Ghazal
या मुझे अफ़सर-ए-शाहाना बनाया होता
In this ghazal, the poet laments the torment of rational intellect and worldly moderation, wishing instead for an absolute state—either sovereign majesty, the freedom of utter renunciation, or the consumed madness of divine love. The emotional tone is deeply contemplative, combining existential yearning with poignant resignation.
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या मुझे अफ़सर-ए-शाहाना बनाया होता
या मिरा ताज गदायाना बनाया होता
Either You should have crowned me with an emperor's pride, / Or fashioned my diadem in a beggar's stride.
Either You should have made me bear a royal crown, or You should have made my crown that of a beggar.
2
अपना दीवाना बनाया मुझे होता तू ने
क्यूँ ख़िरद-मंद बनाया न बनाया होता
If only You had driven me mad with passion for Your sake; Why endow me with reason? A gift You shouldn't make.
If only You had made me madly devoted to You. Why did You make me sensible and wise, when it would have been better not to make me so?
3
ख़ाकसारी के लिए गरचे बनाया था मुझे
काश ख़ाक-ए-दर-ए-जानाना बनाया होता
Though I was fashioned only to be humble dust, would that I were made the dust at my beloved's door!
Although I was created only for humility and lowliness, I wish I had been made the dust at my beloved's doorstep.
4
नश्शा-ए-इश्क़ का गर ज़र्फ़ दिया था मुझ को
उम्र का तंग न पैमाना बनाया होता
If You had granted me the capacity to hold love's intoxicating wine, You should not have made the goblet of my life so narrow in design.
If You had granted me the capacity to endure the intoxication of love, You should not have made the cup of my lifespan so short.
5
दिल-ए-सद-चाक बनाया तो बला से लेकिन
ज़ुल्फ़-ए-मुश्कीं का तिरे शाना बनाया होता
So what if my heart was torn into a hundred shreds; would that He had shaped it into a comb for your musky tresses!
Even if God made my heart torn into a hundred pieces, it would have mattered little if He had only fashioned it into a comb for your musky, fragrant hair.
6
सूफ़ियों के जो न था लायक़-ए-सोहबत तो मुझे
क़ाबिल-ए-जलसा-ए-रिंदाना बनाया होता
If I was not worthy of the Sufis' company, You should have made me fit for the gathering of revellers.
If I was not worthy of the company of pious Sufis, You should have at least made me fit for the gathering of revellers and drinkers.
7
था जलाना ही अगर दूरी-ए-साक़ी से मुझे
तो चराग़-ए-दर-ए-मय-ख़ाना बनाया होता
If I was destined to burn in separation from the cupbearer, you should have made me the lamp at the tavern door.
If I was destined to burn in separation from the cupbearer, you should have at least made me the lamp at the entrance of the tavern.
8
शोला-ए-हुस्न चमन में न दिखाया उस ने
वर्ना बुलबुल को भी परवाना बनाया होता
She did not unveil the flame of her beauty in the garden, / else even the nightingale would have been turned into a moth.
The beloved did not display the flame of beauty in the garden, otherwise even the nightingale would have been turned into a moth.
9
रोज़ मामूरा-ए-दुनिया में ख़राबी है 'ज़फ़र'
ऐसी बस्ती को तो वीराना बनाया होता
Every day brings ruin to this populated world, O Zafar; far better had such a settlement been made a desolate wilderness.
O Zafar, every day brings some turmoil or ruin to this populated world; it would have been far better if such an inhabited settlement had simply been made a wilderness.
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