jalwaa baqadar-e-zarf-e-nazar dekhte rahe

जलवा बकदर-ए-ज़र्फ़-ए -नज़र देखते रहे 

क्या देखते हम उनको मगर देखते रहे !

jalwaa baqadar-e-zarf-e-nazar dekhte rahe

kya dekhte hum unko magar dekhte rahe 

[jalwaa = light/illumination , bqadar = With dignity , zarf: receptacle , zarf-e-nazar =  holder of the the vision (eyes) ,  bqadar-e-zarf-e-nazar = dignified eyes]

I kept looking at the light from those dignified eyes

what  could have I seen, but still yet I kept looking

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अपना ही अक्स पेश-ए-नज़र देखते रहे 

आईना रु-ब-रु था मगर देखते रहे !

apna hi aqs pesh-e-nazar dekhte rahe

aaeena ru-ba-ru tha magar dekhte rahe

[aqs = reflection, pesh = in front, pesh-e-nazar = in front of the eye, aaeena = mirror, ru = face, ru-ba-ru = face to face]

I saw my own reflection in front of my eyes

mirror was in front and I kept looking

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क्या कहर था की पास ही दिल के लगी थी आग 

अंधेर है की दीदा-ए-तर देखते रहे !

kya qahar tha ki paas he dil ke lagi thii aag

andher hai ki deeda-e-tar dekhte rahe

[qahar = tyaranny , andher = darkness, deeda-e-tar = moistness of eyes  ]

what tyaranny it was that the fire engulfed in front of the heart

its dark and despite moist eyes  I kept looking 

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लाख आफताब पास से हो कर गुज़र गए 

बैठे हम इंतज़ार-ए-सहर देखते रहे !

laakh aaftaab paas se ho kar guzar gai

baithe hum intazaar-e-sahar dekhte rahe

[aaftaab = sun, intazaar  = awaiting, intazaar-e-sahar = awaiting for dawn ]

hundred thousands of sun passed by me

sitting there and awaiting the dawn, I kept looking

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उनकी हरीम-ए-नाज़ कहाँ और हम कहाँ 

नक़्श-ओ-निगार-ए-पर्दा-ओ-दर देखते रहे !

unki hareem-e-naaz kahan aur hum kahan

naqsh-o-nigaar-e-parda-o-dar dekhte rahe

[hareem = abode, naaz= pride/dignified/elegance, hareem-e-naaz = abode of one with elegance (beloved), naqsh = drawing, nigaar = decoration/embellishment, parda = curtain, dar = door, naqs-o-nigaar-e-parda-o-dar dekhte = drawings and embellishments of doors and curtain]

where is the abode of the dignified and where am I,

those drawings and embellishments of the doors and curtain, I kept looking

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ऐसी भी कुछ फ़िराक की रातें गुज़र गयीं 

जैसे उन्ही को पेश-ए-नज़र देखते रहे !

aisi bhee kuch firaaq kee raatein guzar gayeen

jaise unhi ko pesh-e-nazar dekhte rahe

[firaaq = seperation]

such nights of separations have passed by me

In front of my my eyes it was and I kept looking

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है दौर-ए-बेदिली की मजबुरीआं भी याद 

आँखें थी सोगवार मगर देखते रहे 

hai daur-e-bedili ki wo mazburiaan bhee yaad

aankhein thee sogwaar, magar dekhte rahe

[daur = times, bedili = disenchantment, daur-e-bedili = times of disenchatment, mazburiaan = helplessness , sogwaar = sorrowful / greiving]

such helplessness of the disenchanted time I recall

even though the eyes were grieving, I kept looking

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हर लहज़ा शान-ए-हुस्न बदलती रही 'जिगर'

हर आन हम जहां-ए-दिगर देखते रहे !

har lahzaa shaan-e-husn badalti rahi 'Jigar' 

har aan hum jahaan-e-digar dekhte rahe

[lahzaa = moment / wink of an eye/ glance, shaan = grandure, shaan-e-husn = grandure of beauty,  aan = dignity/glory ,  digar = another. jahaan-e-digar = another /changed world ]

every moment the grandness of beauty kept changing

with dignity, the changing world ,I kept looking

Jigar Moradabadi 

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Adding my makhta to this ghazal

'मुज़्तरिब' दिल की और तिश्नगी आँखों की ऐसी 

तस्वीर को उनकी हम रात भर देखते रहे 

'Muztarib' dil aur tishnagi aankhon ki aisi

tasveeer ko unki hum raat bhar dekhte rahe

[Muztarib= agitated, tishnagi = thirst]

such was the agitation in heart and thirst of eyes

 that picture, whole night, I kept looking

'Muztarib'