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Meer Taqi Meer

1723 - 1810 | Delhi, India

One of the greatest Urdu poets, known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry).

One of the greatest Urdu poets, known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry).

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EXPLANATION #1

मीर अपनी सहल शायरी में कोई जोड़ नहीं रखते हैं। जिस सच्चाई और आसानी के साथ वो विषयों को बयान करने की क्षमता रखते हैं उसकी मिसाल मुश्किल ही से मिलती है।

इस शे’र में मीर ने बड़ी मासूमियत और सादगी के साथ अपने महबूब के हुस्न की तारीफ़ बयान की है। ज़ाहिर है कि हुस्न की तारीफ़ के बयान में महबूब के होंटों का बयान बहुत अहम वस्तु है। मीर अपने महबूब के होंटों की नाज़ुकी मुलाइमियत या नम्रता को बयान करते हुए उपमा देते हैं और वो उपमा गुलाब के फूल की पंखुड़ी से देते हैं। गुलाब की पंखुड़ी बहुत नाज़ुक होती हैं, बहुत नरम होती हैं, इतनी नरम और इतनी नाज़ुक होती हैं कि मीर को अपने महबूब के होंटों की बनावट बिल्कुल गुलाब की पंखुड़ी की तरह नज़र आती है। गुलाब की पंखुड़ियाँ बहुत ही उचित उपमा है, जो महबूब के होंटों के लिए दी जा सकती है और मीर ने इस मुनासिब तरीन उपमा का इस्तेमाल करके ये साबित कर दिया कि उपमा के चुनाव में भी उनका कोई बदल नहीं है।

आसान लफ़्ज़ों में कहा जाये तो बात साफ़ समझ में आती है कि मीर अपने महबूब के होंटों को गुलाब की पंखुड़ी की तरह महसूस करते हैं, उसकी नाज़ुकी की या उसकी नम्रता की वजह से और इस तरह इस उपमा ने महबूब के हुस्न का बेहतरीन नक़्शा खींच दिया है।

Sohail Azad

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EXPLANATION #1

मीर अपनी सहल शायरी में कोई जोड़ नहीं रखते हैं। जिस सच्चाई और आसानी के साथ वो विषयों को बयान करने की क्षमता रखते हैं उसकी मिसाल मुश्किल ही से मिलती है।

इस शे’र में मीर ने बड़ी मासूमियत और सादगी के साथ अपने महबूब के हुस्न की तारीफ़ बयान की है। ज़ाहिर है कि हुस्न की तारीफ़ के बयान में महबूब के होंटों का बयान बहुत अहम वस्तु है। मीर अपने महबूब के होंटों की नाज़ुकी मुलाइमियत या नम्रता को बयान करते हुए उपमा देते हैं और वो उपमा गुलाब के फूल की पंखुड़ी से देते हैं। गुलाब की पंखुड़ी बहुत नाज़ुक होती हैं, बहुत नरम होती हैं, इतनी नरम और इतनी नाज़ुक होती हैं कि मीर को अपने महबूब के होंटों की बनावट बिल्कुल गुलाब की पंखुड़ी की तरह नज़र आती है। गुलाब की पंखुड़ियाँ बहुत ही उचित उपमा है, जो महबूब के होंटों के लिए दी जा सकती है और मीर ने इस मुनासिब तरीन उपमा का इस्तेमाल करके ये साबित कर दिया कि उपमा के चुनाव में भी उनका कोई बदल नहीं है।

आसान लफ़्ज़ों में कहा जाये तो बात साफ़ समझ में आती है कि मीर अपने महबूब के होंटों को गुलाब की पंखुड़ी की तरह महसूस करते हैं, उसकी नाज़ुकी की या उसकी नम्रता की वजह से और इस तरह इस उपमा ने महबूब के हुस्न का बेहतरीन नक़्शा खींच दिया है।

Sohail Azad

rāh-e-dūr-e-ishq meñ rotā hai kyā

aage aage dekhiye hotā hai kyā

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer presents love as a long, demanding journey where early tears are premature. The speaker urges endurance, hinting that harsher trials may come later. The couplet carries a stoic, almost teasing consolation: don’t collapse at the start; love reveals its true cost as one moves forward.

rah-e-dur-e-ishq mein rota hai kya

aage aage dekhiye hota hai kya

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer presents love as a long, demanding journey where early tears are premature. The speaker urges endurance, hinting that harsher trials may come later. The couplet carries a stoic, almost teasing consolation: don’t collapse at the start; love reveals its true cost as one moves forward.

pattā pattā buuTā buuTā haal hamārā jaane hai

jaane na jaane gul na jaane baaġh to saarā jaane hai

only the flower's unaware, rest of the garden knows

my state,each leaf and every bud that in the garden grows

EXPLANATION #1

Every leaf and every little plant knows what I’m going through.

Whether the flower knows it or not, the whole garden surely knows my state.

The speaker’s grief has become so visible that even nature seems aware of it. Each leaf and twig is a witness to the lover’s condition, while the “flower” (the beloved) remains unaware or indifferent. By contrasting the garden’s knowing with the flower’s not knowing, the couplet captures the ache of unreturned attention and public, undeniable sorrow.

Sohail Azad

patta patta buTa buTa haal hamara jaane hai

jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane bagh to sara jaane hai

only the flower's unaware, rest of the garden knows

my state,each leaf and every bud that in the garden grows

EXPLANATION #1

Every leaf and every little plant knows what I’m going through.

Whether the flower knows it or not, the whole garden surely knows my state.

The speaker’s grief has become so visible that even nature seems aware of it. Each leaf and twig is a witness to the lover’s condition, while the “flower” (the beloved) remains unaware or indifferent. By contrasting the garden’s knowing with the flower’s not knowing, the couplet captures the ache of unreturned attention and public, undeniable sorrow.

Sohail Azad

koī tum bhī kaash tum ko mile

mudda.ā ham ko intiqām se hai

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker’s ‘revenge’ is a moral, ironic wish: that the beloved experiences the same coldness or cruelty from a person just like themselves. By mirroring the beloved’s behavior back to them, the speaker seeks recognition and self-realization rather than harm. The emotional core is wounded love that turns into a desire for the beloved to finally ‘feel’ what the speaker has endured.

koi tum sa bhi kash tum ko mile

muddaa hum ko intiqam se hai

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker’s ‘revenge’ is a moral, ironic wish: that the beloved experiences the same coldness or cruelty from a person just like themselves. By mirroring the beloved’s behavior back to them, the speaker seeks recognition and self-realization rather than harm. The emotional core is wounded love that turns into a desire for the beloved to finally ‘feel’ what the speaker has endured.

ab to jaate haiñ but-kade se 'mīr'

phir mileñge agar ḳhudā laayā

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet is a quiet goodbye filled with uncertainty: the speaker departs from the beloved’s place, called a “but-kadah” in the lover’s idiom. By saying “if God brings it about,” he admits that reunion is not in his control but in fate’s hands. The emotional core is a restrained sadness—hope remains, yet it is surrendered to divine will.

