Ghazal
किया मुझ इश्क़ ने ज़ालिम कूँ आब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
This ghazal reflects on the gradual and transformative power of love, showing how sincere devotion slowly melts even the hardest heart over time. Through evocative imagery like the gentle distillation of rosewater through heat, the poet captures the beauty of patience, healing, and emotional awakening.
Source: rekhta · HI
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किया मुझ इश्क़ ने ज़ालिम कूँ आब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
कि आतिश गुल कूँ करती है गुलाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
My passion melted that cruel beloved to water, soft and slow, just as fire distils the rose into sweet water in its gentle glow.
My love gradually melted that cruel beloved into water, just as fire slowly turns a rose into rosewater.
2
वफ़ादारी ने दिलबर की बुझाया आतिश-ए-ग़म कूँ
कि गर्मी दफ़ा करता है गुलाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
The beloved's fidelity has quelled the fire of sorrow, just as the rose cools the summer's heat, gently, soft and slow.
The beloved's faithfulness has extinguished the fire of sorrow, just as a rose gradually dispels the heat.
3
अजब कुछ लुत्फ़ रखता है शब-ए-ख़ल्वत में गुल-रू सूँ
ख़िताब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता जवाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
What wondrous pleasure it holds, in the night of solitude with the rose-faced beloved: words spoken soft and slow, gentle answers soft and slow.
In the night of solitude with the rose-faced beloved, there is a wondrous pleasure in speaking slowly and receiving answers just as gently.
4
मिरे दिल कूँ किया बे-ख़ुद तिरी अँखियाँ ने आख़िर कूँ
कि ज्यूँ बेहोश करती है शराब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
At last, your eyes have robbed my heart of all its senses, just as wine steals away consciousness, slowly, by and by.
Finally, your eyes have made my heart lose its senses, just as wine gradually intoxicates and knocks a person unconscious.
5
हुआ तुझ इश्क़ सूँ ऐ आतिशीं-रू दिल मिरा पानी
कि ज्यूँ गलता है आतिश सूँ गुलाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
From love of thee, O fiery-faced, my heart has melted to water; just as the rose is distilled by flame, slowly, ever so slowly.
O fiery-faced beloved, in your love my heart has melted into water, just as a rose slowly melts over fire.
6
अदा ओ नाज़ सूँ आता है वो रौशन-जबीं घर सूँ
कि ज्यूँ मशरिक़ सूँ निकले आफ़्ताब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
With grace and coquetry steps forth that radiant beauty from home, / Just as from the East arises the sun, softly, slow and slow.
That bright-faced beloved emerges from home with grace and coquetry, just like the sun rising slowly from the east.
7
'वली' मुझ दिल में आता है ख़याल-ए-यार-ए-बे-परवा
कि ज्यूँ अँखियाँ मनीं आता है ख़्वाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
Into my heart, O Wali, slips the thought of my indifferent beloved, just as into weary eyes a dream steals, softly and slow.
Wali says that the thought of his indifferent beloved enters his heart slowly and gently, just as a dream quietly slips into the eyes.
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