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April 12, 2019

जो दिल तेरे ग़म का निशाना (Jo Dil Tere Gam ka Nishana) -- Asrar ul Haq Majaz

[Urdu Couplet #30]

जो दिल तेरे ग़म का निशाना भी है 
क़तीले-जफ़ाएं-ज़माना भी है 

Jo dil tere gam ka nishana bhi hai
Qatiil-e-jafaa-e-zamana bhi hai


Asrar ul Haq Majaz
(1911-1955)

ग़म (gam) = sorrow; निशाना (nishana) = target; क़तील (qatiil) = killed; ज़माना (zamana) = world; क़तीले-जफ़ाएं-ज़माना (  ) = troubled by the atrocities of the world

[English Meaning]
The heart that is your target for sorrow
Is also troubled by the atrocities of the world

It can also mean:
The heart that gets pain from you
Is tortured even by the cruel world

About the Poet
असरारुलहक़ मजाज़ Asrar ul Haq Majaz popularly known as Majaz was a revolutionary romantic poet of his time. The central theme in many of his poems is pain and pathos of a lover. Read More

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