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Ghazal · Nazir Akbarabadi

اے دل اپنی تو چاہ پر مت پھول Ai dil apni tu chaah par mat phool

Ghazal by Nazir Akbarabadi نظیر اکبر آبادی (1735–1830) · 5 couplets

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اے دل اپنی تو چاہ پر مت پھول

دلبروں کی نگاہ پر مت پھول

Ai dil apni tu chaah par mat phool

Dilbaron ki nigah par mat phool

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عشق کرتا ہے ہوش کو برباد

عقل کی رسم و راہ پر مت پھول

Ishq karta hai hosh ko barbaad

Aql ki rasm-o-raah par mat phool

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دام ہے وہ ارے کمند ہے وہ

دیکھ زلف سیاہ پر مت پھول

Daam hai wo are kamand hai wo

Dekh zulf-e-siyah par mat phool

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واہ کہہ کر جو ہے وہ ہنس دیتا

آہ اس ڈھب کی واہ پر مت پھول

Wah kah kar jo hai wo hans deta

Aah us dhab ki wah par mat phool

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گر پڑے گا نظیرؔ کی مانند

تو زنخداں کی چاہ پر مت پھول

Gir padega Nazir ki manind

Tu zanakhdan ki chaah par mat phool

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Source: Kulliyat-e-Nazir Akbarabadi, Ghazaliyat

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About this ghazal

A short ghazal of warnings to the heart, each ending "mat phool" (don't be so proud of it). Don't trust a glance, reason or a dark curl, which is a snare. The last couplet plays on chaah, which means both "love" and "a well": the dimple of the chin is a well you will fall into, as Nazir did. Given in full.

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