Ghazal
वाँ अगर जाएँ तो ले कर जाएँ क्या
In this ghazal, the poet expresses deep shame and hesitation at facing the beloved or the Divine with a heart still tethered to desire and sin. It captures acute self-awareness regarding human frailties and the futility of insincere repentance.
Source: rekhta · HI
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वाँ अगर जाएँ तो ले कर जाएँ क्या
मुँह उसे हम जा के ये दिखलाएँ क्या
Were I to go there, what offering could I bring? And going there, how could I show this face of mine?
If we were to go to the beloved, what offering could we take along? And going there, how could we show this face of ours to them?
2
दिल में है बाक़ी वही हिर्स-ए-गुनाह
फिर किए से अपने हम पछताएँ क्या
When the longing for sin still lingers in the heart, why then should I repent for what I have done?
When the same desire for sin still remains in the heart, why should we regret what we have done?
3
आओ लें उस को हमीं जा कर मना
उस की बे-परवाइयों पर जाएँ क्या
Come, let us go ourselves and win them back; why take their cold indifference to heart?
Come, let us go ourselves and appease them; why should we bother taking their indifference to heart?
4
दिल को मस्जिद से न मंदिर से है उन्स
ऐसे वहशी को कहीं बहलाएँ क्या
The heart has no fondness for the mosque, nor love for the temple; how then can one ever divert a spirit so wild and untamed?
The heart feels no affection for either the mosque or the temple; how can such a wild and untamed heart ever be comforted or diverted anywhere?
5
जानता दुनिया को है इक खेल तू
खेल क़ुदरत के तुझे दिखलाएँ क्या
You deem this world to be a mere play; what wondrous games of Nature shall I display?
You consider this world to be merely a game; should we show you the true games of nature?
6
उम्र की मंज़िल तो जूँ तूँ कट गई
मरहले अब देखिए पेश आएँ क्या
The journey of this life was somehow passed and done; now let us see what trials ahead are yet to come.
The journey of life was somehow passed and endured; now let us see what stages or trials lie ahead.
7
दिल को सब बातों की है नासेह ख़बर
समझे समझाए को बस समझाएँ क्या
The heart is already aware of it all, O counselor; what is left to explain to one who already understands?
O adviser, the heart is already aware of everything; what more can anyone explain to someone who already understands?
8
मान लीजे शैख़ जो दा'वा करे
इक बुज़ुर्ग-ए-दीं को हम झुटलाएँ क्या
Let us concede whatever claim the Shaikh may make; why should we dare belie an elder of the faith?
Whatever claim the Shaikh makes should simply be accepted; how can we possibly call an elder of the faith a liar?
9
हो चुके 'हाली' ग़ज़ल-ख़्वानी के दिन
रागनी बे-वक़्त की अब गाएँ क्या
The days of reciting ghazals are over now, O Hali; why sing an untimely melody when the hour has passed?
O Hali, the days of reciting ghazals are over; what is the use of singing an untimely melody now?
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