Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. munshi raghunath siNgh haajir dehlavi (1884-1922). Both father and grandfather were poets and scholars of urdu and faarsi. He started composing at the age of 13-14. His father died in 1906 and he moved to bhopal for work and returned to dehli in 1910 to re-start his family practice, establishing a clinic named ‘daar-ul-shifa’. He died in 1922 before he could publish his diivaan, but his son collected his papers and published it. His brother, kaviraj raghunandan singh saahir wrote the preface. In addition to his diivan, there is a collection of his Ghazal called, ‘Ghalib aur haajir’, all composed in the zamin of Ghalib. This Ghazal in the zamin of ‘shooKhi-e tahriir ka’ is linked to that category under the icon ‘Ghalib naqsh-e qadam’, on the Theme page. It is a rather long Ghazal (45 ash’aar) and is posted in four parts for easy reading/listening.
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ho gaye vo mehrbaaN¹ sun kar mera ahvaal²-e dil
Khuubi³-e taqdiir⁴ thi ya tha asar⁵ taqriir⁶ ka 1.kind, favourable 2.condition 3.goodness 4.fate, destiny 5.impact, effect 6.narration
When she heard the condition of my heart, she showed sympathy towards me. Is this the effect of narrating my condition or is it fate?
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muNh se kuchh kahti nahiN sunti nahiN haNsti nahiN
aaj ruKh¹ badlaa hua hai kuchh teri tasviir ka 1.mood
I does not say anything, does not hear and does not smile. Today the mood of your picture is changed. The poet is dealing primarily with the beloved’s image not with her.
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dil meN ghar ban jaaye un ke phir mujhe kya chaayhie
maal ki hasrat¹ nahiN KhwaahaaN² nahiN jaagiir³ ka   1.yearning, longing 2.desire/fondness of 3.estate, property
What do I need after I succeed in making a place in her heart. Neither do I have a desire for wealth nor do I yearn for an estate.
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vahshi¹-e dil ko hamaare baaNdhne ke vaaste²
har girah³ us zulf⁴ ki halqa⁵ hai ek zanjiir⁶ ka 1.wild 2.for the purpose of 3.knot 4.hair, curls 5.links, circle 6.chain
To tie down my wild heart, every curl in her hair is like a link of the chain that binds.
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aashiq¹-e jaaNbaaz² ke haq³ meN hilaal⁴-e iid hai
miyaan⁵ se baahar nikal aana teri shamsiir⁶ ka 1.lover 2.brave, willing to die 3.as a right, in favour of 4.crescent, new moon 5.sheath, cover of the sword 6.sword
The curved sword pulled out of its sheath is, to the ardent lover, like the crescent moon giving him good tidings of eid. He considers his own death at the hands of the beloved to be a celebration.
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mahfil¹-e dushman² meN aata dekhte haiN jab mujhe
aek-dam³ pahlu⁴ badal lete haiN vo taqriir⁵ ka 1.gathering 2.rivals 3.in one moment, suddenly 4.aspect, direction, theme 5.conversation
The beloved is surrounded by admirers/rivals and when she see the poet/lover approaching, she suddenly changes the subject of her conversation. The implication is that she was talking about him to his rivals.
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Khuun ki naddi bahaai aaNkh se farhaad¹ ne
ho gaya us par gumaaN² aalam³ ko juu⁴-e shiir⁵ ka 1.a fictional hero of shiriN-farhaad legend 2.suspicion, illusion 3.world 4.stream 5.milk
‘farhaad’ was given an impossible task of digging a channel across the mountain and making milk flow through it. He almost succeeded but a false rumour of shirin’s death caused him to strike himself with his pickaxe to die. The poet suggests that this caused a river of blood to flow, but the world mistook it for a river of milk.
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muNh se jab nikla kaleje¹ meN utar² kar rah gaya
tiir-o-nashtar³ ban gaya har lafz⁴ us taqriir⁵ ka 1.liver/heart 2.descend, pentrate 3.arrows and knives 4.word 5.narrative, conversation
Perhaps it was the beloved talking to the poet/lover saying something harsh. Every word of that conversation coming out of her mouth became like arrows and daggers and pierced his heart.
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ghar banaana chaahte haiN aalam¹-e faani² meN hum
kya Thikaana³ hai hamaari hasrat⁴-e taamiir⁵ ka 1.world 2.mortal 3.place, durability 4.longing, yearning 5.building
This is a reflection of sufiyaana thought that this material world is ‘faani’ – temporary/fleeting. We want to make a house in the temporary world. How can it have any durability.
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aik qufl¹-e Khaamushi² goya³ dahan⁴ par lag gaya
dekhte hi unko aalam⁵ ho gaya tasviir⁶ ka 1.lock 2.silence 3.as if 4.mouth, lips 5.condition, state 6.frozen as in a picture, stupor
Whenever the poet/lover sees the beloved it is as if his lips are locked with a lock of silence. He gets into stupor, frozen like a picture.
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yuN zamaana¹ ishq ki taariif² meN kuchh bhi kahe
kis ne dekha hai karishma³ aah⁴ ki taasiir⁵ ka    1.times, world 2.praise 3.miracle 4.sigh 5.effect
Whatever the world might say in praise of love, has anyone ever seen a lover’s sigh have an effect?