Ghazal
शहीद-ए-इश्क़ हुए क़ैस नामवर की तरह
This ghazal poignantly portrays the profound agony of separation and noble sacrifice in love, likening the lover's devotion to the legendary passion of Qais. It captures a melancholic descent under the weight of loneliness, where suffering and perceived flaws are embraced with artistic grace.
Source: rekhta · HI
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शहीद-ए-इश्क़ हुए क़ैस नामवर की तरह
जहाँ में ऐब भी हम ने किए हुनर की तरह
Like the famed Qais, we became martyrs to the cause of love; in this world, even our flaws we practiced like an art.
We were martyred in love just like the famous Qais (Majnun), and in this world, we practiced even our flaws like an art.
2
कुछ आज शाम से चेहरा है फ़क़ सहर की तरह
ढला ही जाता हूँ फ़ुर्क़त में दोपहर की तरह
Since evening fell, my face has turned pale as the break of dawn; in separation's sorrow, I decline like the waning afternoon.
Today since evening, my face has grown as pale as the early dawn, and in the sorrow of separation, I keep fading away just like the declining afternoon.
3
सियाह-बख़्तों को यूँ बाग़ से निकाल ऐ चर्ख़
कि चार फूल तो दामन में हों सिपर की तरह
O fate, cast out the ill-starred from the garden in such a way / That at least a few blossoms rest in their hem, like a shield.
O fate, expel the unfortunate ones from the garden in such a manner that at least a few flowers remain in their hem to protect them like a shield.
4
तमाम ख़ल्क़ है ख़्वाहान-ए-आबरु ऐ रब
छुपा मुझे सदफ़-ए-क़ब्र में गुहर की तरह
All mankind craves dignity and worldly honor, O Lord; conceal me like a pearl within the oyster shell of the grave.
O Lord, while the entire creation seeks worldly honor and prestige, conceal me like a pearl within the oyster shell of the grave.
5
तुझी को देखूँगा जब तक हैं बरक़रार आँखें
मिरी नज़र न फिरेगी तिरी नज़र की तरह
I shall gaze upon only you as long as my sight endures; my gaze will never turn away, unlike your fleeting glance.
As long as my eyesight remains intact, I will look only at you; my gaze will never turn away the way yours did.
6
हमारी क़ब्र पे क्या एहतियाज-ए-अम्बर-ओ-ऊद
सुलग रहा है हर इक उस्तुख़्वाँ अगर की तरह
What need of ambergris and aloeswood upon my grave? Each bone of mine smolders like incense still.
What need is there for ambergris and aloeswood upon my grave, when each and every bone of mine is already smoldering like incense?
7
नहीफ़-ओ-ज़ार हैं क्या ज़ोर बाग़बाँ से चले
जहाँ बिठा दिया बस रह गए शजर की तरह
Frail and worn, what power have we against the gardener's command? / Wherever we were planted down, just like a tree we stand.
We are so frail and helpless that we have no power against the gardener; wherever he placed or planted us, we simply remained there motionless like a tree.
8
तुम्हारे हल्क़ा-ब-गोशों में एक हम भी हैं
पड़ा रहे ये सुख़न कान में गुहर की तरह
Among your ringed-ear devotees, count me as one as well; let these words rest within your ear, precious as a pearl.
We too are among your devoted and obedient servants; may this word of mine remain resting in your ear like a precious pearl.
9
'अनीस' यूँ हुआ हाल-ए-जवानी-ओ-पीरी
बढ़े थे नख़्ल की सूरत गिरे समर की तरह
Such was the fate of youth and age, O Anees: we rose high like a palm tree, and fell like its fruit.
O Anees, such was the reality of youth and old age: we grew tall like a tree, and eventually fell to the ground like its fruit.
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