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1
Khuda asar¹ se bachaaye² is aastaane³ ko
dua chali hai meri qismat aazmaane⁴ ko  1.effect, impact 2.save, protect 3.home 4.test, try
The poet/lover has sent a supplication/prayer to the beloved. His fate is on trial and hangs on her answer which will have an impact on him (his home). Thus, he prays that god may protect it.
2
bahaar¹ laaii hai paiGhaam²-e inqelaab³-e bahaar⁴
samajh raha huN maiN kaliyauN ke muskuraane ko  1.spring 2.message 3.change, revolution 4.blooming
It is spring and it brings a (secret) message for the garden and especially for buds (a message that it is time for them to bloom). Buds smile upon receiving this message and the poet understands the reason for their smiles.

3
na poochhiye ke mohabbat meN mujh pe kyaa guzri
na chheRiye¹ mere bhoole hue fasaane² ko  1.begin narration 2.story
Do not ask what happened to me in love. Do not start the forgotten story of my love. It is too painful for the poet/lover to narrate.
4
ye shobade¹ ye karishme² kise mayassar³ the
teri nigaah⁴ ne sikhlaa diye zamaane⁵ ko 1.trickery, playful deception 2.miraculous/wondrous actions 3.available 4.glance 5.world
Before the beloved, the world did not (have available) know of such playful trickery and wondrous mischief. It was her coquettish glance that taught the world such tricks.
5
chaman meN barq¹ ne jhaaNkaa² ke hum laraz³ uTThe
ab is se aag hi lag jaaye aashiyaane⁴ ko 1.lightning 2.peep 3.tremble 4.nest/home
In urdu poetic tradition lightning (bad luck) always strikes the nest of the poet/lover/bird in the garden and burns it up. He expects it, anticipates it and fears it. Thus, even if lightning so much as peeps into the garden it causes him to tremble with fear. Said qamar jalalavi …
muddateN huiN ab to jal ke aashiyaaN mera
aaj tak ye aalam hai raushni se Darta huN
6
Khayaal-e-yaar¹ bhi khoya² hua sa rahta hai
ab un ki yaad bhi aati hai bhuul jaane ko 1.thought of the beloved (personified here) 2.lost
Even Thought/Memory of the beloved acts/wanders as if it is lost. Thus, here memories arrive only to get lost/forgotten. They have become just like the poet/lover himself – lost and puzzled.
7
nigaah-e-lutf¹ na farmaa² nigaah-e-naaz³ ke baad
jigar⁴ meN aag lagaa kar na aa bujhaane ko 1.glance of pleasure/love 2.bestow 3.coquettish glance of disdain 4.heart/liver
First the beloved casts a coquettish glance of disdain at the poet/lover and sets his heart on fire. Then she looks on him with favour/kindness/love. The poet/lover knows that this cycle will continue and he will never get anywhere. He asks to be left to his suffering.
8
zamaana¹ bar-sar-e² aazaar³ thaa magar faani
taRap⁴ ke hum ne bhi taRpaa diya zamaane ko  1.times, world 2.at the head of, at the beginning of 3.cruelty 4.writhe, thrash about in pain
The world/times were about to visit more cruelty on the poet/lover but he was already in such pain, thrashing and writhing, that the world itself took pity on him (and stopped).