all, but rare is love's enlightened heart.
Unless God grants the divine grace and ability, it is beyond human capability; love's bounty may be widespread, but the true realization and deep understanding of love is not common.
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ये तू ने कहा क्या ऐ नादाँ फ़य्याज़ी-ए-क़ुदरत आम नहीं
तू फ़िक्र ओ नज़र तो पैदा कर क्या चीज़ है जो इनआम नहीं
What folly you speak, O naive soul, that Nature's bounty is not for all; just awaken the depth of thought and sight—what exists that is not a divine gift?
O foolish one, how could you say that nature's generosity is not universal? Just cultivate depth of thought and perception, and you will see that every single thing is a gift.
3
या-रब ये मक़ाम-ए-इश्क़ है क्या गो दीदा-ओ-दिल नाकाम नहीं
तस्कीन है और तस्कीन नहीं आराम है और आराम नहीं
O Lord, what station of love is this? Though eye and heart are not unfulfilled, there is solace, yet no solace; there is rest, yet no rest.
O Lord, what stage of love is this? Though the eyes and heart have not failed, there is peace yet no peace, and there is rest yet no rest.
4
क्यूँ मस्त-ए-शराब-ए-ऐश-ओ-तरब तकलीफ़-ए-तवज्जोह फ़रमाएँ
आवाज़-ए-शिकस्त-ए-दिल ही तो है आवाज़-ए-शिकस्त-ए-जाम नहीं
Why should those drunk on the wine of pleasure bother to pay heed? It is only the sound of a breaking heart, not the shatter of a wine glass.
Why would those intoxicated by luxury and pleasure bother to pay attention? It is merely the sound of a breaking heart, not the sound of a shattered wine glass.
5
आना है जो बज़्म-ए-जानाँ में पिंदार-ए-ख़ुदी को तोड़ के आ
ऐ होश-ओ-ख़िरद के दीवाने याँ होश-ओ-ख़िरद का काम नहीं
If you seek to enter the beloved's gathering, shatter the pride of self and come; O devotee of intellect and reason, here sense and wisdom have no place.
If you wish to enter the gathering of the beloved, come only after breaking the pride of your ego. O seeker of intellect and reason, sense and wisdom have no place here.
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ज़ाहिद ने कुछ इस अंदाज़ से पी साक़ी की निगाहें पड़ने लगीं
मय-कश यही अब तक समझे थे शाइस्ता दौर-ए-जाम नहीं
The ascetic drank with such rare grace that the Saqi's gaze was cast his way; / Till now the drunkards had only deemed him unfit for the wine-cup's sway.
The ascetic drank wine with such elegance that the cupbearer's gaze turned toward him, whereas until now the drunkards had thought he was unworthy of the wine gathering.
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इश्क़ और गवारा ख़ुद कर ले बे-शर्त शिकस्त-ए-फ़ाश अपनी
दिल की भी कुछ उन के साज़िश है तन्हा ये नज़र का काम नहीं
Would Love of itself ever concede an utter, unconditional defeat? / Their heart too must be in collusion; this is not the work of eyes alone.
Love would never willingly accept its own unconditional, complete defeat; their heart too must be part of this conspiracy, for this cannot be the work of glances alone.
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सब जिस को असीरी कहते हैं वो तो है अमीरी ही लेकिन
वो कौन सी आज़ादी है यहाँ जो आप ख़ुद अपना दाम नहीं
What all call captivity is indeed a kind of riches, yet what freedom exists in this world that is not its own snare?
What everyone refers to as captivity is indeed a kind of richness, but what freedom is there in this world that is not its own trap?
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