ab to jate hain but-kade se 'mir'

phir milenge agar KHuda laya

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet is a quiet goodbye filled with uncertainty: the speaker departs from the beloved’s place, called a “but-kadah” in the lover’s idiom. By saying “if God brings it about,” he admits that reunion is not in his control but in fate’s hands. The emotional core is a restrained sadness—hope remains, yet it is surrendered to divine will.

ham hue tum hue ki 'mīr' hue

us zulfoñ ke sab asiir hue

whether me or you, or miir it may be

are prisoners of her tresses for eternity

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer says love levels everyone: speaker, listener, even the poet himself. The beloved’s “tresses” are a metaphor for the snares of beauty that bind the heart. The couplet carries a half-playful, half-resigned tone: no one escapes this captivity. It suggests an inevitable, shared fate in عشق.

hum hue tum hue ki 'mir' hue

us ki zulfon ke sab asir hue

whether me or you, or miir it may be

are prisoners of her tresses for eternity

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer says love levels everyone: speaker, listener, even the poet himself. The beloved’s “tresses” are a metaphor for the snares of beauty that bind the heart. The couplet carries a half-playful, half-resigned tone: no one escapes this captivity. It suggests an inevitable, shared fate in عشق.

aag the ibtidā-e-ishq meñ ham

ab jo haiñ ḳhaak intihā hai ye

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet traces love’s journey from fierce passion to total exhaustion. “Fire” stands for the lover’s early intensity and self-consuming ardor, while “ash” signals what remains after the burning—emptiness, ruin, and dissolution of the self. The emotional core is a quiet, bleak acceptance that love’s culmination can be annihilation rather than fulfillment.

aag the ibtida-e-ishq mein hum

ab jo hain KHak intiha hai ye

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet traces love’s journey from fierce passion to total exhaustion. “Fire” stands for the lover’s early intensity and self-consuming ardor, while “ash” signals what remains after the burning—emptiness, ruin, and dissolution of the self. The emotional core is a quiet, bleak acceptance that love’s culmination can be annihilation rather than fulfillment.

ulTī ho ga.iiñ sab tadbīreñ kuchh na davā ne kaam kiyā

dekhā is bīmāri-e-dil ne āḳhir kaam tamām kiyā

Stratagems all came apart, no cure could render remedy

it was this ailment of my heart, that finished me off finally

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer portrays love and grief as a “heart-illness” that defeats all human effort: strategies fail and cures prove useless. The phrase “finished the matter” suggests total ruin—either the end of hope, the end of the self, or even death-like finality. The emotional core is helpless surrender before an inner pain that becomes fate itself.

ulTi ho gain sab tadbiren kuchh na dawa ne kaam kiya

dekha is bimari-e-dil ne aaKHir kaam tamam kiya

Stratagems all came apart, no cure could render remedy

it was this ailment of my heart, that finished me off finally

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer portrays love and grief as a “heart-illness” that defeats all human effort: strategies fail and cures prove useless. The phrase “finished the matter” suggests total ruin—either the end of hope, the end of the self, or even death-like finality. The emotional core is helpless surrender before an inner pain that becomes fate itself.

le saañs bhī āhista ki nāzuk hai bahut kaam

āfāq is kārgah-e-shīshagarī

breathe here softly as with fragility here all is fraught

in this workshop of the world where wares of glass are wrought

EXPLANATION #1

Even breathe softly, because the matter is extremely delicate.

This whole universe is like a glassmaker’s workshop, where everything can crack.

Meer Taqi Meer portrays the world as a fragile glass workshop: a place of beauty, but easily shattered. The advice to “breathe softly” is a metaphor for living with extreme care, because a small disturbance can cause harm. The couplet carries a quiet awe and anxiety—existence is precious, yet breakable. It urges mindfulness in speech, action, and desire within a delicate cosmos.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

le sans bhi aahista ki nazuk hai bahut kaam

aafaq ki is kargah-e-shishagari ka

breathe here softly as with fragility here all is fraught

in this workshop of the world where wares of glass are wrought

EXPLANATION #1

Even breathe softly, because the matter is extremely delicate.

This whole universe is like a glassmaker’s workshop, where everything can crack.

Meer Taqi Meer portrays the world as a fragile glass workshop: a place of beauty, but easily shattered. The advice to “breathe softly” is a metaphor for living with extreme care, because a small disturbance can cause harm. The couplet carries a quiet awe and anxiety—existence is precious, yet breakable. It urges mindfulness in speech, action, and desire within a delicate cosmos.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

mat sahl hameñ jaano phirtā hai falak barsoñ

tab ḳhaak ke parde se insān nikalte haiñ

EXPLANATION #1

ये मीर तक़ी मीर के मशहूर अशआर में से एक है। इस शे’र की बुनियाद ''मत सहल हमें जानो” पर है। सहल का मतलब आसान है और कम से कम भी। मगर इस शे’र में यह लफ़्ज़ कम से कम के मानी में इस्तेमाल हुआ है। फ़लक का मतलब आस्मान है और फ़लक के फिरने से तात्पर्य चक्कर काटने और मारा मारा फिरने के भी हैं। इस शे’र में फ़लक के फिरने से तात्पर्य मारा मारा फिरने के ही हैं। ख़ाक का मतलब ज़मीन, मिट्टी है और ख़ाक शब्द मीर ने इस लिए इस्तेमाल किया है कि इंसान ख़ाक (मिट्टी) से बना हुआ है यानी ख़ाकी कहा जाता है।

शे’र में ख़ास बात ये है कि शायर ने “फ़लक”, “ख़ाक” और “इंसान” जैसे शब्दों से बहुत कमाल का ख़्याल पेश किया है। शे’र के नज़दीक के मानी तो ये हुए कि इंसान हम जैसे लोगों को आसान मत समझो, हम जैसे लोग तब मिट्टी से पैदा होते हैं जब आस्मान बरसों तक भटकता है। लेकिन शायर अस्ल में ये कहना चाहता है कि हम जैसे कमाल के लोग रोज़ रोज़ पैदा नहीं होते बल्कि जब आस्मान बरसों मारा मारा फिरता है तब हम जैसे लोग पैदा होते हैं। इसलिए हमें कम या बहुत छोटा मत जानो। यानी जब आस्मान बरसों तक हम जैसे कमाल के लोगों को पैदा करने के लिए मारा मारा फिरता है तब कहीं जाकर हम मिट्टी के पर्दे से पैदा होते हैं।

इस शे’र में शब्द इंसान से दो मानी निकलते हैं, एक कमाल का, हुनरमंद और योग्य आदमी। दूसरा इंसानियत से भरपूर आदमी।

