Ghazal
मा'नी को भुला देती है सूरत है तो ये है
This ghazal is a witty and humorous take on beauty, modernity, and education. With playful satire, the poet illustrates how enchanting superficial charm easily distracts from serious learning and captivates everyone.
Source: rekhta · HI
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मा'नी को भुला देती है सूरत है तो ये है
नेचर भी सबक़ सीख ले ज़ीनत है तो ये है
If form be such, it makes the heart forget all inner thought; If grace be such, from this very charm could Nature's lessons be taught.
If there is any form or beauty, it is this, which makes one forget inner meaning; and if there is any adornment, it is this, from which even Nature could learn a lesson.
2
कमरे में जो हँसती हुई आई मिस-ए-राना
टीचर ने कहा इल्म की आफ़त है तो ये है
As Miss Rana walked into the room with a charming laugh, the teacher remarked: if learning faces a calamity, behold its very staff!
When Miss Rana entered the room laughing, the teacher said that if there is a calamity for learning and knowledge, it is surely she.
3
ये बात तो अच्छी है कि उल्फ़त हो मिसों से
हूर उन को समझते हैं क़यामत है तो ये है
Loving these English damsels is fair enough, no doubt; / But mistaking them for heavenly houris—that is calamity indeed!
It is fine to fall in love with English ladies, but mistaking them for heavenly houris is the real disaster.
4
पेचीदा मसाइल के लिए जाते हैं इंग्लैण्ड
ज़ुल्फ़ों में उलझ आते हैं शामत है तो ये है
They journey to England to unravel affairs tangled and deep, / Yet return ensnared in tresses—such is the misfortune they reap.
People travel to England to resolve complicated issues, but instead end up getting entangled in someone's tresses; this truly is their misfortune.
5
पब्लिक में ज़रा हाथ मिला लीजिए मुझ से
साहब मिरे ईमान की क़ीमत है तो ये है
Just shake my hand before the crowd, sir, in the public view; if there is any price upon my faith, this is the only fee.
Sir, just shake hands with me in public; if my faith and integrity have any price, it is only this.
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