Ghazal
न हासिल हुआ सब्र-ओ-आराम दिल का
This ghazal portrays the perpetual restlessness of an aching heart and the unfulfilled longings caused by the beloved's indifference. Despite finding no peace or solace, the lover remains eternally intoxicated by the profound wine of love.
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1
न हासिल हुआ सब्र-ओ-आराम दिल का
न निकला कभी तुम से कुछ काम दिल का
Neither did this heart attain patience and peace, nor from you was any purpose of the heart ever fulfilled.
Neither did the heart ever attain patience and peace, nor was any purpose or desire of the heart ever fulfilled by you.
2
मोहब्बत का नश्शा रहे क्यूँ न हर-दम
भरा है मय-ए-इश्क़ से जाम दिल का
Why shouldn't the intoxication of love linger at every breath, / When the goblet of the heart is brimming with passion's wine?
Why shouldn't the intoxication of love remain at every moment, when the goblet of the heart is filled with the wine of love?
3
फँसाया तो आँखों ने दाम-ए-बला में
मगर इश्क़ में हो गया नाम दिल का
Though it was the eyes that lured me into calamity's snare, yet in the realm of love, it was the heart that gained renown.
Although it was the eyes that trapped me in the snare of trouble, in love it was the heart that got the name.
4
हुआ ख़्वाब रुस्वा ये इश्क़-ए-बुताँ में
ख़ुदा ही है अब मेरे बदनाम दिल का
Brought low and disgraced in the love of these idols; God alone is now the refuge of my ill-famed heart.
This heart has been ruined and disgraced in the love of idols (earthly beloveds); now God alone is the protector of my ill-famed heart.
5
ये बाँकी अदाएँ ये तिरछी निगाहें
यही ले गईं सब्र-ओ-आराम दिल का
These coquettish airs, these sideways glances of art / Have stolen away all patience and peace from my heart.
These graceful gestures and sideways glances have taken away all the patience and peace of my heart.
6
धुआँ पहले उठता था आग़ाज़ था वो
हुआ ख़ाक अब ये है अंजाम दिल का
Smoke rose at first, that was only the start; Now turned to ash, such is the fate of this heart.
Earlier, smoke was rising, which was merely the beginning; now it has turned to ashes, and this is the final fate of the heart.
7
जब आग़ाज़-ए-उल्फ़त ही में जल रहा है
तो क्या ख़ाक बतलाऊँ अंजाम दिल का
When at the very dawn of love it is already burning, what on earth can I say of the heart's final fate?
When the heart is already burning at the very beginning of love, what on earth can I say about what its ultimate fate will be?
8
ख़ुदा के लिए फेर दो मुझ को साहब
जो सरकार में कुछ न हो काम दिल का
For God's sake, turn me back and let me go, my lord, if in your royal court there is no employment for a heart.
For God's sake, send me back, sir, if there is no work or need for a heart in your court.
9
पस-ए-मर्ग उन पर खुला हाल-ए-उल्फ़त
गई ले के रूह अपनी पैग़ाम दिल का
Only after my death was love's true state revealed to them; my soul itself had gone, bearing the message of my heart.
The true state of my love was revealed to them only after my death, when my soul itself departed carrying the message of my heart.
10
तड़पता हुआ यूँ न पाया हमेशा
कहूँ क्या मैं आग़ाज़-ओ-अंजाम दिल का
It was not always found writhing in such torment; what can I say of the heart's beginning and its end?
My heart was not always found writhing in such torment; what can I even say about its beginning and its ultimate end?
11
दिल उस बे-वफ़ा को जो देते हो 'अकबर'
तो कुछ सोच लो पहले अंजाम दिल का
If you are surrendering your heart to that faithless one, O Akbar, then pause first and consider well the fate that awaits it.
O Akbar, if you are giving your heart to that faithless beloved, then first consider what the ultimate fate of your heart will be.
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