Ghazal
इश्क़ बेताब-ए-जाँ-गुदाज़ी है
This ghazal explores the profound intensity and spiritual sanctity of passionate love, where the lover endures soul-melting yearning while beauty longs to console. It elevates love to a sacred faith, affirming that true devotion requires immense emotional sacrifice and tears of blood.
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इश्क़ बेताब-ए-जाँ-गुदाज़ी है
हुस्न मुश्ताक़-ए-दिल-नवाज़ी है
Love is restless for the soul's consuming fire, / To soothe and charm the heart is Beauty's fond desire.
Love is restless to melt and consume its own soul, while beauty is eager to comfort and caress the heart.
2
अश्क ख़ूनीं सूँ जो किया है वज़ू
मज़हब-ए-इश्क़ में नमाज़ी है
He who has performed ablution with tears of blood, is deemed the true worshipper in the creed of love.
The one who has performed ablution with tears of blood is considered a true worshipper in the creed of love.
3
जो हुआ राज़-ए-इश्क़ सूँ आगाह
वो ज़माने का फ़ख़्र-ए-राज़ी है
Whoever becomes awakened to the secret of love / Is truly the Fakhr-e-Razi of his age.
Whoever becomes aware of the secret of love is truly the Fakhr-e-Razi (the greatest scholar) of his era.
4
पाक-बाज़ाँ सूँ यूँ हुआ मफ़्हूम
इश्क़ मज़मून-ए-पाक-बाज़ी है
From those pure of heart, this meaning is understood: Love itself is the very theme of purity.
It is understood from the pure-hearted that love is inherently the very subject of purity and chastity.
5
जा के पहुँची है हद्द-ए-ज़ुल्मत कूँ
बस-कि तुझ ज़ुल्फ़ में दराज़ी है
It has reached the very bounds of darkness, so vast is the length of your tresses.
Your tresses are so immensely long that they have reached the ultimate boundary of darkness.
6
तजरबे सूँ हुआ मुझे ज़ाहिर
नाज़ मफ़्हूम बे-नियाज़ी है
Through experience it has been revealed to me: coquetry is but the essence of indifference.
Experience has made it evident to me that coquetry is truly the meaning of indifference.
7
ऐ 'वली' ऐश-ए-ज़ाहिरी का सबब
जल्वा-ए-शाहिद-ए-मजाज़ी है
O Wali, the cause of all outward delight / Is the earthly beloved revealed to sight.
O Wali, the source of all worldly pleasure and outward joy is the radiant presence of the earthly beloved.
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