Shafaq Sopori

mat sahl hamein jaano phirta hai falak barson

tab KHak ke parde se insan nikalte hain

EXPLANATION #1

ये मीर तक़ी मीर के मशहूर अशआर में से एक है। इस शे’र की बुनियाद ''मत सहल हमें जानो” पर है। सहल का मतलब आसान है और कम से कम भी। मगर इस शे’र में यह लफ़्ज़ कम से कम के मानी में इस्तेमाल हुआ है। फ़लक का मतलब आस्मान है और फ़लक के फिरने से तात्पर्य चक्कर काटने और मारा मारा फिरने के भी हैं। इस शे’र में फ़लक के फिरने से तात्पर्य मारा मारा फिरने के ही हैं। ख़ाक का मतलब ज़मीन, मिट्टी है और ख़ाक शब्द मीर ने इस लिए इस्तेमाल किया है कि इंसान ख़ाक (मिट्टी) से बना हुआ है यानी ख़ाकी कहा जाता है।

शे’र में ख़ास बात ये है कि शायर ने “फ़लक”, “ख़ाक” और “इंसान” जैसे शब्दों से बहुत कमाल का ख़्याल पेश किया है। शे’र के नज़दीक के मानी तो ये हुए कि इंसान हम जैसे लोगों को आसान मत समझो, हम जैसे लोग तब मिट्टी से पैदा होते हैं जब आस्मान बरसों तक भटकता है। लेकिन शायर अस्ल में ये कहना चाहता है कि हम जैसे कमाल के लोग रोज़ रोज़ पैदा नहीं होते बल्कि जब आस्मान बरसों मारा मारा फिरता है तब हम जैसे लोग पैदा होते हैं। इसलिए हमें कम या बहुत छोटा मत जानो। यानी जब आस्मान बरसों तक हम जैसे कमाल के लोगों को पैदा करने के लिए मारा मारा फिरता है तब कहीं जाकर हम मिट्टी के पर्दे से पैदा होते हैं।

इस शे’र में शब्द इंसान से दो मानी निकलते हैं, एक कमाल का, हुनरमंद और योग्य आदमी। दूसरा इंसानियत से भरपूर आदमी।

Shafaq Sopori

miir kyā saade haiñ bīmār hue jis ke sabab

usī attār ke laḌke se davā lete haiñ

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet uses the metaphor of illness and medicine for love and its pain. Meer mocks his own naivety: he keeps turning for relief to the same source connected with his hurt. The “apothecary’s boy” hints at the beloved (or their circle) who both wounds and is expected to heal. The emotional core is ironic self-awareness mixed with helpless dependence.

mir kya sade hain bimar hue jis ke sabab

usi attar ke laDke se dawa lete hain

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet uses the metaphor of illness and medicine for love and its pain. Meer mocks his own naivety: he keeps turning for relief to the same source connected with his hurt. The “apothecary’s boy” hints at the beloved (or their circle) who both wounds and is expected to heal. The emotional core is ironic self-awareness mixed with helpless dependence.

yaad us itnī ḳhuub nahīñ 'mīr' baaz aa

nādān phir vo se bhulāyā na jā.egā

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker scolds his own heart: don’t beautify the beloved’s memory. Yet he knows the trap—returning to that remembrance makes it cling tighter, beyond one’s control. The couplet captures the contradiction of love: trying to forget only deepens attachment. Its emotional core is regret mixed with helpless longing.

yaad us ki itni KHub nahin 'mir' baz aa

nadan phir wo ji se bhulaya na jaega

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker scolds his own heart: don’t beautify the beloved’s memory. Yet he knows the trap—returning to that remembrance makes it cling tighter, beyond one’s control. The couplet captures the contradiction of love: trying to forget only deepens attachment. Its emotional core is regret mixed with helpless longing.

baare duniyā meñ raho ġham-zada shaad raho

aisā kuchh kar ke chalo yaañ ki bahut yaad raho

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer contrasts life’s shifting states—grief and joy—with the one enduring demand: purposeful action. The couplet suggests emotions come and go, but what truly matters is leaving a mark. “Walking from here” hints at life’s departure, so the speaker urges deeds that outlast the self. The emotional core is a sober, motivating call to make one’s life memorable through meaningful work.

bare duniya mein raho gham-zada ya shad raho

aisa kuchh kar ke chalo yan ki bahut yaad raho

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer contrasts life’s shifting states—grief and joy—with the one enduring demand: purposeful action. The couplet suggests emotions come and go, but what truly matters is leaving a mark. “Walking from here” hints at life’s departure, so the speaker urges deeds that outlast the self. The emotional core is a sober, motivating call to make one’s life memorable through meaningful work.

phuul gul shams o qamar saare the

par hameñ un meñ tumhīñ bhaa.e bahut

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet sets up a whole universe of admired beauties—nature and the heavens—then quietly overturns it by choosing the beloved above all. Flowers and celestial bodies become metaphors for different forms of beauty and attraction, but none compares to the beloved’s pull. The emotional core is devoted preference: in a world full of wonders, the heart singles out one person as supreme.

phul gul shams o qamar sare hi the

par hamein un mein tumhin bhae bahut

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet sets up a whole universe of admired beauties—nature and the heavens—then quietly overturns it by choosing the beloved above all. Flowers and celestial bodies become metaphors for different forms of beauty and attraction, but none compares to the beloved’s pull. The emotional core is devoted preference: in a world full of wonders, the heart singles out one person as supreme.

phirte haiñ 'mīr' ḳhvār koī pūchhtā nahīñ

is āshiqī meñ izzat-e-sādāt bhī ga.ī

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer portrays love as a force that strips a person of dignity and social standing. He is so ruined that people ignore him entirely, and the phrase “honor of the Sayyids” heightens the fall from inherited respectability to public disgrace. The emotional core is bitter self-awareness: love has made him both helpless and socially erased.

phirte hain 'mir' KHwar koi puchhta nahin

is aashiqi mein izzat-e-sadat bhi gai

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer portrays love as a force that strips a person of dignity and social standing. He is so ruined that people ignore him entirely, and the phrase “honor of the Sayyids” heightens the fall from inherited respectability to public disgrace. The emotional core is bitter self-awareness: love has made him both helpless and socially erased.

'mīr' ke dīn-o-maz.hab ko ab pūchhte kyā ho un ne to

qashqa khīñchā dair meñ baiThā kab tark islām kiyā

Why is it you seek to know, of Miir's religion, sect, for he

Sits in temples, painted brow, well on the road to heresy

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet mocks the very question of the poet’s religious identity, because his actions already declare it. The “temple” and the “tilak-like mark” stand as symbols of crossing boundaries and adopting the beloved’s world. At heart it is an intense, defiant love that overturns conventional labels of faith. The tone is both ironic and resigned: the shift has happened long before anyone started asking.

