Ghazal
उस के जाते ही ये क्या हो गई घर की सूरत
This ghazal poignantly captures the deep desolation and emptiness that engulfs a home following the beloved's departure. The once-familiar surroundings lose their essence, reflecting the acute grief of separation and the transience of beauty and joy.
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1
उस के जाते ही ये क्या हो गई घर की सूरत
न वो दीवार की सूरत है न दर की सूरत
No sooner did they depart than what became of this house's face; neither the wall retains its look, nor the doorway its former grace.
As soon as they departed, what has become of the state of the house; neither the walls look like themselves anymore, nor does the door.
2
किस से पैमान-ए-वफ़ा बाँध रही है बुलबुल
कल न पहचान सकेगी गुल-ए-तर की सूरत
To whom does the nightingale bind a pledge of constancy? Tomorrow she will not even recognize the fresh rose's face.
With whom is the nightingale making a pledge of loyalty? Tomorrow it will not even be able to recognize the face of this fresh rose.
3
है ग़म-ए-रोज़-ए-जुदाई न नशात-ए-शब-ए-वस्ल
हो गई और ही कुछ शाम-ओ-सहर की सूरत
Neither the sorrow of parting's day, nor the bliss of union's night remains; an entirely different face has now transformed my dusk and dawn.
Neither does the sorrow of the day of separation remain nor the joy of the night of union; the condition of morning and evening has turned into something entirely different.
4
अपनी जेबों से रहें सारे नमाज़ी हुश्यार
इक बुज़ुर्ग आते हैं मस्जिद में ख़िज़र की सूरत
Let all the worshippers beware and guard their pockets well, an elder enters the mosque wearing the guise of Khizr himself.
All worshippers should guard their pockets and stay alert, as an elderly man enters the mosque in the pious guise of Khizr.
5
देखिए शैख़ मुसव्विर से खिचे या न खिचे
सूरत और आप से बे-ऐब बशर की सूरत
Let us see, O Sheikh, if the painter can ever trace / The likeness of a flawless mortal—and that too your face!
Let us see, O Sheikh, whether the painter can draw it or not—a portrait, and that too of a flawless human being like you.
6
वाइ'ज़ो आतिश-ए-दोज़ख़ से जहाँ को तुम ने
ये डराया है कि ख़ुद बन गए डर की सूरत
O preacher, with the fires of hell you have so terrified the world, that you yourself have become the very face of fear.
O preachers, you have frightened the world so much with the fire of hell that you yourselves have become the very embodiment of fear.
7
क्या ख़बर ज़ाहिद-ए-क़ाने को कि क्या चीज़ है हिर्स
उस ने देखी ही नहीं कीसा-ए-ज़र की सूरत
What could the contented ascetic know of the true nature of greed? He has never even beheld the sight of a purse of gold.
What would a contented ascetic know about what greed really is, considering he has never even seen a purse of gold?
8
मैं बचा तीर-ए-हवादिस से निशाना बन कर
आड़े आई मिरी तस्लीम-ए-सिपर की सूरत
By turning into the target itself, I was saved from calamity's dart; / My absolute surrender stepped in, serving as my protective shield.
I was saved from the arrows of calamities by becoming their target, because my surrender stepped in to protect me like a shield.
9
शौक़ में उस के मज़ा दर्द में उस के लज़्ज़त
नासेहो उस से नहीं कोई मफ़र की सूरत
There is joy in longing for the beloved, and in that pain a sweet delight; O counselor, from this devotion there is no escape in sight.
There is pleasure in longing for the beloved and delight in the pain it causes; O counselors, there is no way to escape from this love.
10
हमला अपने पे भी इक बाद-ए-हज़ीमत है ज़रूर
रह गई है यही इक फ़त्ह ओ ज़फ़र की सूरत
An assault upon one's own self is surely due in the wake of defeat; / For this alone remains the only semblance of victory.
After suffering defeat, launching an attack on oneself is necessary, as this remains the only way left to achieve victory.
11
रहनुमाओं के हुए जाते हैं औसान ख़ता
राह में कुछ नज़र आती है ख़तर की सूरत
Even the guides are losing all their wits and nerve; some shape of peril seems to loom upon the path.
The guides themselves are losing their senses and composure, as some form of danger appears to be visible on the path.
12
यूँ तो आया है तबाही में ये बेड़ा सौ बार
पर डराती है बहुत आज भँवर की सूरत
A hundred times before has this vessel plunged into ruin; yet frightful beyond measure is the face of the whirlpool today.
Although this boat has faced destruction a hundred times before, the sight of the whirlpool today is extremely frightening.
13
उन को 'हाली' भी बुलाते हैं घर अपने मेहमाँ
देखना आप की और आप के घर की सूरत
Even Hali invites them home to be his honoured guest— / Just look at the sight of yourself, and look at the state of your house!
Even Hali is inviting them as guests to his house; just look at yourself and the state of your house first!
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