An adaptation of ‘Ghazal ap kei liyey’ ‘Ghazal To You’] by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad - Khalifatul Masih IV.
Itna to shukr hei mujhey pehchan to geyey
Hasrat men jin ki rat ho kei subh , ro geye
Vo jan men samo kei mera jism dho geye
'Ham jeson key bhi did kei saman ho geyey
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Zahir hua tha husn - E - Azl - Ap kei liyey'*
Us dilruba sei dil ko laga kur to dekhhtey
Us dur pei betth dhooni ruma kur to dekhhtey
Ik rat tum chriagh bujha kur to dekhhtey
'Kul aney ka jo vada tha, a kur to dekkhtey
- Tarhpa tha koi kis tarah kul - Ap kei liyey’*
Kuchh or hi kiya hei guman arzoo-on nei
Kuchh or hi kiya hei ayan arzoo’on nei
Ultta diya hei sara jahan arzoo’on nei
'Ub hasraten basi hen vahan, arzoo’on nei
- Khuabon men jo banaey mehl - Ap kei liyey’*
*A jaiyey kei hijr kei mosam geyey hen bit
Milney galey legey hen sarey khhoey huey mit
Marey geyey hen sab adoo - Ashiq geyey hen jit
'A jaiyey kei sakhhiyan yei mil mil key gaen git
Mosam geyey hen kitney badl - Ap kei liyey’*
Chupkey Rehey - Zahir na kiya apna raz - E - Gham
Bajta raha vagrna yahan vahan saz - E - Gham
Utthatey rehey utth-ta raha hum sei naz - E Gham
'Hur lamha - E - Firaq hei umr - E - Daraz - E - Gham
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Guzra na chen sei koi pul - Ap kei liyey'*
I’m thankful that they at least recognized me
For whom we wept carelessly, be it night or day
Who filled my lifeblood and cleansed my body
‘The likes of us also sneeked a glimpse
Though the eternal beauty had revealed itself - For You.’
You should’ve at least met eye to eye with that heart-charmer and seen him
Sat at his threshold like a hermit lost in God’s memory with incense burning before
Or snuffed out the candles one night to see what it’s like
‘That promise to return soon, you should’ve come and seen the state here
How one perted last night - For You.’
Desires have some other pertinence
Desires have revealed something we did not expect
Desires have turned my whole world upside down
‘Now longings haunts those palaces -
Which my desires had constructed in their dreams - For You’
Come gather up for the seasons of separation have passed
All long lost friends are now embracing each other
All the opponents have been defeated - The lovers have won
'Come gather let this bevvy of merry-making girls sing loud
‘How greatly changed are the seasons - For You’
We remained silent - Letting not out our secret grief
Though here and there its disonant chord was heard
We kept bearing the negligences of grief for as long as we could bear them
‘Each moment of distance is the long stretched out life of grief
Not a moment did we rest without you - For You’