Ghazals Of Ghalib

The Almighty Of Rekhta

Mirza Asadullah Khan (Ghalib)-27-12-1797(Agra) To 15-02-1869 (Delhi)

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Translation Of Ghazal No.30



Ghazal no.30

1.
جب بہ تقریبِ سفر یار نے محمل باندھا
تپشِ شوق نے ہر ذرّے پہ اک دل باندھا
2.
اہلِ بینش نے بہ حیرت کدۂ شوخیِ ناز
جوہرِ آئنہ کو طوطیِ بسمل باندھا
3.
یاس و امّید نے یک عربدہ میداں مانگا
عجزِ ہمّت نے طلسمِ دلِ سائل باندھا
4.
نہ بندھے تشنگیِ شوق کے مضموں غالب
گرچہ دل کھول کے دریا کو بھی ساحل باندھا
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1.
जब ब तक़रीब-ए सफ़र यार ने महमिल बांधा
तपिश-ए शौक़ ने हर ज़ररे पह इक दिल बांधा
2.
अहल-ए बीनिश ने ब हैरत-कदह-ए शोख़ी-ए नाज़
जौहर-ए आइनह को तूती-ए बिसमिल बांधा
3.
यास-ओ-उममीद ने यक `अरबदह-मैदां मांगा
`अजज़-ए हिममत ने तिलिसम-ए दिल-ए साइल बांधा
4.
न बंधे तिशनगी-ए शौक़ के मज़मूं ग़ालिब
गरचिह दिल खोल के दरया को भी साहिल बांधा
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1.
jab bah taqriib-e safar yaar ne ma;hmil baa;Ndhaa
tapish-e shauq ne har ;zarre pah ik dil baa;Ndhaa
2.
ahl-e biinish ne bah ;hairat-kadah-e sho;xii-e naaz
jauhar-e aa))inah ko :tuu:tii-e bismil baa;Ndhaa
3.
yaas-o-ummiid ne yak ((arbadah-maidaa;N maa;Ngaa
((ajz-e himmat ne :tilism-e dil-e saa))il baa;Ndhaa
4.
nah ba;Ndhe tishnagii-e shauq ke ma.zmuu;N ;Gaalib
garchih dil khol ke daryaa ko bhii saa;hil baa;Ndhaa
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Translation

1.
When for journey beloved tied a carrier on the back of a camel,
The heat of desire bound on to every particle a single heart.
2.
The wise people amazed with height of wantonness of coquetry,
The skill of mirror is bound by the wounded small parrot.
(Just polished mirrors reflect light green shades.)
(They are taught to speak in front of mirror.)
(This is the couplet of Sufism. Ghalib created simile__beauty as mirror, her quality as skill of mirror and grief-stricken world as wounded parrot.)
3.
Despair and desire demanded one vast battle-field,
Dignity of courage fixed the magic of the heart of beggar.
4.
The subject matters of thirst of artistic temperament did not become bound "Ghalib",
Even if I opened the heart, sea also bound by the shore.
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