Song lyrics

Kise hijraton ka malal hai

📜 Lyrics

That evening spent in your remembrance, that alone is the evening of union! My dream was that one day you would wait for me like spring itself. If my gaze were to rise and your beloved face stood before me, Wherever that beloved turned, let light descend upon that place. What he writes, let it be answered; what he prays for, let it be granted. That blooming flower whom he touches, let that be the verdant branch of rose. Whoever receives reward for thinking, whoever finds blessing even in beholding, If through poetry he finds honor, let my accent be like the peaks of eloquence. If the ascetics love him, then let every step of mine be a prayer. Whatever fragrance reaches me from him, let my garden be my only measure. Let butterflies dance in all my prayers, let roses bloom in every verse I write. If only once he would tell me: all your prayers are answered, Your sleepless nights have been heard! Your thorns are flowers from this day forth. If only once, at the gathering's end, he would ask me to recite a verse, I would tell him in verse after verse: there is nothing of mine except you. Let someone once bless me and illuminate my heart and soul, Let someone grant me a prayer of love that adorns both my worlds.

💡 Meaning & story

A Detailed Summary and Intellectual Analysis of the Poem - written by Mubarik Siddiqi This ghazal is not merely a conventional romantic poem; rather, it begins with earthly love (metaphorical love) and touches the boundaries of divine love (spiritual love) and transcendence. Its detailed analysis is as follows: Union in Separation: From the very outset, the poet has presented the traditional melancholy of separation in a new light. The beloved's memory is so intense, profound, and deeply felt that the sense of distance dissolves, and an evening spent in solitude feels exactly like an evening of union—as if loneliness itself becomes togetherness. The Radiant and Spiritual Vision of the Beloved: In the second and third verses, the beloved is presented as an ideal and spiritual being whose existence is bound to springtime itself. Wherever the beloved passes, "light descends." The beloved's words and pen hold such power that every prayer and every letter finds acceptance in the divine court. Love as an Act of Worship: In the fourth verse, the poet's imagination reaches its zenith. The beloved's touch transforms even a withered branch into a blooming rose. Love is so pure that merely thinking of the beloved becomes a reward, and beholding the beloved becomes an act of spiritual merit. Complete Surrender: In the fifth and sixth verses, the lover is ready to reshape himself entirely according to the beloved's will. If the beloved loves eloquence, he shall become a great poet like Ahmad Faraz; and if the beloved is ascetic and devout, then the lover's every step shall become prayer. He wishes to color his every ghazal, every prayer, and his entire world in the hue of the beloved. Hope and Desire for Recompense: In the seventh and eighth verses lies a profound hope. The poet dreams of a day when the beloved himself shall come and reward all the lover's devotions, and say that your sleepless nights have borne fruit and your thorns have now become flowers. At the head of the gathering, he wishes to announce through the veil of this ghazal: "I have nothing except you." A Deep Prayer and State of Transcendence: In the final verse, the ghazal reaches its apex. The lover now seeks only a spiritual prayer or blessing from the beloved that will purify his heart and soul and beautify both his worldly life and the hereafter. This is a state of complete spiritual awakening and epiphany.