Ghazal
किस लिए फिरते हैं ये शम्स ओ क़मर दोनों साथ
This ghazal poignantly explores themes of longing, existential bewilderment, and the fleeting nature of union. Through the cosmic imagery of the wandering sun and moon, the poet captures the profound grief of separation where personal heartbreak mirrors universal desolation.
Source: rekhta · HI
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किस लिए फिरते हैं ये शम्स ओ क़मर दोनों साथ
किस को ये ढूँडते हैं बरहना-सर दोनों साथ
Why do they wander together thus, both the sun and the moon? Whom do they seek, bareheaded in grief, together across the sky?
Why are the sun and the moon wandering together, and whom are they both searching for with bare heads?
2
कैसी या-रब ये हवा सुब्ह-ए-शब-ए-वस्ल चली
बुझ गया दिल मिरा और शम-ए-सहर दोनों साथ
O Lord, what wind is this that blew at the dawn of union's night? / Quenched both together were my heart and the morning candle's light.
O Lord, what kind of wind blew at the dawn of the night of union, that both my heart and the morning candle were extinguished together.
3
ब'अद मेरे न रहा इश्क़ की मंज़िल का निशाँ
मिट गए राह-रौ ओ राहगुज़र दोनों साथ
After me, no sign remained of love's destination; wiped out together were both the wayfarer and the way.
After me, no trace of love's destination remained; both the traveler and the path were wiped out together.
4
ऐ जुनूँ देख इसी सहरा में अकेला हूँ मैं
रहते जिस दश्त में हैं ख़ौफ़-ओ-ख़तर दोनों साथ
O madness, look, in this very desert I am all alone, in that wilderness where fear and peril dwell side by side.
O madness, look, I am all alone in this desert, in that wilderness where both fear and danger dwell together.
5
मुझ को हैरत है शब-ए-ऐश की कोताही पर
या ख़ुदा आए थे क्या शाम-ओ-सहर दोनों साथ
I marvel at the brevity of that night of delight; / O God, did dusk and dawn arrive together in one flight?
I am astonished at the shortness of the night of pleasure; O God, did evening and morning arrive together?
6
उस ने फेरी निगह-ए-नाज़ ये मालूम हुआ
खिंच गया सीने से तीर और जिगर दोनों साथ
As she turned away her coquettish glance, I felt it depart: wrenched from my breast together were the arrow and my heart.
When she turned away her coquettish glance, it felt as though both the arrow and my heart were pulled out from my chest together.
7
ग़म को दी दिल ने जगह दिल को जगह पहलू ने
एक गोशे में करेंगे ये बसर दोनों साथ
The heart gave shelter to sorrow, and my breast made room for the heart; together in one secluded corner, these two shall dwell and never part.
The heart gave shelter to sorrow, and the breast gave refuge to the heart; now both of them will live together in one corner.
8
इस को रोकूँ मैं इलाही कि सँभालूँ उस को
कि तड़पने लगे दिल और जिगर दोनों साथ
Which shall I restrain, O God, or which one console, when both heart and soul begin to writhe beyond control?
O God, should I restrain this one or steady that one, for both my heart and soul (liver) have begun writhing in agony together?
9
नाज़ बढ़ता गया बढ़ते गए जूँ जूँ गेसू
बल्कि लेने लगे अब ज़ुल्फ़ ओ कमर दोनों साथ
Her coquetry grew ever more as longer grew each lock; indeed, her flowing tresses and slender waist now keep step together.
As the beloved's hair grew longer, her coquetry and pride also increased; in fact, now both her locks and her waist have begun to keep pace together.
10
तुझ से मतलब है नहीं दुनिया ओ उक़्बा से ग़रज़
तू नहीं जब तो उजड़ जाएँ ये घर दोनों साथ
My longing is for you alone, I care not for this world or the next; / In your absence, let both these realms crumble into ruin together.
My concern is only with you and I have no interest in this world or the hereafter; if you are not there, let both these realms be ruined together.
11
बात सुनना न किसी चाहने वाले की कभी
कान में फूँक रहे हैं ये गुहर दोनों साथ
'Never heed the plea of any lover, ever'—whispering this charm, both pearls conspire together in her ear.
Both these pearls (earrings) together are whispering into her ear, advising her never to listen to anyone who loves her.
12
आँधियाँ आह की भी अश्क का सैलाब भी है
देते हैं दिल की ख़राबी की ख़बर दोनों साथ
There are tempests of sighs and a deluge of tears as well; together, both proclaim the ruin of the heart.
There are storms of sighs as well as a flood of tears; together, both announce the ruin and devastated condition of the heart.
13
क्या कहूँ ज़ोहरा ओ ख़ुर्शीद का आलम ऐ 'नज़्म'
निकले ख़ल्वत से जूँही वक़्त-ए-सहर दोनों साथ
How can I depict the splendour of Venus and the Sun, O Nazm, as both emerged together from their chamber of seclusion at the break of dawn!
O Nazm, how can I describe the sight of Venus and the Sun, the moment both emerged together from their chamber of seclusion at dawn.
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