Ghazal
का'बा में जा रहा तो न दो ता'ना क्या कहें
This ghazal by Ghalib expresses a profound fatalism, where the poet feels his destiny is predetermined and inherently flawed, leading him astray from virtuous paths. He questions the sincerity of worship driven by the desire for paradise and the futility of human effort against an unyielding fate, suggesting that one's efforts are always subject to destruction.
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का'बा में जा रहा तो न दो ता'ना क्या कहें
भूला हूँ हक़्क़-ए-सोहबत-ए-अहल-ए-कुनिश्त को
If I'm off to Kaaba, why reproach me? What can one say?
I've forgotten the companionship of the people of the church.
The speaker, heading to the Kaaba, questions why they should be reproached and admits to having forgotten the companionship of the people of the church.
2
ता'अत में ता रहे न मय-ओ-अंगबीं की लाग
दोज़ख़ में डाल दो कोई ले कर बहिश्त को
Lest devotion be driven by the desire for wine and honey, let someone take Paradise and cast it into Hell.
Lest devotion be tainted by the desire for wine and honey, let someone take Paradise and cast it into Hell.
3
हूँ मुन्हरिफ़ न क्यूँ रह-ओ-रस्म-ए-सवाब से
टेढ़ा लगा है क़त क़लम-ए-सरनविश्त को
Why should I not diverge from custom and righteous way?When fate's own pen has cut my destiny astray.
Why should I not deviate from the path of righteousness and proper customs? This is because the pen of destiny itself has cut my fate awry.
4
'ग़ालिब' कुछ अपनी स'ई से लहना नहीं मुझे
ख़िर्मन जले अगर न मलख़ खाए किश्त को
O Ghalib, no gain from my own toil I see,The harvest would burn, though no locusts free
To eat the crop.
Ghalib says that he gains nothing from his own efforts. Even if locusts don't eat the crop, the harvest will still burn.
5
आई अगर बला तो जगह से टले नहीं
ईरा ही दे के हम ने बचाया है किश्त को
If calamity struck, we did not budge from our ground; by sacrificing a pawn, we saved the game.
If calamity struck, we did not budge from our ground; by sacrificing a pawn, we saved the game.
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