Ghazal
वज्द हो बुलबुल-ए-तस्वीर को जिस की बू से
This ghazal captures the overwhelming allure of the beloved and the unfathomable depth of the lover's torment. Through evocative metaphors, the poet suggests that the beloved's beauty can awaken even a painted nightingale, while the true blaze of a lover's heart far surpasses the weeping of a mere candle.
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वज्द हो बुलबुल-ए-तस्वीर को जिस की बू से
उस से गुल-रंग का दा'वा करे फिर किस रू से
If its fragrance stirs even a painted nightingale to ecstasy, with what face can the rose-hued one dare claim equality?
If someone's fragrance can throw even an inanimate painted nightingale into ecstasy, with what face can the rose-hued one claim equality with them?
2
शम्अ' के रोने पे बस साफ़ हँसी आती है
आतिश-ए-दिल कहीं कम होती है चार आँसू से
At the weeping of the candle, I can only laugh outright; can the fire within the heart be quelled by tears so slight?
I simply laugh at the weeping of the candle; can the fire of the heart ever be diminished by just a few tears?
3
एक दिन वो था कि तकिया था किसी का बाज़ू
अब सर उठता ही नहीं अपने सर-ए-ज़ानू से
There was once a day when my pillow was a lover's arm; now my head never rises from resting upon my own knee.
There was once a time when someone's arm served as my pillow, but now my head never lifts from resting upon my own knees.
4
नज़्अ' में हूँ मिरी मुश्किल करो आसाँ यारों
खोलो तावीज़-ए-शिफ़ा जल्द मिरे बाज़ू से
I am in the throes of death, friends, ease my passing now: untie the healing amulet quickly from my arm.
Friends, I am in the agony of death, so ease my passing and quickly untie the amulet of healing from my arm.
5
शोख़ी-ए-चश्म का तू किस की है दीवाना 'अनीस'
आँखें मलता है जो यूँ नक़्श-ए-कफ़-ए-आहू से
Whose mischievous eyes have made you such an ardent captive, Anees, that you rub your eyes so tenderly against the footprints of the gazelle?
Anees, whose playful eyes are you so crazy about, that you are rubbing your eyes against the footprints of a gazelle like this?
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