'mir' ke din-o-mazhab ko ab puchhte kya ho un ne to

qashqa khincha dair mein baiTha kab ka tark islam kiya

Why is it you seek to know, of Miir's religion, sect, for he

Sits in temples, painted brow, well on the road to heresy

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet mocks the very question of the poet’s religious identity, because his actions already declare it. The “temple” and the “tilak-like mark” stand as symbols of crossing boundaries and adopting the beloved’s world. At heart it is an intense, defiant love that overturns conventional labels of faith. The tone is both ironic and resigned: the shift has happened long before anyone started asking.

ishq ik 'mīr' bhārī patthar hai

kab ye tujh nā-tavāñ se uThtā hai

love is a real burden, Miir, it is a heavy stone

how can it be lifted by a weak person alone?

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer turns love into a physical weight: a stone that must be carried or raised. Addressing himself (or a frail lover), he admits human weakness before the demands of عشق. The couplet’s pain lies in the gap between the enormity of love and the lover’s limited strength, making love feel like an impossible burden.

ishq ek 'mir' bhaari patthar hai

kab ye tujh na-tawan se uThta hai

love is a real burden, Miir, it is a heavy stone

how can it be lifted by a weak person alone?

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer turns love into a physical weight: a stone that must be carried or raised. Addressing himself (or a frail lover), he admits human weakness before the demands of عشق. The couplet’s pain lies in the gap between the enormity of love and the lover’s limited strength, making love feel like an impossible burden.

shaam se kuchh bujhā rahtā huuñ

dil huā hai charāġh muflis

EXPLANATION #1

Since evening, I’ve been feeling dim and lifeless.

My heart has become like a poor man’s lamp.

The speaker describes an inner dimness that begins with evening, a time often linked with loneliness. The heart is compared to a poor man’s lamp: it gives a weak, unsteady light and is always close to going out because it lacks oil. Through this metaphor, Meer Taqi Meer conveys emotional depletion—love and life feel underfunded, fragile, and fading.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

sham se kuchh bujha sa rahta hun

dil hua hai charagh muflis ka

EXPLANATION #1

Since evening, I’ve been feeling dim and lifeless.

My heart has become like a poor man’s lamp.

The speaker describes an inner dimness that begins with evening, a time often linked with loneliness. The heart is compared to a poor man’s lamp: it gives a weak, unsteady light and is always close to going out because it lacks oil. Through this metaphor, Meer Taqi Meer conveys emotional depletion—love and life feel underfunded, fragile, and fading.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

sirhāne 'mīr' ke koī na bolo

abhī Tuk rote rote so gayā hai

EXPLANATION #1

मीर के इस शे’र में कमाल की नाटकीय स्थिति पाई जाती है। इस नाटकीय स्थिति में कम से कम तीन पात्रों की कल्पना की जा सकती है। यदि यह मान लिया जाए कि काव्य पात्र कई लोगों से संबोधित हैं तो पात्रों का निर्धारण करना मुश्किल है। अर्थात ये कहना कि कितने लोग मीर की मिज़ाजपुर्सी के लिए आए हैं, स्पष्ट नहीं होता। इस शे’र में शब्द “टुक” (अर्थात ज़रा सा)को बीज स्थिति प्राप्त है क्योंकि इसी से शे’र में प्रभाव पैदा किया गया है। “रोते-रोते” से जो निरंतर रोने की स्थिति पैदा की गई है वो भी कम दिलचस्प नहीं है।

शे’र एक दृश्य की स्थिति को बयान करता है। सम्बोधित का लहजा चेतावनीपूर्ण भी हो सकता है और आग्रहपूर्ण भी। दूसरी स्थिति ये बनती है कि सम्बोधन केवल उन लोगों से है जो मीर के सिरहाने बैठ कर या तो गुफ़्तगू करते हैं या फिर मीर की तबीयत का हाल सम्बोधित से पूछ रहे हैं। ज़ाहिर सी बात है कि जो लोग मिज़ाजपुर्सी सिरहाने बैठ कर करते हैं वो बीमार के ज़्यादा क़रीबी होते हैं। बहरहाल सम्बोधित का मीर के सिरहाने बैठ कर गुफ़्तगू करने वालों से कहना कि मीर के सिरहाने कोई बोलो से ये भी स्पष्ट होता है कि मीर ज़रा सी आवाज़ से भी जाग सकते हैं। “अभी टुक रोते-रोते सो गया है” में कमाल की नाटकीयता है। अर्थात सम्बोधित गवाह है कि मीर ने बहुत देर तक रोया है, अब थक-हार के अभी ज़रा सा सो गए हैं। ज़रा सा जब कहा तो मानो मीर अभी उठकर फिर से रोना शुरू करेंगे।

Shafaq Sopori

sirhane 'mir' ke koi na bolo

abhi Tuk rote rote so gaya hai

EXPLANATION #1

मीर के इस शे’र में कमाल की नाटकीय स्थिति पाई जाती है। इस नाटकीय स्थिति में कम से कम तीन पात्रों की कल्पना की जा सकती है। यदि यह मान लिया जाए कि काव्य पात्र कई लोगों से संबोधित हैं तो पात्रों का निर्धारण करना मुश्किल है। अर्थात ये कहना कि कितने लोग मीर की मिज़ाजपुर्सी के लिए आए हैं, स्पष्ट नहीं होता। इस शे’र में शब्द “टुक” (अर्थात ज़रा सा)को बीज स्थिति प्राप्त है क्योंकि इसी से शे’र में प्रभाव पैदा किया गया है। “रोते-रोते” से जो निरंतर रोने की स्थिति पैदा की गई है वो भी कम दिलचस्प नहीं है।

शे’र एक दृश्य की स्थिति को बयान करता है। सम्बोधित का लहजा चेतावनीपूर्ण भी हो सकता है और आग्रहपूर्ण भी। दूसरी स्थिति ये बनती है कि सम्बोधन केवल उन लोगों से है जो मीर के सिरहाने बैठ कर या तो गुफ़्तगू करते हैं या फिर मीर की तबीयत का हाल सम्बोधित से पूछ रहे हैं। ज़ाहिर सी बात है कि जो लोग मिज़ाजपुर्सी सिरहाने बैठ कर करते हैं वो बीमार के ज़्यादा क़रीबी होते हैं। बहरहाल सम्बोधित का मीर के सिरहाने बैठ कर गुफ़्तगू करने वालों से कहना कि मीर के सिरहाने कोई बोलो से ये भी स्पष्ट होता है कि मीर ज़रा सी आवाज़ से भी जाग सकते हैं। “अभी टुक रोते-रोते सो गया है” में कमाल की नाटकीयता है। अर्थात सम्बोधित गवाह है कि मीर ने बहुत देर तक रोया है, अब थक-हार के अभी ज़रा सा सो गए हैं। ज़रा सा जब कहा तो मानो मीर अभी उठकर फिर से रोना शुरू करेंगे।

Shafaq Sopori

iqrār meñ kahāñ hai inkār ḳhūbī

hotā hai shauq ġhālib us nahīñ nahīñ par

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet celebrates the paradox of love: refusal can feel more alluring than consent. The beloved’s repeated “no” is read as playful coyness, not final rejection, and that very resistance intensifies longing. The emotional core is how desire feeds on delay, uncertainty, and the beloved’s teasing denial.

iqrar mein kahan hai inkar ki si KHubi

hota hai shauq ghaalib us ki nahin nahin par

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet celebrates the paradox of love: refusal can feel more alluring than consent. The beloved’s repeated “no” is read as playful coyness, not final rejection, and that very resistance intensifies longing. The emotional core is how desire feeds on delay, uncertainty, and the beloved’s teasing denial.

dil vīrānī kyā mazkūr hai

ye nagar sau martaba luuTā gayā

Of this heart's desolation, what is there to say?

