krishn gopal baava maGhmum (1916-xxxx), aTak district (now in pakistan).  His father was a scholar of urdu and faarsi and grandfather (tulsidas) was also an urdu shaa’er.  Ill-treatment by his stepmother drove him to seclusion and reading.  All the books at home including religious texts were in urdu.  He read up all of them and learnt to write too.  Interest in shaa’eri started from childhood.  In college he was class fellow of jagan nath azad and through him became a disciple of tilok chand mahroom.  Continued education incluing Public Service Commission exam.  Worked for the government of panjab and later haryana, retiring in 1974.  At least 10 collections of his shaa’eri including Ghazal, rubaaii and nazm.  This Ghazal is linked to other Ghazal with the radeef ‘Ghazal hoti hai’ on the Refrain Index page.
1
dil ki, kabhi dildaar¹ ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN
zulf² o lab³ o ruKhsaar⁴ ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN

1.beloved 2.tresses, hair 3.lips 4.cheeks

The poet says the Ghazal speaks sometimes of the heart (the poet’s love for the beloved), sometimes of the beloved herself. It celebrates the beauty – hair, lips, and cheeks of the beloved; the common themes of love poetry.
2
Khanjar¹ ki na talvaar² ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN
tiir³-e nigah⁴-e yaar⁵ ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN

1.dagger 2.sword 3.arrow 4.glance 5.beloved

The beloved’s glance is like an arrow.  It pierces the heart without spilling any blood i.e., it does its job of conquest of the heart without bloodshed.  It is far superior to the dagger and sword.  Thus, the Ghazal does not praise the sword and dagger; the only weapon here is the beloved’s killing glance. The Ghazal’s battlefield is love itself.
3
dil jis se dhaRakta¹ hai naseem²-e sahri³ ka
us shoKhi⁴-e raftaar⁵ ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN

1.throbs, beats 2.breeze 3.dawn 4.playful, mischievous 5.graceful gait

The morning breeze blows through the garden with its own style and gait, but when it sees the graceful gait of the beloved its heart beats uncontrollably … out of admiration and/or envy.  The Ghazal captures that liveliness and playfulness (of the beloved’s gait) in its rhythm and feeling.
4
ek jaan¹-e tarannum² ke hasiiN³ raqs⁴ ka mazkoor⁵
paazeb⁶ ki jhankaar⁷ ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN

1.life, soul 2.melody, musical rhythm 3.beautiful 4.dance 5.narrative, story 6.anklet 7.tinkling sound

The poet likens the Ghazal to a beautiful dance of melody; the verses ring like the jingling anklets of a graceful performer.
5
ek Ghuncha-dahan¹ ke lab²-e naazuk³ ka fasaana⁴
shiiriini⁵-e guftaar⁶ ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN

1.flower bud-like mouth, small, delicate mouth 2.lips 3.delicate 4.story 5.sweetness 6.speech, conversation

The sweetness of the words of the Ghazal is like the sweetness of the conversation of the beloved.  The small, delicate mouth of the Ghazal is like the story of the delicate lips of the beloved.
6
vaaraftagi¹ o beKhudi²-e shauq³ ka aalam⁴
haaN jazba⁵-e sarshaar⁶ ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN

1.ecstasy, rapture 2.trance-like self-forgetfulness 3.passion 4.condition 5.emotion 6.overflowing

The Ghazal induces a trance of ecstacy, where the reader/listener is transported into another world forgetting themselves.  Yes, the Ghazal is about overflowing emotions.
7
maGhmoom¹ jahaaN yuusuf²-e kan’aaN³ ka tha charcha⁴
uss misr⁵ ke bazaar ki baateN haiN Ghazal meN

1.pen-name, taKhallus 2.Joseph 3.the tribe of Canaan 4.fame, buzz 5.Egypt

Legends of Biblical and qur’aanic texts say that yuusuf/Joseph was the epitome of beauty.  He we pulled out of a well into which his jealous brothers had thrown him and sold as a slave in the bazaar.  Legend has it that the bazaar was abuzz with talk of his extraordinary beauty.  The O, maGhmoom, the Ghazal talks about the epitome of beauty and about the buzz it creates.