Ghazal
कमर उस दिलरुबा की दिलरुबा है
This ghazal is a lyrical celebration of the beloved's enchanting beauty, delicate charm, and graceful demeanor. The poet portrays the beloved's captivating form not merely as physical allure, but as a reflective mirror of deeper spiritual truth and divine grace.
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कमर उस दिलरुबा की दिलरुबा है
निगह उस ख़ुश-अदा की ख़ुश-अदा है
The waist of that heart-stealer steals the heart away / The glance of that graceful charmer is grace itself on display.
The waist of that heart-stealing beloved is captivating to the heart, and the glance of that graceful one is truly charming.
2
सजन के हुस्न कूँ टुक फ़िक्र सूँ देख
कि ये आईना-ए-मअ'नी-नुमा है
Gaze upon the beloved's beauty with a contemplative eye, / For it is a mirror wherein inner meanings lie.
Look at the beloved's beauty with a little thought and contemplation, for it is a mirror that reveals inner meanings.
3
ये ख़त है जौहर-ए-आईना-राज़
इसे मुश्क-ए-ख़ुतन कहना बजा है
This tender down is the sheen on the mirror of secrets; to call it the musk of Khotan is entirely just.
This facial down is the luster on the mirror of secrets, and calling it the musk of Khotan is entirely appropriate.
4
हुआ मालूम तुझ ज़ुल्फ़ाँ सूँ ऐ शोख़
कि शाह-ए-हुस्न पर ज़िल्ल-ए-हुमा है
From your flowing tresses I came to know, O playful one, that upon beauty's sovereign rests the auspicious shadow of the Huma.
O playful beloved, seeing your tresses reveals that the auspicious shadow of the Huma bird rests upon the sovereign of beauty.
5
न होवे कोहकन क्यूँ आ के आशिक़
जो वो शीरीं-अदा गुलगूँ-क़बा है
Why would the mountain-hewer not arrive and fall in love, when she possesses sweet Shireen's grace and wears a rose-red robe?
Why would Farhad (the mountain-digger) not come and fall in love, when the beloved possesses Shireen-like sweet charms and wears a rose-red robe?
6
न पूछो आह-ओ-ज़ारी की हक़ीक़त
अज़ीज़ाँ आशिक़ी का मुक़तज़ा है
Ask not the truth behind these sighs and weeping; / Dear friends, such sorrow is what love demands.
Do not ask the reality behind these sighs and weeping; dear friends, this is simply the inevitable demand of being in love.
7
'वली' कूँ मत मलामत कर ऐ वाइज़
मलामत आशिक़ों पर कब रवा है
Do not reproach Wali, O preacher; when has censure ever been justified for lovers?
O preacher, do not reproach Wali; when has censure ever been permissible for lovers?
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