Ghazal
અમારી મસ્ત ફકીરી
This ghazal, "Our Ecstatic Fakiri," celebrates the profound joy and liberation found in asceticism and detachment from worldly concerns. The poet embraces a life free from worries and desires, finding true contentment in renunciation and spiritual wisdom rather than material wealth. It emphasizes that knowing the world's transient nature leads to a joyful indifference towards its fleeting pleasures.
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ફકીરીમાં સખિરી મેં, ભરી આજે મજા કેવી?
અમીરીને ફકીરીમાં, મળી આજે રજા કેવી? ૧
O friend, what joy I've filled today, within my state of fakir-hood!What sweet release has wealth found today, in this very fakir-hood!
O friend, what joy I have filled today in my state of fakir-hood! Wealth itself seems to have found a sweet release or holiday within this very simplicity today.
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ફિકર ઘૂંટી કરી ફાકી, તમન્ના શી હવે બાકી?
શરીરે ત્યાગની કફની, ચડાવી ત્યાં કજા કેવી? ર
Having ground and swallowed all worries, what desires now remain?With the shroud of renunciation donned on the body, how can fate then affect it?
Having ground and swallowed all worries, what desires now remain? With the shroud of renunciation donned on the body, how can fate then affect it?
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ખલકને જાણતા ફાની, પછી પરવાહ તે શાની?
નથી દરકાર દુનિયાની, મળે તે ક્યાં મજા એવી? ૩
Knowing creation is fleeting, what then is there to care for?The world holds no desire, where can such joy be found?
Knowing that creation is fleeting, what then is there to care for? There is no desire for the world; where can such joy be found?
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પીવો પ્યાલા ભરી પાવો, કરીને જ્ઞાનનો કાવો,
અમીરીને ધરી દાવો, ફકીરીમાં મજા લેવી. ૪
Drink full cups, let knowledge be your sacred brew,Relinquish wealth's demands, in humble life find joy anew.
Deeply imbibe knowledge as if it's a sacred drink. Relinquish the pursuit of wealth and instead find true joy and contentment in a simple, humble life.
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કદી મખમલ તણી શૈય્યા, કદી ખુલ્લી ભૂમિ મૈયા,
કદી વહેતી મૂકી નૈયા, તરંગોની મજા લેવી. પ
At times on velvet soft I lie, at times on open earth I rest.At times I let my boat drift by, to revel in the waves' behest.
Sometimes one rests on a velvet bed, sometimes on the open ground. Sometimes one lets the boat drift freely, enjoying the waves as they come.
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કદી ખાવા મળે લાડુ, કદી ખાવા પડે ઝાડુ,
રગશિયું દેહનું ગાડું, ઉપર ભગવી ધજા કેવી? ૬
Sometimes laddoos to eat, sometimes one must sweep the dust,This dragging cart, the body, how can it fly a saffron flag?
Sometimes one gets sweets to eat, other times one must sweep. This body is a dragging cart; how can it bear a saffron flag?
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કદી છે શાલ દુશાલા, કદી લંગોટ ને માલા,
કદી હો ઝેરના પ્યાલા, મળે તેવી મજા લેવી. ૭
At times a shawl, at times rich dress,At times a loincloth, beads of grace,At times a cup of poison's stress,Enjoy whatever life doth place.
Sometimes there are rich shawls and robes, sometimes a loincloth and rosary; sometimes there are cups of poison. One should enjoy whatever comes their way.
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ધર્યા છે કેશરી જામા, કર્યાં કાષાયનાં કપડાં,
તજી સંસારના ભામા, કજામાંથી મજા લેવી. ૮
Donned robes of saffron hue, wore ochre garments, Forsaking worldly pleasures, to find joy in torments.
One has donned saffron and ochre robes, forsaking worldly attachments. The goal is to find joy even amidst adversity.
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ભર્યા છે જ્ઞાનધન ભાથાં, ઝુકાવે શાહ પણ માથાં,
જગતનો ગમ સદા ખાતાં, ગમીને જ્યાં રજા દેવી. ૯
Their quivers brim with knowledge, a treasure vast,Before them, even kings their proud heads cast.The world's deep sorrows, they forever taste,From where, with peace, one must depart at last.
Their quivers are full of the wealth of knowledge, before which even kings bow their heads. Always tasting the world's sorrows, one must depart from here with acceptance.
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ખુશી આફત મૂકી સાથે, ધખાવી હોળીઓ હાથે,
બીજાના દુઃખની માથે, ખુશીથી જ્યાં સજા લેવી. ૧૦
Joy brought calamity in its train, igniting pyres with its own hand,Upon the grief of others, where punishment is gladly received.
Joy itself brought calamity, igniting pyres with its own hands. This describes a state where one gladly accepts punishment, especially when it is related to the sorrow of others.
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જગત જીત્યું અલખ નામે, અચલ એ રાજને પામે,
નમાવી સર કદર સામે, ઊભાં ત્યાં દેવ ને દેવી. ૧૧
By Alakh's name, the world is won, an eternal kingdom is attained, with heads bowed low before such worth, there both god and goddess stand.
By the name of Alakh, the world is conquered, and an eternal kingdom is attained. Before such worth, with heads bowed, stand both gods and goddesses.
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અમીરીની મજા મીઠી, ફકીરીમાં અમે દીઠી,
ન કરવી ચાકરી ચીઠી સ્પૃહાને જ્યાં રજા દેવી. ૧ર
We found the sweet pleasure of affluence in mendicancy;Where aspirations are dismissed, no note of servitude should be heeded.
We experienced the sweet pleasure of affluence in mendicancy; where aspirations are dismissed, one should not heed any form of servitude.
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થયાં જ્યાં એક ઈશ્વરથી, પછી શી ગાંઠ ઘરઘરથી,
જગાવ્યે પ્રેમ પરવરથી, શલાકા સ્નેહની સેવી. ૧૩
When all from one God took their start, what separate knots can houses impart?Awakening love from the Divine, I nurtured affection's torch, to shine.
Since all originate from one God, there can be no true divisions between households. I awakened divine love and nurtured the torch of affection.
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