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panDit jagmohan raina shauq (1863-1947?). He served as deputy collector in a district including agra. His ustaad was amir minaaii. He retired in 1920 and lived in allahabad. There are two volumes of his own Ghazal, published in 1940 and 1947. Together with panDit brij kishan kaul beKhabar, he authored two massive volumes (1931 and 1932) of about 1000 pages each of fine print, collecting urdu and faarsi verse of kashmiri panDits from magazine and manuscripts.
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kuchh to ho, dard ki lazzat¹ hi sahi
teri ulfat² meN aziyyat³ hi sahi   1.pleasure 2.love 3.torture
The poet/lover is desperate. He wants something, anything, that is associated with the beloved. He is quite willing to settle for the pain of pleasure/love, for torture in the love of the beloved.
2
dard ko dard na jab tu samjhe
bad-gumaani¹ teri aadat² hi sahi     1.supspicion, blaming 2.habit
The poet/lover has been describing his pain to the beloved. She does not believe him. He is willing to accept that, being suspicious may be your habit.
3
dil-e mahjur¹ meN armaan²-e visaal³
na sahi, diid⁴ ki hasrat⁵ hi sahi   1.rejected, cast off 2.desire 3.union (with the beloved) 4.sight, glimpse 5.longing
The poet/lover is totally dejected. His heart has been cast off and so hopeless tha the does not have even a desire for union left. That may be so, he is willing to settle for a longing to catch a glimpse of the beloved.
4
but-kada¹ chhoRne vaale to na the
Khair² milti hai to jannat hi sahi     1.house of idols, beloved’s house/lane 2.after all, all said and done
The poet/lover was not willing to leave the lane of the beloved. But death came. It was inevitable. He is willing to settle for it. If not the beloved’s lane, at least heaven.
5
dil ko thaa Khaak¹ meN milnaa, so milaa
dekhne vaaloN ko ibrat² hi sahi   1.dust, earth 2.warning, exemplary lesson
It was inevitable that the heart be trampled underfoot and ground into the earth. And so it was. If that is an exemplary lesson for others (other lovers), so be it.
6
us sitamgaar¹ ne kar li tauba²
aye falak³ haaN koi aafat⁴ hi sahi     1.torturer, beloved 2.repent 3.sky, fate 4.calamity
The beloved has repented and forsworn all torture. The poet/lover is left high and dry. He turns to the skies/to his fate and begs, ‘some calamity’ for me to compensate for the loss of the beloved’s torturing.
7
koi jalva¹ nazar² aaye shaa’ed³
TikTiki⁴ baNdhne ki aadat⁵ hi sahi     1.face, glory, beauty 2.glimpse 3.perhaps 4.gaze, stare 5.habit
The poet/lover hopes to catch a glimpse of the beloved. So he has a fixed gaze towards her house/window/door. If that has become a habit, so be it.
8
haiN kisi jalve¹ ki aaNkheN mushtaaq²
kuchh kam-o-besh³ ye Ghaflat⁴ hi sahi     1.manifestation, display, sighting 2.eager 3.more or less 4.forgetfulness, stupor
The poet/lover’s eyes are eager to catch a glimpse of the beloved. During this eagerness and constant gazing there are moments when he goes into a stupor/trance. If that happens, he misses the chance to see her. But he is willing to keep doing it, take that risk for even the reduced possibility of success.
9
ishq¹ ki bolti tasviir² hai shauq³
dekhne vaaloN ko hairat⁴ hi sahi     1.love 2.image, embodiment 3.pen-name of the poet, desire 4.amazement
The poet uses his taKhallus in an elegant double meaning. The poet/lover (or his desire/longing) is a picture of love. Anyone taking a look at him can immediately see that he is deeply in love. If that is a source of amazement for them, so be it.