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Ghazal · Nazir Akbarabadi

اسی کا دیکھنا ہے ٹھانتا دل Isi ka dekhna hai thanta dil

Ghazal by Nazir Akbarabadi نظیر اکبر آبادی (1735–1830) · 4 couplets

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اسی کا دیکھنا ہے ٹھانتا دل

جو ہے تیر نگہ سے چھانتا دل

Isi ka dekhna hai thanta dil

Jo hai tir-e-nigah se chhanta dil

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بہت کہتے ہیں مت مل اس سے لیکن

نہیں کہنا ہمارا مانتا دل

Bahut kahte hain mat mil us se lekin

Nahin kahna hamara manta dil

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چھپاؤگے تو چھپنے کا نہیں یاں

ہمارا ہے نشاں پہچانتا دل

Chhupaoge to chhupne ka nahin yaan

Hamara hai nishan pahchanta dil

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کہا ہم نے نظیرؔ اس سے کہ جس نے

یہ پوچھا ہے اسی کا جانتا دل

Kaha hum ne Nazir us se ki jis ne

Ye poochha hai usi ka janta dil

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Selected couplets — 4 of the 5 in the ghazal.

Source: Kulliyat-e-Nazir Akbarabadi, Ghazaliyat

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About this ghazal

A short ghazal on the refrain "dil" (the heart): the heart is set on seeing only the one who wounds it, will not listen to advice, and recognises its own mark however well it is hidden. 1 couplet of the original is not included here.

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