Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. heera lal falak dehlavi (1920?-1982+?). I can only make an educated guess about his birth and death. A collection of his Ghazal was published posthumously in 1982 by his shaagird. The book mentions beKhud dehlavi (1863-1955) as his ‘inspirational ustaad’ and dedicates it to him. He was a minor official in the dehli court system. In the book he describes his encounter with beKhud dehlavi when he (falak) was still a young man. The book says that he started composing in 1940. He has several Ghazal composed in the zamin of Ghalib, this is one of a series linked to the corresponding radeef in ‘Ghalib naqsh-e qadam’.
1
kamsini¹ ki shaadmaani² aur hai
aur hai piiri³, javaani aur hai    1.young/adolescent years 2.joy 3.old age
The joys of adolescence is something else. Old age is different, youth is something else.
2
chaahta huN aashiqi rusva¹ na ho
kuchh magar² duniya ne Thaani³ aur hai    1.embarrass 2.but 3.decided
It is customary for the suffer to suffer in silence and not reveal his secret love for fear of maligning the beloved’s reputation i.e., of embarrassing the standards of love. Thus, I try that love not be embarrassed, but the world has decided something else i.e., they are spreading rumours about me and the beloved.
3
phool shaaKhoN¹ se bhi girte haiN magar
un laboN² kii gul-fashaani³ aur hai    1.branches 2.lips 3.flower scattering
Branches also drop (and spread) flowers. But the flower scattering of her lips is something else. This flower scattering could be her speech, her smile or something else.
4
yuN to dushman bhi bahut dete haiN daaGh¹
tum jo baKhsho² vo nishaani³ aur hai    1.wounds, scars 2.grant 3.mark, scar, image, memories
Even though enemies too inflict many wounds, but the wounds/scars you grant are something else.
5
aur mere dil ko Gham de diijiye
aaNkh meN thoRa sa paani aur hai    Go ahead, cause me some more pain, torture me. There is still some water/tears left in the eyes. Here ‘aur hai’ is used more in the literal sense of ‘some more’.
6
kyuN suneN vo mujh se mera haal¹-e dil
lutf² qaasid³ ki zabaani⁴ aur hai    1.condition 2.pleasure 3.messenger 4.from the tongue/mouth
Why should she listen to the story of the condition of my heart from me. The joy is hearing it from the messenger’s mouth is something else. This may be because she can ignore the story without feeling any remorse, or she can send back a stern response or perhaps even if she feels some sympathy she can hide it from the messenger.
7
vo jo sun’ne aaye to kahna paRa
mat suno meri kahaani aur hai    The beloved has come to hear the sorry tale of the poet/lover but the story is so painful and so long that he himself is forced to say, ‘don’t listen to it anymore’.
8
Khuld¹ meN rizvaaN² ko kuchh bhi lutf³ ho
tere dar⁴ ki paasbaani⁵ aur hai    1.heaven 2.gate-keeper of heaven 3.pleasure 4.door 5.guarding, door-keeping
Whatever pleasure the gate-keeper of heavenly gates might enjoy in his work, the door-keeping of your door is something else. Also see raghunath siNgh haajir dehlavi …
ye sharaf rizvaaN ko bhi haasil nahiiN
us ke dar ki paasbaani aur hai
9
mir¹ ki jaaN-sozi² aur me’aar³ Ghalib ka
daaGh⁴ ki raNgiiN-bayaani⁵ aur hai    1.mir taqi mir 1.passionate/burning soul 3.standard 4.daaGha dehlavi 5.colourful verse
The poet is paying tribute to the masters including to the ustaad (daaGh dehlavi) of his own ustaad (beKhud dehlavi). Thus, mir’s passionate soul expression and the high standards set by Ghalib as well as the colourful verse of daaGh are something else. The implication is ‘how can a newcomer like me dare to compete/compare.
10
jaan to taa’er¹ bhi rakhte haiN falak²
aadmi ki zindagaani aur hai    1.birds 2.pen-name of the poet
Birds too have life O falak, but human life is something else. Said Ghalib …
baskeh dushvaar hai har kaam ka aasaaN hona
aadmi ko bhi mayasar nahiiN insaaN hona.