Arz-o-sama kahan teri wusat ko pa sake

Khwaja Meer Dard ki ghazal.

Ghazal

Arz-o-sama kahan teri wusat ko pa sakeMera hi dil hai woh ke jahan tu sama sake

Wahdat mein teri harf-e-doi ka na aa sakeAaina kya majal tujhe munh dikha sake

Main woh futada hoon ke baghair-az-fana mujheNaqsh-e-qadam ki tarah na koi utha sake

Qasid nahin yeh kaam tera apni rah leUs ka payam dil ke siwa kaun la sake

Ghafil Khuda ki yaad pe mat bhool zinharApne tain bhula de agar tu bhula sake

Yarab yeh kya tilism hai idrak-o-fehm yaanDaude hazaar aap se bahar na ja sake

Go bahs kar ke baat bithai bhi kya hasilDil se utha ghilaf agar tu utha sake

Itfa-e-nar-e-ishq na ho aab-e-ashk seYeh aag woh nahin jise pani bujha sake

Mast-e-sharab-e-ishq woh be-khud hai jis ko hashrAe Dard chahe laye ba-khud par na la sake

Mushkil alfaz

• Arz-o-sama: zameen aur aasman
• Wusat: phailao, kushadgi
• Sama sake: andar aa sake, gunjaish paye
• Wahdat: ek hona, yaktai
• Harf-e-doi: do hone ki baat
• Majal: taqat, himmat
• Futada: gira hua, aajiz
• Fana: mit jana
• Naqsh-e-qadam: paon ka nishan
• Qasid: paigham le jane wala
• Zinhar: hargiz, khabardar
• Tilism: jadoo, bhed
• Idrak: samajh, shaoor
• Hasil: hasil, faida
• Ghilaf: parda, dhakna
• Itfa: bujhana
• Nar: aag
• Aab-e-ashk: aansuon ka pani
• Hashr: qayamat
• Be-khud: apne aap se be-khabar

Pas manzar

Khwaja Meer Dard ko Urdu mein sufiyana shayari ka imam kaha jata hai; Rekhta ne is ghazal ko "Tasawwuf" ke mauzu mein rakha hai². Matla ka khayal yeh hai ke zameen aur aasman Khuda ki wusat ko nahin pa sakte, magar insan ka dil woh jagah hai jahan woh sama sakta hai. Panchwan sher, "Ghafil Khuda ki yaad pe mat bhool zinharApne tain bhula de agar tu bhula sake", is ghazal ka markazi paigham hai. Rekhta par is ghazal ki Fasih Akmal ki qirat maujood hai¹.

Matn kama-khaz: Rekhta par shaya matn, lafz ba lafz¹.