This city has, a hundred times, to plunder fallen prey

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The heart is imagined as a city repeatedly raided by sorrow. After so many losses, the speaker feels that mentioning its desolation is pointless, because devastation has become the norm. The exaggeration “a hundred times” conveys the long, repetitive history of pain and the numb resignation that follows.

dil ki virani ka kya mazkur hai

ye nagar sau martaba luTa gaya

Of this heart's desolation, what is there to say?

This city has, a hundred times, to plunder fallen prey

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The heart is imagined as a city repeatedly raided by sorrow. After so many losses, the speaker feels that mentioning its desolation is pointless, because devastation has become the norm. The exaggeration “a hundred times” conveys the long, repetitive history of pain and the numb resignation that follows.

hogā kisī dīvār ke saa.e meñ paḌā 'mīr'

kyā rabt mohabbat se us ārām-talab ko

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker paints Meer as someone collapsed in a wall’s shadow—an image of exhaustion and defeat. Then comes a sharp, ironic question: a true lover is supposed to be restless, not hunting for ease. The couplet contrasts love’s burning intensity with the desire for comfort, suggesting that seeking “rest” betrays the claims of passion.

hoga kisi diwar ke sae mein paDa 'mir'

kya rabt mohabbat se us aaram-talab ko

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker paints Meer as someone collapsed in a wall’s shadow—an image of exhaustion and defeat. Then comes a sharp, ironic question: a true lover is supposed to be restless, not hunting for ease. The couplet contrasts love’s burning intensity with the desire for comfort, suggesting that seeking “rest” betrays the claims of passion.

kyā kahūñ tum se maiñ ki kyā hai ishq

jaan rog hai balā hai ishq

what can I say of love to thee

soul's ailment and calamity

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer presents love as something beyond easy definition, so overwhelming that words fail. The metaphor shifts love from romance to affliction: a disease that grips one’s very life. Calling it a “calamity” conveys inevitability and ruin, yet also the helpless surrender of the lover. The emotional core is awe mixed with pain: love as an irresistible, destructive force.

kya kahun tum se main ki kya hai ishq

jaan ka rog hai bala hai ishq

what can I say of love to thee

soul's ailment and calamity

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer presents love as something beyond easy definition, so overwhelming that words fail. The metaphor shifts love from romance to affliction: a disease that grips one’s very life. Calling it a “calamity” conveys inevitability and ruin, yet also the helpless surrender of the lover. The emotional core is awe mixed with pain: love as an irresistible, destructive force.

nāhaq ham majbūroñ par ye tohmat hai muḳhtārī

chāhte haiñ so aap kareñ haiñ ham ko abas badnām kiyā

TRANSLATION

Us weak, she wrongfully accuses, of taking untold liberty

while she acts as she chooses, and maligns us needlessly

Rekhta

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer’s couplet protests a cruel reversal of responsibility: the powerless are blamed for “free will” while the powerful act as they please. The speaker says they have no agency, yet are charged with autonomy to justify punishment or scorn. The emotional core is hurt and indignation at being made a scapegoat for someone else’s decisions, and at needless defamation.

nahaq hum majburon par ye tohmat hai muKHtari ki

chahte hain so aap karen hain hum ko abas badnam kiya

TRANSLATION

Us weak, she wrongfully accuses, of taking untold liberty

while she acts as she chooses, and maligns us needlessly

Rekhta

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer’s couplet protests a cruel reversal of responsibility: the powerless are blamed for “free will” while the powerful act as they please. The speaker says they have no agency, yet are charged with autonomy to justify punishment or scorn. The emotional core is hurt and indignation at being made a scapegoat for someone else’s decisions, and at needless defamation.

rote phirte haiñ saarī saarī raat

ab yahī rozgār hai apnā

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker’s sorrow has become so constant that it fills the entire night, leaving no room for rest or relief. Calling weeping a “livelihood” is a bitter metaphor: grief has turned into routine, almost like a profession. The couplet captures exhaustion, loneliness, and a resigned acceptance of pain as the new normal.

rote phirte hain sari sari raat

ab yahi rozgar hai apna

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker’s sorrow has become so constant that it fills the entire night, leaving no room for rest or relief. Calling weeping a “livelihood” is a bitter metaphor: grief has turned into routine, almost like a profession. The couplet captures exhaustion, loneliness, and a resigned acceptance of pain as the new normal.

be-ḳhudī le ga.ī kahāñ ham ko

der se intizār hai apnā

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet presents self-forgetfulness as a force that makes the speaker lose direction and sense of identity. The striking metaphor is that “I” has become separated from “myself,” as if the real self stands elsewhere, waiting. It expresses regret and inner emptiness after being swept away by passion, grief, or intoxication. The emotional core is alienation from one’s own being and a late realization of what was left behind.

be-KHudi le gai kahan hum ko

der se intizar hai apna

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet presents self-forgetfulness as a force that makes the speaker lose direction and sense of identity. The striking metaphor is that “I” has become separated from “myself,” as if the real self stands elsewhere, waiting. It expresses regret and inner emptiness after being swept away by passion, grief, or intoxication. The emotional core is alienation from one’s own being and a late realization of what was left behind.

bevafā.ī pe terī hai fidā

qahr hotā jo bā-vafā hotā

I sacrifice my heart upon your infidelity

were you faithful it would be a calamity

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet builds an ironic paradox: the lover is so accustomed to pain that even the beloved’s betrayal feels lovable and familiar. If the beloved were loyal, that would create a different, unbearable intensity—perhaps because true closeness would demand responsibility or expose the lover’s own helpless dependence. The emotional core is self-destructive devotion, where suffering has become the very form of love.

bewafai pe teri ji hai fida

qahr hota jo ba-wafa hota

I sacrifice my heart upon your infidelity

were you faithful it would be a calamity

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet builds an ironic paradox: the lover is so accustomed to pain that even the beloved’s betrayal feels lovable and familiar. If the beloved were loyal, that would create a different, unbearable intensity—perhaps because true closeness would demand responsibility or expose the lover’s own helpless dependence. The emotional core is self-destructive devotion, where suffering has become the very form of love.

