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Sher of Meer Taqi Meer
nāzukī us ke lab kī kyā kahiye
pañkhuḌī ik gulāb kī sī hai
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
nazuki us ke lab ki kya kahiye
pankhuDi ek gulab ki si hai
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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rāh-e-dūr-e-ishq meñ rotā hai kyā
aage aage dekhiye hotā hai kyā
Interpretation:
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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:
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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.
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pattā pattā buuTā buuTā haal hamārā jaane hai
jaane na jaane gul hī 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
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koī tum sā bhī kaash tum ko mile
mudda.ā ham ko intiqām se hai
Interpretation:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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.
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ham hue tum hue ki 'mīr' hue
us kī zulfoñ ke sab asiir hue
whether me or you, or miir it may be
are prisoners of her tresses for eternity
Interpretation:
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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:
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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.
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aag the ibtidā-e-ishq meñ ham
ab jo haiñ ḳhaak intihā hai ye
Interpretation:
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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:
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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.
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le saañs bhī āhista ki nāzuk hai bahut kaam
āfāq kī is kārgah-e-shīshagarī kā
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
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Tag : Besabati
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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 ऐ 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 ऐ 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
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miir kyā saade haiñ bīmār hue jis ke sabab
usī attār ke laḌke se davā lete haiñ
Interpretation:
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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:
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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.
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yaad us kī itnī ḳhuub nahīñ 'mīr' baaz aa
nādān phir vo jī se bhulāyā na jā.egā
Interpretation:
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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:
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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.
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Tag : Yaad
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baare duniyā meñ raho ġham-zada yā shaad raho
aisā kuchh kar ke chalo yaañ ki bahut yaad raho
Interpretation:
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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.
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phuul gul shams o qamar saare hī the
par hameñ un meñ tumhīñ bhaa.e bahut
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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 kā 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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
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shaam se kuchh bujhā sā rahtā huuñ
dil huā hai charāġh muflis kā
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
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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 न 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 न 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।
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iqrār meñ kahāñ hai inkār kī sī ḳhūbī
hotā hai shauq ġhālib us kī nahīñ nahīñ par
Interpretation:
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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 kī vīrānī kā 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:
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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:
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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.
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hogā kisī dīvār ke saa.e meñ paḌā 'mīr'
kyā rabt mohabbat se us ārām-talab ko
Interpretation:
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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 kā rog hai balā hai ishq
what can I say of love to thee
soul's ailment and calamity
Interpretation:
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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.
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nāhaq ham majbūroñ par ye tohmat hai muḳhtārī kī
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:
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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.
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rote phirte haiñ saarī saarī raat
ab yahī rozgār hai apnā
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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:
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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 jī 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 kī sī 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.
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'mīr' sāhab tum farishta ho to ho
aadmī honā to mushkil hai miyāñ
Interpretation:
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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.
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gul ho mahtāb ho ā.īna ho ḳhurshīd ho miir
apnā mahbūb vahī hai jo adā rakhtā ho
Interpretation:
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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:
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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 kā
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 kī 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 yā ki diyā somnāt kā
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
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vasl meñ rang uḌ gayā merā
kyā judā.ī ko muñh dikhā.ūñgā
Interpretation:
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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 hī 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.
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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.
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Tag : Sher
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jaa.e hai jī najāt ke ġham meñ
aisī jannat ga.ī jahannam meñ
Interpretation:
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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.
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Tag : Khuda
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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.
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ab aayā dhyān ai ārām-e-jāñ is nā-murādī meñ
kafan denā tumheñ bhūle the ham asbāb-e-shādī meñ
Interpretation:
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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 jī ko sabr o taab kahāñ
us se āñkheñ laḌīñ to ḳhvāb kahāñ
Interpretation:
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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.
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Tag : Valentine's Day
kahā maiñ ne kitnā hai gul kā 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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