Ghazal
ये क़िस्सा वो नहीं तुम जिस को क़िस्सा-ख़्वाँ से सुनो
In this ghazal, the poet emphasizes that genuine grief cannot be captured by ordinary storytellers and implores the beloved to hear the tale of sorrow directly from him. The emotional tone is intensely poignant, depicting a profound heartache where every fiber of the lover's being weeps like a reed flute.
Source: rekhta · HI
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1
ये क़िस्सा वो नहीं तुम जिस को क़िस्सा-ख़्वाँ से सुनो
मिरे फ़साना-ए-ग़म को मिरी ज़बाँ से सुनो
This is no tale for a storyteller to unfold; hear the story of my sorrow from my own lips told.
This is not a tale that you should hear from a storyteller; you should listen to the story of my grief directly from my own lips.
2
सुनाओ दर्द-ए-दिल अपना तो दम-ब-दम फ़रियाद
मिसाल-ए-नय मिरी हर एक उस्तुख़्वाँ से सुनो
Should I recount my heart's deep pain, a ceaseless cry will moan;
Hear it sigh like a hollow reed flute from each and every bone.
If I narrate the pain of my heart, it is a constant lament; listen to it coming from each of my bones just like the sound of a reed flute.
3
करो हज़ार सितम ले के ज़िक्र क्या यक यार
शिकायत अपनी तुम इस अपने नीम-जाँ से सुनो
Inflict a thousand torments, but why speak of another, my love? Hear complaints against yourself from this half-dead soul of yours.
Inflict a thousand cruelties on me, but why bring up someone else, O beloved? Listen to the complaints about yourself from this half-dead lover of yours.
4
ख़ुदा के वास्ते ऐ हमदमो न बोलो तुम
पयाम लाया है क्या नामा-बर वहाँ से सुनो
For God's sake, O companions, do not speak a word; listen to what message the messenger has brought from there.
For God's sake, O companions, please be silent; listen to what message the messenger has brought from there.
5
तुम्हारे इश्क़ ने रुस्वा किया जहाँ में हमें
हमारा ज़िक्र न तुम क्यूँकि इक जहाँ से सुनो
Your love has brought me infamy across the world; why then would you not hear tell of me from an entire world?
Your love has brought me infamy throughout the world, so why would you not hear people everywhere speaking of me?
6
सुनो तुम अपनी जो तेग़-ए-निगाह के औसाफ़
जो तुम को सुनना हो उस शोख़-ए-दिल-सिताँ से सुनो
If you desire to hear praise of your glance's keen blade, then hear it told by that heart-ravishing charmer.
If you want to hear the praise of the sharpness of your gaze, then hear it from that playful heart-stealer.
7
'ज़फ़र' वो बोसा तो क्या देगा पर कोई दुश्नाम
जो तुम को सुनना हो उस शोख़-ए-दिल-सिताँ से सुनो
A kiss is far too much to hope for, Zafar; yet if abuse is what you wish to hear, go hear it from that playful thief of hearts.
Zafar, they will hardly give you a kiss, but if you wish to hear curses or abuse, you can go and hear them from that playful thief of hearts.
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