'mīr' un nīm-bāz āñkhoñ meñ

saarī mastī sharāb hai

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The beloved’s half-lidded eyes are portrayed as a source of drunkenness, as potent as wine itself. The metaphor shifts “intoxication” from a drink to a gaze, suggesting desire that overwhelms without any physical substance. The emotional core is helpless enchantment: the speaker is captivated and mentally unsteady under that look. The softness of “half-open” also hints at coyness and invitation, deepening the seduction.

'mir' un nim-baz aankhon mein

sari masti sharab ki si hai

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The beloved’s half-lidded eyes are portrayed as a source of drunkenness, as potent as wine itself. The metaphor shifts “intoxication” from a drink to a gaze, suggesting desire that overwhelms without any physical substance. The emotional core is helpless enchantment: the speaker is captivated and mentally unsteady under that look. The softness of “half-open” also hints at coyness and invitation, deepening the seduction.

'mīr' sāhab tum farishta ho to ho

aadmī honā to mushkil hai miyāñ

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The poet uses a lightly ironic address to say that angelic perfection is not the main point; real greatness lies in practicing humane qualities. “Human” here means empathy, restraint, and moral steadiness in everyday life. The couplet contrasts lofty, unreal ideals (angel) with the harder, lived discipline of being a good person.

'mir' sahab tum farishta ho to ho

aadmi hona to mushkil hai miyan

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The poet uses a lightly ironic address to say that angelic perfection is not the main point; real greatness lies in practicing humane qualities. “Human” here means empathy, restraint, and moral steadiness in everyday life. The couplet contrasts lofty, unreal ideals (angel) with the harder, lived discipline of being a good person.

dikhā.ī diye yuuñ ki be-ḳhud kiyā

hameñ aap se bhī judā kar chale

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The beloved’s sudden, dazzling appearance makes the lover “beside himself,” undoing his composure and sense of self. That encounter is so overwhelming that it turns into a fresh departure: instead of closeness, it produces deeper distance. The metaphor suggests that intensity of love can itself cause disorientation and exile. Emotionally, the couplet holds a paradox—meeting becomes another form of separation.

dikhai diye yun ki be-KHud kiya

hamein aap se bhi juda kar chale

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The beloved’s sudden, dazzling appearance makes the lover “beside himself,” undoing his composure and sense of self. That encounter is so overwhelming that it turns into a fresh departure: instead of closeness, it produces deeper distance. The metaphor suggests that intensity of love can itself cause disorientation and exile. Emotionally, the couplet holds a paradox—meeting becomes another form of separation.

gul ho mahtāb ho ā.īna ho ḳhurshīd ho miir

apnā mahbūb vahī hai jo adā rakhtā ho

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The poet says that mere outward beauty—like a rose, moonlight, a shining mirror, or the sun’s radiance—is not enough to be truly lovable. What makes someone his “beloved” is ‘ada’: an inner grace expressed through manner, poise, and a captivating way of being. The images list different kinds of brightness and beauty, then the couplet crowns ‘ada’ as the real criterion of attraction.

gul ho mahtab ho aaina ho KHurshid ho mir

apna mahbub wahi hai jo ada rakhta ho

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The poet says that mere outward beauty—like a rose, moonlight, a shining mirror, or the sun’s radiance—is not enough to be truly lovable. What makes someone his “beloved” is ‘ada’: an inner grace expressed through manner, poise, and a captivating way of being. The images list different kinds of brightness and beauty, then the couplet crowns ‘ada’ as the real criterion of attraction.

'mīr' amdan bhī koī martā hai

jaan hai to jahān hai pyāre

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet counters despair with a practical, loving reminder: deliberate self-destruction is unnatural, because life is the condition for everything else. “Jaan” (life) becomes the key metaphor—once it is saved, “jahaan” (the world, possibilities, relationships) is still accessible. The emotional core is tender counsel to hold on, because survival itself keeps meaning and hope alive.

'mir' amdan bhi koi marta hai

jaan hai to jahan hai pyare

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet counters despair with a practical, loving reminder: deliberate self-destruction is unnatural, because life is the condition for everything else. “Jaan” (life) becomes the key metaphor—once it is saved, “jahaan” (the world, possibilities, relationships) is still accessible. The emotional core is tender counsel to hold on, because survival itself keeps meaning and hope alive.

kyā kaheñ kuchh kahā nahīñ jaatā

ab to chup bhī rahā nahīñ jaatā

TRANSLATION

What to say, nothing I am able to say,

Alas! Even silent I am unable to stay.

Sagar Akbarabadi

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker is trapped between two impossibilities: words fail to carry the pain, yet silence also becomes unbearable. The couplet captures emotional overload where expression feels inadequate, but suppression feels suffocating. This tension reveals helplessness and inner restlessness, a heart so full that neither speech nor quiet can contain it.

kya kahen kuchh kaha nahin jata

ab to chup bhi raha nahin jata

TRANSLATION

What to say, nothing I am able to say,

Alas! Even silent I am unable to stay.

Sagar Akbarabadi

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker is trapped between two impossibilities: words fail to carry the pain, yet silence also becomes unbearable. The couplet captures emotional overload where expression feels inadequate, but suppression feels suffocating. This tension reveals helplessness and inner restlessness, a heart so full that neither speech nor quiet can contain it.

ab kar ke farāmosh to nāshād karoge

par ham jo na hoñge to bahut yaad karoge

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer frames a gentle warning: neglecting a beloved in the present brings quiet self-inflicted sorrow. The couplet contrasts ‘now’ with ‘after I’m gone’ to show how value is often recognized only through absence. The emotional core is a mix of hurt, dignity, and certainty that love turns into lasting memory. It highlights regret as the late price of forgetting.

ab kar ke faramosh to nashad karoge

par hum jo na honge to bahut yaad karoge

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer frames a gentle warning: neglecting a beloved in the present brings quiet self-inflicted sorrow. The couplet contrasts ‘now’ with ‘after I’m gone’ to show how value is often recognized only through absence. The emotional core is a mix of hurt, dignity, and certainty that love turns into lasting memory. It highlights regret as the late price of forgetting.

dillī meñ aaj bhiik bhī miltī nahīñ unheñ

thā kal talak dimāġh jinheñ tāj-o-taḳht

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet contrasts past grandeur with present destitution to show how swiftly fortune turns. “Crown and throne” stand for power, prestige, and arrogant self-assurance, while “not even alms” marks utter helplessness. The emotional core is bitter irony: those intoxicated by rule are reduced to begging, yet even begging yields nothing. It warns that worldly authority is fragile and pride invites a harsh fall.

dilli mein aaj bhik bhi milti nahin unhen

tha kal talak dimagh jinhen taj-o-taKHt ka

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet contrasts past grandeur with present destitution to show how swiftly fortune turns. “Crown and throne” stand for power, prestige, and arrogant self-assurance, while “not even alms” marks utter helplessness. The emotional core is bitter irony: those intoxicated by rule are reduced to begging, yet even begging yields nothing. It warns that worldly authority is fragile and pride invites a harsh fall.

