Sunday, December 25, 2011

Mirza Ghalib: hai aur bhi duniya mey sukhanvar bahot achche, kahte hey ki 'Ghalib' ka hey andaaz-e-bayan aur '

Ghalib
hai bas ki har ik unke ishaare meiN nishaaN aur
karte haiN muhobbat to guzarata hai gumaaN aur
[ gumaaN = doubt /suspicion ]
2. yaarab ! wo na samjhe haiN na samjheNge meree baat
de aur dil unko, jo na de mujhko zubaaN aur
3. abroo se hai kya us nigah-e-naaz ko paiwand
hai teer muqarrar magar uskee hai kamaaN aur
[ abroo = eyebrow, paiband = patch ]
4. tum shahar meiN ho to hameiN kya GHam ? jab uTHeNge
le aayenge baazaar se jaakar dil-o -jaaN aur
5. harchand subak_dast hue but_shikanee meiN
ham haiN, to abhee raah meiN hai sang -e-giraaN aur
[ subak_dast (or sabuk_dast both are correct) = expert,
but_shikanee = iconoclast , sang = stone, giraaN = heavy ]
6. hai KHoon-e-jigar josh meiN dil khol ke rota
hote kaee jo deeda-e-KHooNnaaba_fishaaN aur
[ deeda = eye, KHooNnaaba = mixture of blood and water,
{KHooNnaaba = KHooN (= blood) + aab (= water)}, fishaaN = shed
/spread, KHooNnaaba_fishaaN = to sheds tears of blood ]
7. marta hooN is aawaaz pe harchand sar uD jaay
jallaad ko lekin wo kahe jaayaiN ki 'haaN aur'
[ jallaad = executioner ]
8. logoN ko hai KHursheed-e-jahaaN taab ka dhoka
har roz dikhaata hooN maiN ik daaGH-e -nihaaN aur
[ Khursheed = sun, taab = power/courage, nihaaN = hidden ]
9. leta, na agar dil tumhe deta, koee dam cheiNn
karta, jo na marta koee din, aah-o-fuGHaaN aur
[ fuGHaaN = clamour ]
10. paate naheeN jab raah, to chaD jaate haiN naale
ruktee hai meree tab' a to hotee hai ravaaN aur
[ naale = lamentation, tab'a = temperament ]
11. haiN aur bhee duniya meiN suKHanwar bohot achche
kehte haiN ki 'GHalib' ka hai andaaz- e-bayaaN aur
[ suKHanwar = poet ]

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