Ghazal
कोई ये कह दे गुलशन गुलशन
This ghazal poignantly reflects on the fragility of existence and the relentless trials confronting a vulnerable soul. It explores the themes of deceit by both guides and plunderers, ultimately recognizing the human heart as both one's truest friend and greatest adversary.
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कोई ये कह दे गुलशन गुलशन
लाख बलाएँ एक नशेमन
Let someone proclaim across every bower: A hundred thousand perils beset a single nest.
Let someone announce in every garden that there is only a single nest, while a hundred thousand perils threaten it.
2
क़ातिल रहबर क़ातिल रहज़न
दिल सा दोस्त न दिल सा दुश्मन
A murderous guide, a deadly thief along the way—no friend like the heart, no enemy to lead so far astray.
The heart is both a deadly guide and a deadly robber; there is neither any friend like the heart nor any enemy like it.
3
फूल खिले हैं गुलशन गुलशन
लेकिन अपना अपना दामन
Flowers have blossomed across every garden, yet each must gather in their own hem.
Flowers have bloomed in every garden, but each person has only their own lap to gather them.
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इश्क़ है प्यारे खेल नहीं है
इश्क़ है कार-ए-शीशा-ओ-आहन
Love, my dear, is no child's play; / Love is an ordeal of glass against iron.
My dear, love is not a mere game; it is an ordeal as fraught as striking fragile glass against hard iron.
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ख़ैर मिज़ाज-ए-हुस्न की या-रब
तेज़ बहुत है दिल की धड़कन
May all be well with Beauty's mood, O Lord, for wildly races the beating of my heart.
O Lord, may the beloved's mood and well-being be safe, for my heart is beating exceedingly fast.
6
आ कि न जाने तुझ बिन कब से
रूह है लाशा जिस्म है मदफ़न
Come, for who knows how long without you—the soul has been a corpse, the body its tomb.
Come back, for who knows how long without you my soul has been a lifeless corpse and my body its grave.
7
आज न जाने राज़ ये क्या है
हिज्र की रात और इतनी रौशन
I know not what mystery unfolds tonight—a night of separation, yet so luminous and bright.
I do not know what mystery this is today, that despite being a night of separation, it is so brightly illuminated.
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उम्रें बीतीं सदियाँ गुज़रीं
है वही अब तक इश्क़ का बचपन
Lifetimes have elapsed, centuries have drifted by; Yet love remains, even now, in its tender infancy.
Lifetimes have passed and centuries have elapsed, yet love still remains in its childhood.
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तुझ सा हसीं और ख़ून-ए-मोहब्बत
वहम है शायद सुर्ख़ी-ए-दामन
One as beauteous as you, and the slaughter of love? Perhaps it is merely an illusion, the crimson upon your hem.
Someone as beautiful as you could murder love? The crimson stain on your hem is likely merely an illusion.
10
बर्क़-ए-हवादिस अल्लाह अल्लाह
झूम रही है शाख़-ए-नशेमन
The lightning of calamities, good God! / And yet gently sways the branch that holds the nest.
Good God, look at the lightning of calamities, and yet the branch holding the nest sways serenely.
11
तू ने सुलझ कर गेसू-ए-जानाँ
और बढ़ा दी शौक़ की उलझन
By becoming untangled, O beloved's tresses, you have only deepened the tangles of desire.
O beloved's tresses, by becoming untangled, you have only further increased the confusion and restlessness of my desire.
12
रहमत होगी तालिब-ए-इस्याँ
रश्क करेगी पाकीए-दामन
Divine mercy shall seek out the sinner's guilt, while spotless virtue envies the stained hem.
Divine mercy will actively seek out sins, and spotless purity will envy the stained hem of the sinner.
13
दिल कि मुजस्सम आईना-सामाँ
और वो ज़ालिम आईना-दुश्मन
The heart, an embodiment made of mirrors / and that cruel beloved, the mirror's sworn foe.
The heart is entirely an embodiment of mirrors, while that cruel beloved is an enemy of mirrors, bent on shattering them.
14
बैठे हम हर बज़्म में लेकिन
झाड़ के उट्ठे अपना दामन
In every assembly we took our seat, yet rose dusting clean the hem of our robe.
We sat in every gathering and assembly, but whenever we rose to leave, we brushed off our hem and remained completely untainted.
15
हस्ती-ए-शाएर अल्लाह अल्लाह
हुस्न की मंज़िल इश्क़ का मस्कन
The existence of the poet, praise be to God; the destination of beauty, the sanctuary of love.
Praise be to God for the being of the poet; it is the ultimate destination of beauty and the dwelling place of love.
16
रंगीं फ़ितरत सादा तबीअत
फ़र्श-नशीं और अर्श-नशेमन
A vibrant nature, yet a spirit plain and mild; resting upon the dust, yet nesting in the skies.
The person has a vibrant nature yet a simple temperament; while sitting upon the humble earth, their true dwelling is in the highest heavens.
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काम अधूरा और आज़ादी
नाम बड़े और थोड़े दर्शन
The task remains unfinished, yet freedom is sought; grand is the celebrated name, yet meager when beheld.
The work remains unfinished yet freedom is demanded; the name and reputation are grand, but the actual reality is very meager.
18
शम्अ है लेकिन धुंदली धुंदली
साया है लेकिन रौशन रौशन
The candle burns, yet faint and hazy; the shadow lingers, radiant and bright.
The candle is present but faint and dim, whereas the shadow is present but bright and radiant.
19
काँटों का भी हक़ है कुछ आख़िर
कौन छुड़ाए अपना दामन
Thorns too have some right, after all; who would wrench their hem away?
After all, thorns too have some right, so who would bother to pull their hem away from them.
20
चलती फिरती छाँव है प्यारे
किस का सहरा कैसा गुलशन
It is but a fleeting shade, my dear—whose is the desert, what is the garden?
My dear, this life is merely a moving, fleeting shade; here, neither does the desert belong to anyone nor does any garden hold any permanence.
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