yahī jaanā ki kuchh na jaanā haa.e

so bhī ik umr meñ huā ma.alūm

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet compresses the bitter irony of learning: after long striving, the speaker’s final “knowledge” is the discovery of his own ignorance. The sigh “alas” adds grief at wasted confidence and years. Time becomes a metaphor for life’s slow lessons, where certainty fades into humility. The emotional core is a quiet, existential disappointment that turns into self-awareness.

yahi jaana ki kuchh na jaana hae

so bhi ek umr mein hua malum

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet compresses the bitter irony of learning: after long striving, the speaker’s final “knowledge” is the discovery of his own ignorance. The sigh “alas” adds grief at wasted confidence and years. Time becomes a metaphor for life’s slow lessons, where certainty fades into humility. The emotional core is a quiet, existential disappointment that turns into self-awareness.

amīr-zādoñ se dillī ke mil na tā-maqdūr

ki ham faqīr hue haiñ inhīñ daulat se

EXPLANATION #1

In Delhi, it isn’t possible for me to associate with the children of the rich.

Because it is their very wealth that has reduced me to poverty.

Meer Taqi Meer points to a bitter social irony: the rich and their circles are out of reach, not due to lack of worth but because inequality has been produced by them. The speaker’s poverty is presented as a consequence of the powerful’s “wealth,” suggesting exploitation and exclusion. The emotional core is wounded dignity mixed with quiet accusation: those who prosper also create the destitute they avoid.

Shafaq Sopori

amir-zadon se dilli ke mil na ta-maqdur

ki hum faqir hue hain inhin ki daulat se

EXPLANATION #1

In Delhi, it isn’t possible for me to associate with the children of the rich.

Because it is their very wealth that has reduced me to poverty.

Meer Taqi Meer points to a bitter social irony: the rich and their circles are out of reach, not due to lack of worth but because inequality has been produced by them. The speaker’s poverty is presented as a consequence of the powerful’s “wealth,” suggesting exploitation and exclusion. The emotional core is wounded dignity mixed with quiet accusation: those who prosper also create the destitute they avoid.

Shafaq Sopori

shart salīqa hai har ik amr meñ

aib bhī karne ko hunar chāhiye

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer says that refinement is essential in all actions, not just in polite deeds. Even criticism must be done with tact, timing, and measured words; otherwise it becomes mere rudeness. The couplet highlights that true “fault-finding” is also a craft—meant to correct, not to wound.

shart saliqa hai har ek amr mein

aib bhi karne ko hunar chahiye

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer says that refinement is essential in all actions, not just in polite deeds. Even criticism must be done with tact, timing, and measured words; otherwise it becomes mere rudeness. The couplet highlights that true “fault-finding” is also a craft—meant to correct, not to wound.

us ke faroġh-e-husn se jhamke hai sab meñ nuur

sham-e-haram ho ki diyā somnāt

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer says the beloved’s beauty is a single, overpowering source of light that shines through every place and object. By naming both Haram (Islam’s sacred space) and Somnath (a Hindu shrine), he implies the same luminous truth appears in all sanctuaries. The metaphor of lamp/flame suggests spiritual illumination and the unity of experience beyond religious boundaries.

us ke farogh-e-husn se jhamke hai sab mein nur

sham-e-haram ho ya ki diya somnat ka

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer says the beloved’s beauty is a single, overpowering source of light that shines through every place and object. By naming both Haram (Islam’s sacred space) and Somnath (a Hindu shrine), he implies the same luminous truth appears in all sanctuaries. The metaphor of lamp/flame suggests spiritual illumination and the unity of experience beyond religious boundaries.

hamāre aage tirā jab kisū ne naam liyā

dil-e-sitam-zada ko ham ne thaam thaam liyā

EXPLANATION #1

When someone mentioned your name in front of me,

I kept holding back my wounded heart, again and again.

The beloved’s name acts like a sudden spark that reawakens old pain. The speaker’s heart is already bruised by cruelty, yet he tries to steady it through repeated restraint. “Holding” the heart suggests both stopping tears and preventing a public collapse. The couplet captures love’s vulnerability and the effort to keep dignity intact.

Mohammad Azam

hamare aage tera jab kisu ne nam liya

dil-e-sitam-zada ko hum ne tham tham liya

EXPLANATION #1

When someone mentioned your name in front of me,

I kept holding back my wounded heart, again and again.

The beloved’s name acts like a sudden spark that reawakens old pain. The speaker’s heart is already bruised by cruelty, yet he tries to steady it through repeated restraint. “Holding” the heart suggests both stopping tears and preventing a public collapse. The couplet captures love’s vulnerability and the effort to keep dignity intact.

Mohammad Azam

vasl meñ rang uḌ gayā merā

kyā judā.ī ko muñh dikhā.ūñgā

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker says that despite having the beloved close, he has already lost his glow—his courage, dignity, and vitality. If union itself has drained him, separation will feel unbearable. “Showing one’s face” suggests both confronting pain and having the self-respect to stand before it. The couplet captures love’s exhaustion and the fear of what comes after closeness ends.

wasl mein rang uD gaya mera

kya judai ko munh dikhaunga

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The speaker says that despite having the beloved close, he has already lost his glow—his courage, dignity, and vitality. If union itself has drained him, separation will feel unbearable. “Showing one’s face” suggests both confronting pain and having the self-respect to stand before it. The couplet captures love’s exhaustion and the fear of what comes after closeness ends.

ishq ma.ashūq ishq āshiq hai

yaanī apnā mubtalā hai ishq

Love is the beloved, Love's the paramour

Love is thus enmeshed/ in its own allure

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer frames love as a self-contained reality: it creates both the seeker and the sought. This makes love a paradox where the wound and the healer are the same force. The emotional core is that the lover’s suffering is not caused by an external beloved, but by love’s own nature turning back upon itself.

ishq mashuq ishq aashiq hai

yani apna hi mubtala hai ishq

Love is the beloved, Love's the paramour

Love is thus enmeshed/ in its own allure

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer frames love as a self-contained reality: it creates both the seeker and the sought. This makes love a paradox where the wound and the healer are the same force. The emotional core is that the lover’s suffering is not caused by an external beloved, but by love’s own nature turning back upon itself.

mujh ko shā.er na kaho 'mīr' ki sāhab maiñ ne

dard o ġham kitne kiye jam.a to dīvān kiyā

call me not a poet, Miir, a million sorrows I

have collected to produce a

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer frames poetry as the distilled record of lived suffering, not a proud title. The “divan” is portrayed as an archive made by collecting grief piece by piece. The emotional core is modesty mixed with a quiet insistence: his art is earned through pain. The metaphor turns personal wounds into literary wealth.

