guzar gaya – faani badayuni

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vo ji gaya¹ jo ishq meN ji se guzar² gaya
eesa³ ko ho naveed⁴ ke beemar⁵ mar gaya1.ji gaya used in the sense of became immortal 2.ji se guzar gaya used in the sense of gave up his life 3.Jesus 4.good news 5.stricken with love, lover
He lives forever who gives up/sacrifices his life in Love. Send good tidings to Jesus that the lover is dead. This is good tidings to Jesus because this is an opportunity for him to raise the dead back to life.

azad¹ kuchh hue haiN aseeraan²-e zindagi³
yaani jamaal⁴-e yaar⁵ ka sadqa⁶ utar gaya1.freed up 2.prisoners of 3.life 4.beauty of 5.beloved 6.offering
A few of the lovers (prisoners of life) have been freed up i.e. they have died (or offered up as sacrifice). In this case they have become an offering to the beauty to the beloved.

duniya meN haal¹-e aamad² o raft³-e bashar⁴ na poochh
be-iKhtiyaar⁵ aa ke raha, be-Khabar⁶ gaya1.condition of 2.coming 3.going of 4.man 5.without volition 6.without knowing/agreeing
Do not ask about the coming and going of man on this earth. He comes without volition and leaves against his wish. Reminds me of ibrahim zauq
laai hayaat aaye qaza lay chali chalay
apni Khushi na aaye, na apni Khushi chalay

shaayed¹ ke shaam²-e hijr³ ke maare bhi ji uThe
subh-e bahaar⁴-e hashr⁵ ka chehra utar gaya1.perhaps 2.evening/night of 3.separation 4.spring/apex 5.doomsday, day of judgement
The lovers who die of longing and love during nights of separation carry their secrets with them. They are afraid of maligning the beloved. But on judgement day everyone will be raised from the dead and will have to tell their story. That is why the morning of judgement day is crestfallen, it is afraid that stories of broken promises and pain inflicted by the beloved will come out.

aaya, ke dil gaya, koii poochhe to kya kahuN
ye jaanta huN dil idhar aaya udhar gayaThe poet/lover is completely distraught and lost. He is not aware of how he lost his heart.

maiN ne diya ke tum ne liya dil tumhiN kaho
tum dil meN pahle aaye ke dil peshtar¹ gaya1.before hand
This continues the theme of being totally lost. He is asking the beloved to say (perhaps she remembers) whether she came into his heart first or whether he lost his heart earlier.

haaN such to hai shikaayet¹-e zaKhm-e jigar² Ghalat³
dil se guzar⁴ ke tiir tumhaara kidhar gaya1.complaint of 2.wound of the liver 3.wrong 4.pass through
Convention is that with the arrows of the beloved both the heart and the liver (seats of life and of emotions) are wounded. But once the arrow has pierced the heart the poet/lover is no longer aware of anything. He is totally lost in love. So much so that he cannot say if the arrow then wounded his liver. Therefore he has no basis to complain of the wound of the liver.

dil ka ilaaj¹ kiijiye ab ya na kiijiye
apna jo kaam² tha vo Gham³-e yaar⁴ kar gaya1.treatment, cure 2.kaam kar jaana literally doing its work here means it has killed the lover off 3.love of 4.beloved
What is the use of trying to cure the heart. The love of the beloved has already done its job i.e. killed off the lover.

kya kahiye apni garm-ravi¹-haa-e shauq² ko
kuchh duur mere saath mera raahbar³ gaya1.warm/hot/fast walk (haa is plural) 2.desire, love 3.guide
What can I say about my fast/enthusiastic walk along the path of love. My guide kept up with me only for a short distance (then he fell behind).

faani¹ ki zaat² se Gham³-e hasti⁴ ki thi namood⁵
shiraaza⁶ aaj daftar⁷-e Gham ka bikhar⁸ gaya1.pen name of the poet 2.person 3.pain of 4.life/existence 5.appearance, presence, growth 6.book binding 7.book 8.scattered
daftar in farsi is book and shiraza is book binding that keeps pages in order. shiraza bikhar jaana is for the pages of the book to be scattered and disordered. faani the pen name of the poet also means “mortal”. The presence of the pain of love and its growth and well being was because of the person of faani. Now that he is dead, the pages of the book of love are scattered all over the place.