Ghazal
फिरी हुई मिरी आँखें हैं तेग़-ज़न की तरफ़
This ghazal portrays the deep sorrow of unrequited devotion, betrayal, and self-sacrifice in love. Even as the lover lies wounded and completely surrendered to the beloved, the beloved remains indifferent and distant, leaving the lover in poignant solitude.
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फिरी हुई मिरी आँखें हैं तेग़-ज़न की तरफ़
चला है छोड़ के बिस्मिल मुझे हिरन की तरफ़
My dying eyes remain fixed upon the swordsman still; leaving me half-slain, he has moved toward the deer.
My dying eyes remain fixed on the swordsman, who has left me half-slain and moved on toward a deer.
2
बनाया तोड़ के आईना आईना-ख़ाना
न देखी राह जो ख़ल्वत से अंजुमन की तरफ़
I shattered the mirror and fashioned a hall of mirrors, finding no path that led from solitude to the assembly.
When I found no path leading from solitude to the gathering, I broke the mirror and fashioned a hall of mirrors out of it.
3
रह-ए-वफ़ा को न छोड़ा वो अंदलीब हूँ मैं
छुटा क़फ़स से तो पर्वाज़ की चमन की तरफ़
I am that faithful nightingale who never strayed from devotion's path; the moment I broke free from the cage, my flight turned straight toward the garden.
I am that nightingale who never abandoned the path of loyalty; the moment I was freed from the cage, I flew straight towards the garden.
4
गुरेज़ चाहिए तूल-ए-अमल से सालिक को
सुना है राह ये जाती है राहज़न की तरफ़
The seeker must turn away from far-reaching desire, / For this path, I hear, leads straight into the bandit's hands.
A spiritual seeker should avoid far-reaching worldly desires, as it is heard that this path leads straight to the robber.
5
सरा-ए-दहर में सोओगे ग़ाफ़िलो कब तक
उठो तो क्या तुम्हें जाना नहीं वतन की तरफ़
How long, O heedless ones, will you slumber in this worldly inn? Arise! Have you no journey left to take toward your true home?
O heedless people, how long will you keep sleeping in this inn of the world? Wake up, do you not have to return toward your true homeland?
6
जो अहल-ए-दिल हैं अलग हैं वो अहल-ए-ज़ाहिर से
न मैं हूँ शैख़ की जानिब न बरहमन की तरफ़
Those who possess the heart stand distinct from those of outward show; neither do I side with the Sheikh, nor toward the Brahmin do I go.
People of true heart and inner feeling are distinct from those focused on outward appearances; therefore, I stand neither with the Sheikh nor with the Brahmin.
7
जहान-ए-हादसा-आगीन में बशर का वरूद
गुज़र हबाब का दरिया-ए-मौजज़न की तरफ़
The entry of man into a world beset by calamities is like a fragile bubble drifting toward a tempestuous sea.
The arrival of a human being into a world full of calamities is just like a fragile bubble drifting toward a turbulent river.
8
इसी उमीद पे हम दिन ख़िज़ाँ के काटते हैं
कभी तो बाद-ए-बहार आएगी चमन की तरफ़
On this sole hope we endure autumn's barren days, / That someday the breeze of spring will turn toward the garden.
We spend the days of autumn with the sole hope that someday the spring breeze will surely blow toward the garden.
9
बिछड़ के तुझ से मुझे है उमीद मिलने की
सुना है रूह को आना है फिर बदन की तरफ़
Though parted from you, I still cling to the hope of our reunion; for I have heard that the soul must return to the body once more.
Even after parting from you, I still hold the hope of our reunion, for I have heard that the soul must return to the body once again.
10
गवाह कौन मिरे क़त्ल का हो महशर में
अभी से सारा ज़माना है तेग़-ज़न की तरफ़
Who will bear witness to my murder on the Day of Reckoning, when already the entire world sides with the swordsman?
Who will bear witness to my murder on the Day of Judgment, when even now the entire world is on the side of the swordsman?
11
ख़बर दी उठ के क़यामत ने उस के आने की
ख़ुदा ही ख़ैर करे रुख़ है अंजुमन की तरफ़
Rising up, Judgment Day itself heralded the news of her arrival; May God have mercy now, for she turns toward our gathering.
The rising of Doomsday itself announced their arrival, and may God protect us now, as their face is turned toward the assembly.
12
वो अपने रुख़ की सबाहत को आप देखते हैं
झुके हुए गुल-ए-नर्गिस हैं यासमन की तरफ़
They gaze themselves upon the radiance of their own face, as if narcissus blooms bow down toward the jasmine.
They are admiring the bright beauty of their own face, appearing just as narcissus flowers leaning down toward the jasmine.
13
तमाम बज़्म है क्या महव उस की बातों में
नज़र दहन की तरफ़ कान है सुख़न की तरफ़
How spellbound is the whole assembly, charmed by every word; each eye is fixed upon her lips, each ear on what is heard.
The entire gathering is so completely absorbed in their talk that every eye is fixed on their mouth and every ear is tuned to their speech.
14
असीर हो गया दिल गेसुओं में ख़ूब हुआ
चला था डूब के मरने चह-ए-ज़क़न की तरफ़
Ensnared within those flowing locks, my heart met a fortunate fate; it had set out to drown and die in the deep well of her chin.
It is good that my heart became trapped in the beloved's tresses, for it had set out to drown and die in the well of her dimpled chin.
15
ये मय-कशों की अदा अब्र-ए-तर भी सीख गए
किनार-ए-जू से जो उठ्ठे चले चमन की तरफ़
Even the rain-bearing clouds have learned the drinkers' ways: rising from the riverbank, they head straight toward the garden.
Even the rain-filled clouds seem to have adopted the habits of drinkers; as soon as they rise from the riverbank, they head straight toward the garden.
16
ज़हे-नसीब जो हो कर्बला की मौत ऐ 'नज़्म'
कि उड़ के ख़ाक-ए-शिफ़ा आए ख़ुद कफ़न की तरफ़
How blessed the fate, O Nazm, to meet death in Karbala, that the sacred dust of healing itself should drift toward the shroud.
O Nazm, what great fortune it would be to meet death in Karbala, so that the sacred healing dust would itself fly towards the shroud.
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