mujh ko shaer na kaho 'mir' ki sahab main ne

dard o gham kitne kiye jama to diwan kiya

call me not a poet, Miir, a million sorrows I

have collected to produce a

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer frames poetry as the distilled record of lived suffering, not a proud title. The “divan” is portrayed as an archive made by collecting grief piece by piece. The emotional core is modesty mixed with a quiet insistence: his art is earned through pain. The metaphor turns personal wounds into literary wealth.

jaa.e hai najāt ke ġham meñ

aisī jannat ga.ī jahannam meñ

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet expresses a bitter irony: even the hope of “deliverance” has become a source of anguish. The speaker feels that what was promised as comfort and reward (jannat/paradise) has, through lived experience, revealed itself as torment (jahannam/hell). It captures spiritual exhaustion—when ideals fail and consolation itself becomes pain.

jae hai ji najat ke gham mein

aisi jannat gai jahannam mein

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet expresses a bitter irony: even the hope of “deliverance” has become a source of anguish. The speaker feels that what was promised as comfort and reward (jannat/paradise) has, through lived experience, revealed itself as torment (jahannam/hell). It captures spiritual exhaustion—when ideals fail and consolation itself becomes pain.

'mīr' bandoñ se kaam kab niklā

māñgnā hai jo kuchh ḳhudā se maañg

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet shifts trust away from human beings, who often fail or cannot help, toward God as the ultimate source of help. It carries the ache of repeated disappointment with people, yet turns that hurt into counsel: rely on prayer and divine support. The emotional core is surrender mixed with practical wisdom—seeking what is lasting instead of what is uncertain.

'mir' bandon se kaam kab nikla

mangna hai jo kuchh KHuda se mang

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet shifts trust away from human beings, who often fail or cannot help, toward God as the ultimate source of help. It carries the ache of repeated disappointment with people, yet turns that hurt into counsel: rely on prayer and divine support. The emotional core is surrender mixed with practical wisdom—seeking what is lasting instead of what is uncertain.

zaḳhm jhele daaġh bhī khaa.e bahut

dil lagā kar ham to pachhtā.e bahut

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer sums up love as a costly bargain: it leaves both fresh pain (wounds) and lasting marks (scars). The speaker says that emotional investment—giving the heart—did not bring fulfillment but repeated remorse. The couplet’s force lies in the piling up of “many” pains, suggesting love’s damage is both intense and enduring.

zaKHm jhele dagh bhi khae bahut

dil laga kar hum to pachhtae bahut

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer sums up love as a costly bargain: it leaves both fresh pain (wounds) and lasting marks (scars). The speaker says that emotional investment—giving the heart—did not bring fulfillment but repeated remorse. The couplet’s force lies in the piling up of “many” pains, suggesting love’s damage is both intense and enduring.

ab aayā dhyān ai ārām-e-jāñ is nā-murādī meñ

kafan denā tumheñ bhūle the ham asbāb-e-shādī meñ

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet turns marriage preparations into a bitter metaphor for doomed love. The speaker addresses the beloved with tenderness, yet admits that the end was “na-muradi” (frustration/failed desire). The shocking image—forgetting the kafan during wedding arrangements—suggests that what looked like celebration was actually a path toward grief and spiritual death. Its emotional core is irony: love’s promise collapses into mourning.

ab aaya dhyan ai aaram-e-jaan is na-muradi mein

kafan dena tumhein bhule the hum asbab-e-shadi mein

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

The couplet turns marriage preparations into a bitter metaphor for doomed love. The speaker addresses the beloved with tenderness, yet admits that the end was “na-muradi” (frustration/failed desire). The shocking image—forgetting the kafan during wedding arrangements—suggests that what looked like celebration was actually a path toward grief and spiritual death. Its emotional core is irony: love’s promise collapses into mourning.

ishq meñ ko sabr o taab kahāñ

us se āñkheñ laḌīñ to ḳhvāb kahāñ

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer portrays love as a force that strips the lover of self-control. “Sabr-o-taab” suggests both patience and the capacity to bear pain, which love dissolves into agitation. The moment of eye-contact becomes a turning point: desire awakens so intensely that restful sleep and even the ease of dreaming disappear. The couplet captures tender intoxication mixed with helpless restlessness.

ishq mein ji ko sabr o tab kahan

us se aankhen laDin to KHwab kahan

Interpretation: Rekhta AI

Meer Taqi Meer portrays love as a force that strips the lover of self-control. “Sabr-o-taab” suggests both patience and the capacity to bear pain, which love dissolves into agitation. The moment of eye-contact becomes a turning point: desire awakens so intensely that restful sleep and even the ease of dreaming disappear. The couplet captures tender intoxication mixed with helpless restlessness.

kahā maiñ ne kitnā hai gul sabāt

kalī ne ye sun kar tabassum kiyā

EXPLANATION #1

I said: how little permanence a rose has, how quickly it fades.

On hearing this, the bud smiled softly.

The speaker reflects on the fleeting life of the rose as a symbol of beauty and existence. The bud’s smile carries gentle irony: it already knows this truth and still chooses to bloom. The couplet suggests quiet acceptance of impermanence, and a tender courage to live despite inevitable fading.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

kaha main ne kitna hai gul ka sabaat

kali ne ye sun kar tabassum kiya

EXPLANATION #1

I said: how little permanence a rose has, how quickly it fades.

On hearing this, the bud smiled softly.

The speaker reflects on the fleeting life of the rose as a symbol of beauty and existence. The bud’s smile carries gentle irony: it already knows this truth and still chooses to bloom. The couplet suggests quiet acceptance of impermanence, and a tender courage to live despite inevitable fading.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

mire salīqe se merī nibhī mohabbat meñ

tamām umr maiñ nākāmiyoñ se kaam liyā

in my own way I have dealt with love you see

all my life I made my failures work for me

EXPLANATION #1

My love did not get fulfilled in the way I knew how to carry it.

All my life, I had to make do with failures.

The speaker says that despite having the right intent and “saliqa” (a sense of how to sustain love), the relationship never truly succeeded. Instead of the desired union or completion, life kept handing him setbacks. The couplet carries self-reproach and irony: love was sincere, yet its outcome was only repeated failure. It also hints at helplessness before fate, where effort and skill still cannot guarantee success.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

mere saliqe se meri nibhi mohabbat mein

tamam umr main nakaamiyon se kaam liya

in my own way I have dealt with love you see

all my life I made my failures work for me

EXPLANATION #1

My love did not get fulfilled in the way I knew how to carry it.

All my life, I had to make do with failures.

The speaker says that despite having the right intent and “saliqa” (a sense of how to sustain love), the relationship never truly succeeded. Instead of the desired union or completion, life kept handing him setbacks. The couplet carries self-reproach and irony: love was sincere, yet its outcome was only repeated failure. It also hints at helplessness before fate, where effort and skill still cannot guarantee success.

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

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