Ghazal
ख़ंजर-ब-कफ़ वो जब से सफ़्फ़ाक हो गया है
This ghazal describes an era marked by violence and oppression. The poet laments that a place once considered pure has become stained, and the intense pain and pleasure of suffering have reduced the heart to ashes. It is a profound expression of social and emotional decay.
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ख़ंजर-ब-कफ़ वो जब से सफ़्फ़ाक हो गया है
मुल्क इन सितम-ज़दों का सब पाक हो गया है
Since the dagger-bearer-of-the-hands has become the butcher,
This country of oppressors has become purified.
Since the dagger-bearer-of-the-hands has become the butcher, this country of oppressors has become purified. Literally, the couplet suggests that the land of oppressors has become cleansed or pure since the 'dagger-bearer' transformed into a butcher.
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जिस से उसे लगाऊँ रूखा ही हो मिले है
सीने में जल कर अज़-बस दिल ख़ाक हो गया है
From whom I try to draw, only dryness I receive;
My heart, burning in my chest, has turned to dust and leave.
From the person from whom I try to draw any hope, I only receive dryness (disappointment); my heart, having burned in my chest, has turned into dust.
3
क्या जानों लज़्ज़त-ए-दर्द उस की जराहतों की
ये जानों हूँ कि सीना सब चाक हो गया है
What exquisite pleasure is found in the pain of those wounds?
This life, my dear, has become a mere shell.
Oh life, what exquisite pleasure is found in the pain of those wounds? This life, my dear, has become a mere shell.
4
सोहबत से इस जहाँ की कोई ख़लास होगा
इस फ़ाहिशा पे सब को इमसाक हो गया है
From your company, this world will find its end,
Everyone has been captivated by this wanton.
From your company, this world will meet its end, and everyone has become captivated by this wanton woman.
5
दीवार कोहना है ये मत बैठ उस के साए
उठ चल कि आसमाँ तो का वाक हो गया है
Do not sit in the shadow of the wall; rise up, for the sky has already become a promise.
Do not sit in the shadow of the wall; rise up, for the sky has already become a promise.
6
शर्म-ओ-हया कहाँ की हर बात पर है शमशीर
अब तो बहुत वो हम से बेबाक हो गया है
Where is the modesty for every word? The sword is drawn now for every talk. He has become so brazen with us.
Where is the modesty for every word? The sword is drawn now for every talk. He has become so brazen with us.
7
हर हर्फ़ बस-कि रोया है हाल पर हमारे
क़ासिद के हाथ में ख़त नमनाक हो गया है
Every letter has cried out about our condition,
The letter in the qasid's hand has become moist with tears.
Every letter has wept concerning our condition, and the letter in the messenger's hand has become moist with tears.
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ज़ेर-ए-फ़लक भला तो रोवे है आप को 'मीर'
किस किस तरह का आलम याँ ख़ाक हो गया है
Oh, Zair-e-falak, if you weep, then weep for you, 'Mir',
What kind of world or state has become mere dust.
Oh, Zair-e-falak, if you weep, then weep for you, 'Mir'; what kind of world or state has become mere dust.
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