Ghazal
साँस लेते हुए भी डरता हूँ
This ghazal poignantly portrays profound vulnerability, existential grief, and the fragility of human life. Comparing existence to a fleeting bubble on the water's surface, the poet expresses a state of immense sorrow and apprehension where even taking a breath feels fraught with peril.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
साँस लेते हुए भी डरता हूँ
ये न समझें कि आह करता हूँ
I dread even to draw a breath, lest they mistake it for a sigh.
I am afraid even to take a breath, lest people misunderstand it as a sigh of grief.
2
बहर-ए-हस्ती में हूँ मिसाल-ए-हबाब
मिट ही जाता हूँ जब उभरता हूँ
In the ocean of existence, I am like a bubble; the very moment I rise, I am undone.
In the ocean of existence, I am like a water bubble; as soon as I rise, I am destroyed.
3
इतनी आज़ादी भी ग़नीमत है
साँस लेता हूँ बात करता हूँ
Even this measure of freedom is a blessing rare: I am able to breathe, I am able to speak.
Even this much freedom is a blessing: that I can breathe and I can speak.
4
शैख़ साहब ख़ुदा से डरते हों
मैं तो अंग्रेज़ों ही से डरता हूँ
The Sheikh perhaps may live in fear of God; as for me, I dread the English alone.
Sheikh Sahib may fear God, but as for me, I fear only the British.
5
आप क्या पूछते हैं मेरा मिज़ाज
शुक्र अल्लाह का है मरता हूँ
Why do you ask after how I fare? / Thanks be to God, I am dying.
Why do you ask about my well-being? Thanks be to God, I am dying.
6
ये बड़ा ऐब मुझ में है 'अकबर'
दिल में जो आए कह गुज़रता हूँ
This is a great flaw within me, O Akbar: whatever strikes my heart, I speak without restraint.
Akbar says that he possesses a great flaw: whatever thought comes to his heart, he speaks it aloud without hesitation.
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