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Saturday, May 31, 2008

kabhii ay haqiiqat-e muntazir

kabhii ay haqiiqat-e muntazir nazar aa libaas-e majaaz meN
kih hazaaroN sijde taRap rahe haiN mirii jabiin-e niyaaz meN

sometime, oh awaited Reality, come into view in the dress of contingency
for all the thousands of prostrations are writhing in my forehead of humility

tarab-aashnaa-e Kharosh ho tuu navaa hai mahram-e gosh ho
vuh sarod kyaa kih chhupaa huaa ho sukuut-e pardah-e saaz meN

become joy-acquainted with clamor; you are a voice, become an intimate of
the ear what [kind of] sarod is it that would be hidden in the silence of the
curtain/tone/fret of an instrument?

tuu bachaa bachaa ke nah rakh use tiraa aainah hai vuh aainah
kih shikastah ho to aziiz-tar hai nigaah-e aainah-saaz meN

don't you carefully keep it safe-- your mirror is that mirror
that if it would be broken, then it is dearer in the sight of the mirror-maker

dam-e tauf kirmak-e shama ne yih kahaa kih vuh asar-e kuhan
nah tirii hikaayat-e soz meN nah mirii hadiis-e gudaaz meN

at the moment of circumambulation the candle-insect said this: that 'that old effect
is neither in your tale of burning, nor in my story of melting'

nah kahiiN jahaaN meN amaaN milii jo amaaN milii to kahaaN milii
mire jurm-e Khaanah-Kharaab ko tire afv-e bandah-navaaz meN

nowhere in the world was peace available; if peace would be available,
then where would it be available to my house-wrecking sin,
in your servant-cherishing forgiveness?

nah vuh ishq meN rahiiN garmiyaaN nah vuh husn meN rahiiN shoKhiyaaN
nah vuh Gaznavii meN taRap rahii nah vuh Kham hai zulf-e ayaaz meN

neither did those fervors remain in passion, nor did those mischievousnesses
remain in beauty, neither did that writhing remain in the Ghaznavi, nor
is there that curl in the locks of Ayaz

jo maiN sar basijdah huaa kabhii to zamiiN se aane lagii sadaa
teraa dil to hai .sanam-aashnaa tujhe kyaa milegaa namaaz meN

when once I put my head down in prostration, then from the ground a
voice began to come, 'your heart is acquainted with idols-- what
will you get from namaz?'

1 comment:

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