Ghazal
दिल को सुकून रूह को आराम आ गया
This ghazal captures the profound peace and solace found in the thought of the beloved, portraying death itself as a welcome message of release and reunion. It reflects themes of deep devotion and longing, where life's hardships instinctively evoke the beloved's name.
Source: rekhta · HI
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दिल को सुकून रूह को आराम आ गया
मौत आ गई कि दोस्त का पैग़ाम आ गया
The heart found peace, the soul attained sweet rest; has death arrived, or a message from the beloved?
The heart has found peace and the soul has found rest; has death arrived, or has a message from the beloved come?
2
जब कोई ज़िक्र-ए-गर्दिश-ए-अय्याम आ गया
बे-इख़्तियार लब पे तिरा नाम आ गया
Whenever mention arose of the cruel turning of the days, involuntarily, upon my lips, your name found its way.
Whenever there was any mention of the cruel turns of time, your name involuntarily came to my lips.
3
ग़म में भी है सुरूर वो हंगाम आ गया
शायद कि दौर-ए-बादा-ए-गुलफ़ाम आ गया
Even in sorrow there is ecstasy, that charmed hour has arrived; / Perhaps the round of rose-hued wine at last has arrived.
Such a moment has arrived when there is ecstasy even in sorrow; it seems as though the round of rose-coloured wine has begun.
4
दीवानगी हो अक़्ल हो उम्मीद हो कि यास
अपना वही है वक़्त पे जो काम आ गया
Be it madness, wisdom, hope, or sheer despair; truly yours is only that which serves you in your hour of need.
Whether it is madness, intellect, hope, or despair, only that is truly yours which proves useful in the hour of need.
5
दिल के मुआमलात में नासेह शिकस्त क्या
सौ बार हुस्न पर भी ये इल्ज़ाम आ गया
In matters of the heart, O counselor, what talk of defeat can there be? / A hundred times has this very blame fallen upon Beauty too.
O adviser, what question of defeat can there be in matters of the heart? Even beauty itself has faced this accusation a hundred times.
6
सय्याद शादमाँ है मगर ये तो सोच ले
मैं आ गया कि साया तह-ए-दाम आ गया
The hunter rejoices, yet let him ponder this well: have I fallen into the snare, or is it merely my shadow that fell?
The hunter is rejoicing, but he should think carefully about whether I myself have been caught in the net, or merely my shadow.
7
दिल को न पूछ मारका-ए-हुस्न-ओ-इश्क़ में
क्या जानिए ग़रीब कहाँ काम आ गया
Ask not of the heart in the battle of beauty and love; who knows where the poor wretch fell and met its end.
Do not ask about the fate of the heart in the battle of beauty and love; who knows where the poor thing lost its life.
8
ये क्या मक़ाम-ए-इश्क़ है ज़ालिम कि इन दिनों
अक्सर तिरे बग़ैर भी आराम आ गया
What strange stage of love is this, O cruel one, that these days, quite often, even in your absence, peace finds my heart.
O cruel beloved, what stage of love is this that nowadays, quite often, I find peace even without you.
9
अहबाब मुझ से क़त-ए-तअल्लुक़ करें 'जिगर'
अब आफ़्ताब-ए-ज़ीस्त लब-ए-बाम आ गया
Let friends sever all ties with me now, O Jigar; for the sun of life has arrived at the rooftop's edge.
O Jigar, let my friends break off all ties with me now, for the sun of my life has reached the edge of the roof (death is near).
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