اپنی پوشاک سے ہشیار کہ خدام قدیم
دھجیاں مانگتے ہیں اپنے گریبانوں کی
Be careful with your clothes, that God is ancient:
This stanza conveys a deep symbolism. “Beware of one’s clothing” means that one should be careful about one’s self, honor and character. “Khudam qitim” refers to those old and noble people or traditions, who practiced austerity, sacrifice and service in their lives. This stanza shows the importance of these traditions and values highlights in which simplicity and austerity were preferred. The poet is warning that we should look to these core values instead of our outward splendor or artificial dignity.
They ask for their collars:
This verse describes the humility and simplicity of man. “Demands” means that the people, who were pioneers of austerity and austerity, are now remembering their old standards and values. “Of their necks” refers to their simple life and old clothes, which were a sign of their sacrifice, self-reliance and austerity. This is the poet Wants to tell that those great people, who adopted principles and sacrifice in their lives, are now calling for these values again, because the modern world has turned away from them.
Message:
These poems exhort man to return to his origin and traditions. The poet reminds us that we should value our moral values, simplicity and humility more than our external splendor and material things. By giving the example of Khudam qitim, the poet is warning us that true honor and greatness are hidden in those principles, which we have forgotten.
دل میں وہ زخم کھلے ہیں کہ چمن کیا شے ہے
گھر میں بارات سی اتری ہوئی گل دانوں کی
Those wounds are open in the heart that what chaman is:
This stanza describes the intensity of sorrow and grief in the depths of the poet’s heart. “The wounds are open in the heart” means that the poet’s heart has such deep and severe wounds that are not yet healed, but the wounds are fresh and their pain is intense. “Chaman Kya She Hai” means garden (Chaman), when the heart is so full of wounds. That which symbolizes happiness, life and beauty, loses its significance. The poet is showing that the sorrow of his heart has made every joy and beauty of life meaningless.
In the house like a procession of fallen flower seeds:
This stanza describes the world around the poet which seems to be full of happiness. “Barat se Uttri Hui” means that a magnificent and joyous scene is being presented, which seems to show the richness and color of life. “Of flowers” means that these joys and beauties are artificial, like a house full of flowers, but have no real soul or life in them. It is said in a sarcastic way that the outward prosperity of the house cannot hide the sorrow of the heart.
Message:
These poems describe the depths of human emotions, where heartache and inner pain have rendered the outward joys and beauty of life meaningless. The poet says that no matter how pleasant and beautiful the surroundings are, if the heart is wounded, these pleasures have no effect. These poems highlight that true happiness is connected to the state of the heart, not the color of the external world.
ایک اک یاد کے ہاتھوں پہ چراغوں بھرے طشت
کعبۂ دل کی فضا ہے کہ صنم خانوں کی
Plates full of lamps on the hands of one memory:
This stanza describes the light of memories and their effect on the heart. “In the hands of each memory” means that the poet’s memories, which are alive in his heart, are like holding a lamp in his hands. The “littered bowl” means that these memories are very bright and beautiful, as if they are radiating light, but this light is not the effect of happiness but of a deep, perhaps sad, memory. The poet here shapes the memories into a spiritual landscape, pointing to the Kaaba of his heart.
The Kaaba is the atmosphere of the heart:
This stanza describes the state of the heart and its depths. “Kaaba-dil” refers to the poet’s heart, which is like a holy and pure place. “Space” refers to the inner feelings and thoughts of the heart. “Ke sanam khanoon ki” means that this atmosphere of the heart has become like a sanam khana (i.e. a place of worship of idols), where various memories and thoughts, like idols, reside in the heart. The poet expresses the contradiction here that the heart which is as holy as the Kaaba And to be honest, he is full of different memories and thoughts, which are cluttering him up.
Message:
These poems describe deep-seated memories and their effects. The poet alludes to a spiritual paradox that the heart, which is a sacred place, has taken its place in memory and thought like shrines. These poems reveal human emotions, the complex effects of memories, and the inner contradictions of the heart. The poet’s realization suggests that memories can be both bright and burdensome, and can affect the purity and peace of the heart.
نشۂ عشق کا گر ظرف دیا تھا مجھ کو
عمر کا تنگ نہ پیمانہ بنایا ہوتا
He had given me the intoxicating taste of love:
This stanza describes the poet’s deep spiritual quest and intensity of love. “Intoxication of love” refers to the overwhelming passion of love that completely takes hold of a person. “I was given the vessel” means that if nature had given me the ability or the courage to bear the intoxication of love, it was a great blessing. Here the poet describes love as a divine state, which can be a means to touch the depths of life and understand the secrets of reality.
The narrow age scale would not have been made:
This stanza is the poet’s complaint about the limitation of human life. “Narrow scale of life” refers to the short life that nature has given. The poet says that if one had been given the courage to endure the intoxication of love, the scale of age (ie the span of life) should have been widened to fully realize the dimensions of love. The poet is lamenting that the time of life is too short to fully know the depths of love and its delights.
Message:
These poems describe the contrast between the limited life of man and the infinite extent of love. The poet says that if a great passion like love has been awakened in the heart of a person, then there should have been a long and wide life with it so that a person can fully understand this passion and dive into its depths. These poems describe the greatness of love, the brevity of human life, and the resulting anxiety.
