Ghazal
दिल मिरा सोज़-ए-निहाँ से बे-मुहाबा जल गया
This ghazal vividly portrays the speaker's heart burning from a hidden, relentless fire of sorrow or love, leaving no trace of desire or memory. The intensity of this inner torment is so immense that it transcends even non-existence, and its mere thought is capable of incinerating a desert. It speaks of complete emotional devastation and the destructive power of profound anguish.
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दिल मिरा सोज़-ए-निहाँ से बे-मुहाबा जल गया
आतिश-ए-ख़ामोश की मानिंद गोया जल गया
My heart, from hidden anguish, burned without restraint,As though it burned, like a silent fire, completely spent.
My heart, from hidden anguish, burned without restraint. It burned as if like a silent fire.
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दिल में ज़ौक़-ए-वस्ल ओ याद-ए-यार तक बाक़ी नहीं
आग इस घर में लगी ऐसी कि जो था जल गया
In the heart, no zest for union, no beloved's memory lingers,
Such a fire consumed this house, that all that was, now only cinders.
In the heart, neither the desire for union nor the memory of the beloved remains. Such a fire consumed this house that everything that was there burned down completely.
3
मैं अदम से भी परे हूँ वर्ना ग़ाफ़िल बार-हा
मेरी आह-ए-आतिशीं से बाल-ए-अन्क़ा जल गया
I am beyond non-existence itself, else, O heedless one, many a time,My fiery sigh would have burned the Anqa's wing.
I am even beyond non-existence; otherwise, O heedless one, my fiery sigh would have burned the Anqa's wing many times over.
4
अर्ज़ कीजे जौहर-ए-अंदेशा की गर्मी कहाँ
कुछ ख़याल आया था वहशत का कि सहरा जल गया
Where is the ardent essence of thought's deep fire?A mere thought of madness arose, and the desert burned entire.
Tell me, where is the intensity of the essence of thought? Just a thought of madness arose, and the desert burned.
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दिल नहीं तुझ को दिखाता वर्ना दाग़ों की बहार
इस चराग़ाँ का करूँ क्या कार-फ़रमा जल गया
I don't show my heart to you, else a spring of wounds you'd see,
But what can I do with this illumination, when its very director ceased to be?
I do not show my heart to you, otherwise, you would see a spring of wounds. What can I do with this illumination/festival of lights, when its very director/operator has burned away?
6
मैं हूँ और अफ़्सुर्दगी की आरज़ू 'ग़ालिब' कि दिल
देख कर तर्ज़-ए-तपाक-ए-अहल-ए-दुनिया जल गया
I am, Ghalib, and for gloom, I now desire, For my heart, seeing the world's false warmth, was set afire.
Ghalib, I exist and now desire sadness, because my heart was burnt upon seeing the superficial cordiality of worldly people.
7
ख़ानमान-ए-आशिक़ाँ दुकान-ए-आतिश-बाज़ है
शो'ला-रू जब हो गए गर्म-ए-तमाशा जल गया
The abode of lovers is a fire-worker's shop;When the flame-faced one grew keen for the show, it all burnt down.
The home of lovers is a fire-worker's shop. When the flame-faced beloved became eager for the spectacle, everything burnt down.
8
ता कुजा अफ़सोस-ए-गरमी-हा-ए-सोहबत ऐ ख़याल
दिल बा-सोज़-ए-आतिश-ए-दाग़-ए-तमन्ना जल गया
How long, O thought, will I lament companionship's warm glow?
My heart is consumed by the fire of desire's burning woe.
O thought, how long will I lament the warmth of companionship? My heart has been consumed by the burning fire of the scar of desire.
9
है 'असद' बेगाना-ए-अफ़्सुर्दगी ऐ बेकसी
दिल ज़-अंदाज़-ए-तपाक-ए-अहल-ए-दुनिया जल गया
'Asad' is a stranger to sadness, oh my helplessness!My heart burned from the worldly folk's feigned eagerness.
Oh helplessness! 'Asad' is unfamiliar with sadness, but my heart was scorched by the worldly people's manner of false warmth and eagerness.
10
दूद मेरा सुंबुलिस्ताँ से करे है हम-सरी
बस-कि शौक़-ए-आतिश-गुल से सरापा जल गया
My smoke now rivals the hyacinth's fair grace, For by the fiery flower's passion, I've burned from head to toe.
My smoke now rivals the beauty of the hyacinth, because I have completely burned from head to toe due to the passion for the fiery flower.
11
शम्अ-रूयाँ की सर-अंगुश्त-ए-हिनाई देख कर
ग़ुंचा-ए-गुल पर-फ़िशाँ परवाना-आसा जल गया
Upon seeing the hennaed fingertips of candle-faced beauties,
Upon seeing the hennaed fingertips of candle-faced beauties, the flower bud, scattering its petals, burned up like a moth.
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