Dard Ka Had Se Guzarna Hai Dawa Ho Jana - Mirza Ghalib

 दर्द का हद से गुज़रना है दवा हो जाना। (Dard Ka Had Se Guzarna Hai Dawa Ho Jana) - When pain exceeds all bounds, it becomes, itself, the remedy. - Mirza Ghalib 

Mirza Ghalib in this profound Ghazal compares the suffering in love with various situations in life all indicates to complete surrender of one's self to the beloved. It also indicates to the deep meaning of the ghazal if compared this situation with the one's love with the God. As in first stanza he says that as a single drop of water (Katra) finds its ultimate fulfillment when it dissolves into the vast ocean (Dariya). He suggests that pain (Dard) of love becomes remedy when it past its limit. To read the full explanation of this ghazal read :  Understanding Ishrat-e-Katra Hai by Mirza Ghalib

इशरत-ए-क़तरा है दरिया में फ़ना हो जाना,

दर्द का हद से गुज़रना है दवा हो जाना।  

Ishrat-e-Katra Hai Dariya Mein Fana Ho Jana,

Dard Ka Had Se Guzarna Hai Dawa Ho Jana.

To be consumed by the ocean is the droplet's ecstasy,

When pain exceeds all bounds, it becomes, itself, the remedy.

तुझ से क़िस्मत में मिरी सूरत-ए-क़ुफ़्ल-ए-अबजद,

था लिखा बात के बनते ही जुदा हो जाना। 

Tujh Se Kismat Mein Meri Surat-e-Kufl-e-Abjad,

Tha Likha Baat Ke Bante Hi Juda Ho Jana. 

In my destiny, with you, it was written like a combination lock, 

to be separated at the moment when it unlock.

दिल हुआ कशमकश-ए-चारा-ए-ज़हमत में तमाम,

मिट गया घिसने में इस उक़दे का वा हो जाना।

Dil Hua Kashmakash-e-Chara-e-Zehmat Mein Tamam,

Mit Gaya Ghisne Mein Is Ukde Ka Va Ho Jana. 

The heart exhausted itself in getting the cure of the trouble,

Worn out itself to undone in the process to unravel.

अब जफ़ा से भी हैं महरूम हम अल्लाह अल्लाह,

इस क़दर दुश्मन-ए-अरबाब-ए-वफ़ा हो जाना।

Ab Jafa Se Bhi Hai Mehroom Hum Allah-Allah,

Is Kadar Dushman-e-Arbab-e-Wafa Ho Jana.

Alas! Now I am deprived even of her cruelty,

to think to become such an enemy to the faithful is a rarity.

ज़ोफ़ से गिर्या मुबद्दल ब-दम-ए-सर्द हुआ,

बावर आया हमें पानी का हवा हो जाना।

Zoff Se Girya Mubaddal Ba-Dam-e-Sard Hua,

Bawar Aaya Hamein Pani Ka Hawa Ho Jana. 

Weakness has turned my tears into cold sighs so rare,

now I understand the process of transformation of water into air.

दिल से मिटना तिरी अंगुश्त-ए-हिनाई का ख़याल,

हो गया गोश्त से नाख़ुन का जुदा हो जाना।

Dil Se Mitna Tiri Angusht-e-Hinai Ka Khayal,

Ho Gaya Gosht Se Nakhun Ka Juda Ho Jana.

The fading memory of your henna-stained finger from my heart,

is like to tear flesh from the nails apart.

है मुझे अब्र-ए-बहारी का बरस कर खुलना,

रोते रोते ग़म-ए-फ़ुर्क़त में फ़ना हो जाना।

Hai Mujhe Abr-e-Bahari Ka Baras Kar Khulna,

Rote Rote Gham-e-Furkat Mein Fana Ho Jana.

Either until the sky clear to pour completely like a spring cloud,

Or end my existence crying in sorrow of separation without any doubt.

गर नहीं निकहत-ए-गुल को तिरे कूचे की हवस,

क्यूँ है गर्द-ए-रह-ए-जौलान-ए-सबा हो जाना।

Gar Nahin Nikhat-e-Gul Ko Tere Kuche Ki Hawas,

Kyun Hain Gard-e-Rah-e-Jaulan-e-Saba Ho Jana.

If the fragrance of the flower does not yearn for your street,

Why dust remains in the wind's pathway for you to meet?

बख़्शे है जल्वा-ए-गुल ज़ौक़-ए-तमाशा 'ग़ालिब',

चश्म को चाहिए हर रंग में वा हो जाना।

Bakshe Hai Jalwa-e-Gul Zauk-e-Tamasha 'Ghalib',

Chasm Ko Chahiye Har Rang Me Va Ho Jana.

'Oh Ghalib', the splendor of the flower bestows the longing for observation,

to the awakened eye,it itself turns into the color of the flower in the garden of imagination.

ता कि तुझ पर खुले एजाज़-ए-हवा-ए-सैक़ल,

देख बरसात में सब्ज़ आइने का हो जाना।

Ta Ki Tujh Par Khule Ejaz-e-Hawa-e-Saikal,

Dekh Barsaat Mein Sabz Aaine Ka Ho Jana.

So to you reveal the miracle of biting cold wind,

See the flourishing of the mirror during the rains 

Listen this Ghazal in the voice of M.S.Subbulakshmi :