Ghazal
न दो दुश्नाम हम को इतनी बद-ख़़ूई से क्या हासिल
In this ghazal, the poet gently remonstrates with the beloved over their harsh words, frowning demeanor, and habitual cruelty. Expressing a sense of wounded pride and heartbreak, the lover remarks that belated attempts at consolation are utterly meaningless once the heart has already been broken.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
न दो दुश्नाम हम को इतनी बद-ख़़ूई से क्या हासिल
तुम्हें देना ही होगा बोसा ख़म-रूई से क्या हासिल
Heap not curses upon me, what comes of such ill grace? You will have to yield a kiss, why wear a sullen face?
Do not curse or abuse me, for what is the use of being so ill-tempered? You will have to give me a kiss anyway, so what is the point of sulking?
2
दिल-आज़ारी ने तेरी कर दिया बिल्कुल मुझे बे-दिल
न कर अब मेरी दिल-जूई कि दिल-जूई से क्या हासिल
Your torment has left me utterly bereft of heart; console me no more now, for what can soothing impart?
Your constant hurting of my heart has made me completely disheartened and broken. Do not try to console me anymore, for what can be gained from consoling now?
3
न जब तक चाक हो दिल फाँस कब दिल की निकलती है
जहाँ हो काम ख़ंजर का वहाँ सूई से क्या हासिल
Until the heart is torn apart, how can the splinter lodged within be drawn? Where only a dagger's blade will serve, what use a needle to rely upon?
A splinter lodged in the heart cannot be removed until the heart is torn open; where a dagger is required, a needle is of no use.
4
बुराई या भलाई गो है अपने वास्ते लेकिन
किसी को क्यूँ कहें हम बद कि बद-गूई से क्या हासिल
Though virtue or vice each bears solely for their own sake, / Why should we speak ill of anyone—what gain does slander make?
Even though a person's virtue or vice is solely for their own self, why should we call anyone bad when there is nothing to be gained from speaking ill of others?
5
न कर फ़िक्र-ए-ख़िज़ाब ऐ शैख़ तू पीरी में जाने दे
जवाँ होना नहीं मुमकिन सियह-रूई से क्या हासिल
Fret not over hair dye, O Shaikh, let your old age be; youth cannot return—what will a blackened face gain thee?
O Shaikh, do not worry about using hair dye in your old age; let things be as they are. It is impossible to become young again, so what will you gain by blackening your hair or facing disgrace?
6
चढ़ाए आस्तीं ख़ंजर-ब-कफ़ वो यूँ जो फिरता है
उसे क्या जाने है उस अरबदा-जूई से क्या हासिल
With sleeves rolled high and dagger gripped in hand, he struts about in vain; who knows what from such restless quest for strife he ever hopes to gain?
He walks about with his sleeves rolled up and a dagger in hand; who knows what he hopes to gain from seeking conflict like this?
7
अबस पम्बा न रख दाग़-ए-दिल-ए-सोज़ाँ पे तू मेरे
कि अंगारे पे होगा चारागर रूई से क्या हासिल
Lay not cotton in vain upon the wound of my burning heart; O healer, what can cotton ever achieve upon a glowing ember?
O healer, do not place cotton in vain upon the wound of my burning heart. What can placing cotton upon a glowing ember possibly achieve?
8
शमीम-ए-ज़ुल्फ़ हो उस की तो हो फ़रहत मिरे दिल को
सबा होवेगा मुश्क-चीं की ख़ुशबूई से क्या हासिल
Only if it were the fragrance of her tresses would delight embrace my heart; O morning breeze, what solace could the scent of stolen musk impart?
My heart can only feel joy if it is the fragrance of my beloved's tresses; O morning breeze, what good is the scent of Chinese musk to me?
9
न होवे जब तलक इंसाँ को दिल से मेल-ए-यक-जानिब
'ज़फ़र' लोगों के दिखलाने को यकसूई से क्या हासिल
Unless the heart itself inclines toward a single devotion true, / What is gained, Zafar, by displaying single-mindedness to the public view?
Unless a person's heart genuinely inclines toward a single direction, Zafar, what is the point of merely putting on a show of devotion or single-mindedness for others?
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