Ghazal
ता-ब मक़्दूर इंतिज़ार किया
This ghazal explores the emotional turmoil of love and anticipation. It speaks of the world's enmity and the deep pain of finding a lover who proves to be unfaithful. The poet suggests that this is a factory of illusions (tawahhum), and a cunning hunter has stalked the darkness of the beloved's adornments.
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ता-ब मक़्दूर इंतिज़ार किया
दिल ने अब ज़ोर बे-क़रार किया
The heart, having endured the patience of fate, now has restless strength.
The heart, having endured the patience of fate, now possesses a restless strength.
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दुश्मनी हम से की ज़माने ने
कि जफ़ाकार तुझ सा यार किया
The world has given us enmity, / And you, O friend, have become so cruel.
The world has turned against us, and you, O friend, have become so cruel.
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ये तवहहुम का कारख़ाना है
याँ वही है जो ए'तिबार किया
This is the workshop of your deceit,
It is the very thing that was trusted.
This is the workshop of your deceit, it is the very thing that was trusted.
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एक नावक ने उस की मिज़्गाँ के
ताएर-ए-सिदरा तक शिकार किया
A falcon hunted till the fragrant branches of the cedar.
An arrow (or falcon) from her eyelashes hunted all the way to the celestial bird of Sidra.
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सद-रग-ए-जाँ को ताब दे बाहम
तेरी ज़ुल्फ़ों का एक तार किया
From the very essence of my life, you have taken a single strand of your tresses.
From the very essence of my life, you have taken a single strand of your tresses.
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हम फ़क़ीरों से बे-अदाई क्या
आन बैठे जो तुम ने प्यार किया
What is the audacity, from the fakirs, that you have done,
By loving us so much, what have you done?
What is the audacity, from the fakirs, that you have done, by loving us so much, what have you done? (It suggests that your excessive love has made us bolder and more audacious than the fakirs themselves.)
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सख़्त काफ़िर था जिन ने पहले 'मीर'
मज़हब-ए-इश्क़ इख़्तियार किया
The 'Mir' who once was a staunch infidel,
Chose the religion of divine love.
The 'Mir', who was once a staunch infidel, chose the religion of divine love.
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