Ghazal
क्या मुसीबत-ज़दा दिल माइल-ए-आज़ार न था
This ghazal expresses the lament of a heart fraught with troubles, suggesting that this heart was never subject to any pain or hardship. The poet suggests that without Adam reviving the world, this world (mirror) would not have been worthy of viewing. It also touches upon the themes of the desolation of homelands and the freedom from any captivity or confinement.
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क्या मुसीबत-ज़दा दिल माइल-ए-आज़ार न था
कौन से दर्द-ओ-सितम का ये तरफ़-दार न था
Was my heart not a wandering, fickle one, inclined to love?
Or was it not a corner where pain and oppression gathered?
Was my heart not a wandering, fickle one, inclined to love? Or was it not a corner where pain and oppression gathered?
2
आदम-ए-ख़ाकी से आलम को जिला है वर्ना
आईना था ये वले क़ाबिल-ए-दीदार न था
From the dust of Adam, the world was brought to life; otherwise, this mirror would not have been worthy of sight.
Since the world was brought to life from the dust of Adam, this mirror was worthy of being seen.
3
धूप में जलती हैं ग़ुर्बत वतनों की लाशें
तेरे कूचे में मगर साया-ए-दीवार न था
In the sunlight, the corpses of impoverished lands burn,
Yet in your alleyway, even the shadow of a wall was absent.
The lines suggest that just as the lands are burning from poverty, there was no shelter or support even in your path.
4
सद गुलिस्ताँ ता-यक बाल थे उस के जब तक
ताइर-ए-जाँ क़फ़स-ए-तन का गिरफ़्तार न था
The garden was so lovely, until his hair was youthful,
When the bird of the soul was not captive in the cage of the body.
The garden was so lovely, until his hair was youthful, when the bird of the soul was not captured in the cage of the body.
5
हैफ़ समझा ही न वो क़ातिल नादाँ वर्ना
बे-गुनह मारने क़ाबिल ये गुनहगार न था
He was not a killer, nor was he a foolish fool, for verily,
He was not a criminal deserving of such an unjust death.
The Shayar says that he was neither a killer nor a foolish fool, because he was not a criminal deserving of such an unjust death.
6
इश्क़ का जज़्ब हुआ बाइ'स-ए-सौदा वर्ना
यूसुफ़-ए-मिस्र ज़ुलेख़ा का ख़रीदार न था
Unless the passion of love had taken hold, or it was not the buyer of Zeuchessa, the Joseph of Egypt.
If it were not for the passion of love, he would not have been the buyer of Zeuchessa, the Joseph of Egypt.
7
नर्म-तर मोम से भी हम को कोई देती क़ज़ा
संग छाती का तो ये दिल हमें दरकार न था
From the softest wax, no one gives us fate,
The breast's company, this heart did not require.
No one gives us fate even from the softest wax; this heart did not require the company of a breast.
8
रात हैरान हूँ कुछ चुप ही मुझे लग गई 'मीर'
दर्द पिन्हाँ थे बहुत पर लब-ए-इज़हार न था
Tonight, I am bewildered, remaining silent, 'Meer',
Though there were many pains, my lips were not ready to speak.
Tonight, I am bewildered and silent, 'Meer'. Although there were many pains, my lips were not ready to express them.
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