Ghazal
इश्क़ में सब्र-ओ-रज़ा दरकार है
This ghazal highlights the demanding nature of true devotion, asserting that love requires unwavering patience, fidelity, and complete surrender. It captures the tension between enduring emotional trials and the irresistible allure of the beloved that easily shatters one's composure.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
इश्क़ में सब्र-ओ-रज़ा दरकार है
फ़िक्र-ए-असबाब-ए-वफ़ा दरकार है
In love, endurance and surrender are required; a care for the very means of devotion is required.
Love requires patience and acceptance of the beloved's will, as well as concern for the means to fulfill fidelity.
2
चाक करने जामा-ए-सब्र-ओ-क़रार
दिलबर-ए-रंगीं क़बा दरकार है
To rend asunder the cloak of patience and calm, a beloved dressed in vibrant splendor is required.
To tear apart the garment of patience and composure, a beloved dressed in colorful, splendid attire is required.
3
हर सनम तस्ख़ीर-ए-दिल क्यूँकर सके
दिलरुबाई कूँ अदा दरकार है
How could just any idol conquer the human heart? To steal and captivate a heart requires charm and grace.
Every idol or beloved cannot conquer a heart; winning and charming a heart requires grace, allure, and style.
4
ज़ुल्फ़ कूँ वा कर कि शाह-ए-इश्क़ कूँ
साया-ए-बाल-ए-हुमा दरकार है
Unloose your dark tresses, for the Sovereign of Love requires the auspicious shade of the Huma's wing.
Untie your tresses, because the King of Love requires the shade of the wings of the Huma bird.
5
रख क़दम मुझ दीदा-ए-ख़ूँ-बार पर
गर तुझे रंग-ए-हिना दरकार है
Set your foot upon these blood-shedding eyes of mine, if it is the crimson hue of henna that you desire.
If you require the red color of henna, then step upon my blood-shedding eyes.
6
देख उस की चश्म-ए-शहला कूँ अगर
नर्गिस-ए-बाग़-ए-हया दरकार है
Gaze upon her alluring dark eyes, if indeed the narcissus of modesty's garden is what you seek.
If you seek the narcissus of the garden of modesty, then look at her alluring and beautiful dark eyes.
7
अज़्म उस के वस्ल का है ऐ 'वली'
लेकिन इमदाद-ए-ख़ुदा दरकार है
The resolve is to attain union with the beloved, O Wali, yet the aid of God is dearly needed.
O Wali, there is a firm intention to unite with the beloved, but the help of God is required to achieve it.
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