Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. sukhdev siNgh sharma rashk (1935-xxxx), sialkoT district. adiib faazil and MA (urdu). His ustaad was raghubiir daas sahir sialkoTvi. He worked for All India Radio and progressed steadily and at the time of publication (1983) of his diivaan was Director of Urdu and English programs in the AIR jaalandhar office. This Ghazal in the style of Ghalib’s ‘dil-e naadaaN tujhe hua kya hai’ is linked to ‘Ghalib naqsh-e qadam’.
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aap se raaz¹-e haqiiqat² ko chhupaana kya hai
dard-e ulfat³ ke siva⁴ duniya meN rakkha kya hai    1.secret, hidden reason 2.truth, reality 3.love 4.except for
The poet/lover is addressing the beloved. He is pain/sorrow because she does not reciprocate his love. Thus, what is the use of hiding the real reason of the pain of love. Except for this what is else is there in the world that can hurt so much.
2
aql¹ hairaan² hai, duniya ka ma’umma³ kya hai
ye shab-o-roz⁴ ki gardish⁵ ka tamaasha⁶ kya hai    1.mind, intellect 2.perplexed 3.puzzle, problem 4.night and day 5.used here to mean daily struggle 6.spectacle, used here to mean unnecessary fuss
The mind is perplexed with this puzzling world. Why is there such fuss about daily living. Said jazbi …
jab jeb meN paise bajte haiN, jab peT meN roTi hoti hai
us vaqt ye zarra¹⁰ heera hai, us vaqt ye shabnam moti hai
3
zindagi dil ke dhaRakne pe hai mauqoof¹ magar²
dil hi le Doobega, is dil ka bharosa³ kya hai   1.dependent 2.but 3.trust
Life depends on the beating/throbbing of the heart, but, the heart itself will carry you under as it drowns; how can we trust the heart i.e., the heart will cause you to fall in love and that will result in death/drowning.
4
is qadar¹ pahlu-tehi² mujh se Khuda Khair³ kare
log socheNge mera aap se jhagRa kya hai    1.so much 2.pulling away, staying away 3.an expression meaning-may god help me
The beloved keeps away from/avoids the poet/lover so much that people might wonder what the conflict between them is.
5
pursish¹-e Gham ko vo aaye mere ahbaab² jinheN
ye bhi ma’loom³ nahiN Gham ka mudaava⁴ kya hai   1.inquire about, ask after 2.friends 3.knowledge 4.cure
The poet/lover is dying of the sorrow of unrequited love. His friends have come to inquire about him and even they don’t know what the cure for his ailment is.
6
aaj phir aaya hai aye dost mere Khat ka javaab¹
ye nahiN tum ko bataauNga keh likkha kya hai   1.answer
Today again, I have received an answer to my letter O friend. But I will not tell you what is written in it.
7
meri soorat pe mere haal pe haNsne vaalo
tum ne diivaane ke kirdaar¹ ko samjha kya hai   1.character
You who laugh at how I look and at my condition, what do you know about the real character of a mad/passionate/sincere lover.
8
is se mastoor¹ haiN qudrat² ke hazaaroN jalve³
chashm-e-biina⁴ ne abhi dahr⁵ meN dekha kya hai     1.hidden, concealed 2.nature, god 3.manifestations 4.discerning eye 5.world
The ‘is’ in the first misra refers to ‘chashm-e biina’ – the discerning eye. In this material world there are thousands of manifestation of god are hidden even from the discerning eye. So many that even it has not seen many of them.
9
hijr¹ meN rashk² mujhe aata hai us but³ ka Khayaal
maiN to jii luuNga isi haal⁴ meN mera kya hai     1.separation, exile 2.pen-name of the poet 3.idol 4.condition
O rashk, in separation/exile too I think of that idol/beloved. I will manage to live under these conditions, I don’t need much to survive. Said naresh kumar shaad …
tuu meray Gham meN na haNsti hui aaNkhoN ko rulaa
maiN to mar mar ke bhi jii saktaa huN meraa kya ha