गरचे इलताफ़के क़ाबिल (Garche Eltaf Ke Kaabil) -- Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan

[Urdu Couplet #07]

गरचे इलताफ़के क़ाबिल यह दिलेजार न था

लेकिन इस जोरोज़फ़ाका भी सजावार न था

Garche eltaf ke kaabil yeh dil-e-zaar na tha

Lekin iss jor-o-zafa ka bhi sajawaar na tha

गरचे (garche) = though; इलताफ़ (eltaf) = favour; क़ाबिल (kaabil) = worthy; दिलेजार (dil-e-zaar) = afflicted heart; जोरोज़फ़ा (jor-o-zafa) = atrocity, torture; सजावार (sajawaar) = someone who deserves punishment

[English Meaning]

Though this afflicted heart was not worthy of a favour

But it also didn't deserve the punishment of this torture

About the Poet
Shamsuddin Jan-e-Janaan 'Mazhar' (also called Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan) is considered as one of the four pillars of Urdu poetry. He was one of the best and honest poets of his time.