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Recitation
اعتبار کون کرے ۔ بھاونا سریواستو
۱
کسی کے عشق میں دل بے قرار کون کرے
وہی گناہ بتا بار بار کون کرے
۲
اگر سفر میں سکوں ہے کسی مسافر کو
کہیں ٹھہر کے سکوں تار تار کون کرے
۳
فریبیوں میں پریشاں ہے سب کے سب رشتے
یہاں وفاؤں پہ اب اعتبار کون کرے
۴
محبتیں تو یہاں چند روز ہوتی ہیں
تمام عمر کا آخر قرار کون کریں
۵
گلے لگا کے کریں ہر خطا معاف مری
بغیر ماں کے بھلا اتنا پیار کون کرے
۶
جو خوف برپا ہے وہ دور سب کی آنکھوں سے
تیرے سوا مرے پروردگار کون کرے
ए’तेबार कौन करे – भावना स्रीवास्तव
१
किसी के इश्क़ में दिल बे-क़रार कौन करे
वही गुनाह बता बार बार कौन करे
२
अगर सफ़र में सुकूँ है किसी मुसाफ़िर को
कहीं ठहर के सुकूँ तार तार कौन करे
३
फ़रेबियों में परेशाँ है सब के सब रिश्ते
यहाँ वफ़ाओं पे अब ए’तेबार कौन करे
४
मोहब्बतें तो यहाँ चंद रोज़ होती हैं
तमाम उम्र का आख़िर क़रार कौन करें
५
गले लगा के करें हर ख़ता मुआ’फ़ मिरी
बग़ैर माँ के भला इतना प्यार कौन करे
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जो ख़ौफ़ बरपा है वो दूर सब की आँखों से
तेरे सिवा मिरे परवर्दिगार कौन करे
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. bhaavna srivastav (1981-living), varanasi, PhD botany, education department, government of UP. Invited regularly to mushaa’era. Collection published in ‘parvaaz-e Ghazal’. This Ghazal is linked to the icon ‘kaun kare’ on the ‘refrain’ page.
1
kisi ke ishq meN dil be-qaraar1 kaun kare
vahi gunaah2 bata baar baar kaun kare 1.restless 2.sin, mistake
The beloved is by definition, fickle and faithless. Then, why should one fall in love and make his/her heart restless. Pray tell me, why should one make the same mistake again and again.
2
agar safar1 meN sukooN2 hai kisi musaafir3 ko
kahiN Thahar ke sukooN taar-taar4 kaun kare 1.journey 2.satisfaction, pleasure 3.seeker, traveler 4.tear apart, shred
I am not sure what she means other than the literal interpretation. I choose to interpret it as follows … The seeker (for truth or for love) finds pleasure in the journey. Stopping anywhere (stopping the search) robs him/her of that pleasure (shredding it). Thus, why would anyone stop their journey and shred their pleasure of constant search.
3
farebiyoN1 meN pareshaaN2 hai sab ke sab rishte3
yahaaN vafaaoN4 pe ab e’tebaar5 kaun kare 1.fraudsters 2.scattered, spread 3.relationships 4.fidelity 5.trust, believe
It seems all human/worldly relationships are among people who will deceive. How can anyone then, believe in the word/fidelity of anyone else.
4
mohabbateN to yahaaN chand1 roz2 hoti haiN
tamaam3 umr4 ka aaKhir5 qaraar6 kaun kareN 1.a few 2.days 3.all 4.life-span 5.after all 6.short for iqraar – commitment
Here (meaning in this world) love is but for a few days. Why would anyone then make a life-long commitment.
5
gale lagaa ke kareN har Khataa1 mu’aaf2 meri
baGhair3 maaN ke bhalaa itna pyaar kaun kare 1.transgression, offence 2.pardon 3.without – used here to mean ‘except for’
With an embrace, she forgives all my offences. Except for a mother, who else will show such love.
6
jo Khauf1 barpaa2 hai vo duur3 sab ki aaNkhoN se
tere sivaa4 mere parvardigaar5 kaun kare 1.fear 2.happening, existing 3.banish, remove 4.except for 5.god
Fear is spread everywhere. Who except god can remove this fear.
bhaavna srivastav (1981-living), varanasi, PhD botany, education department, government of UP. Invited regularly to mushaa’era. Collection published in ‘parvaaz-e Ghazal’. This Ghazal is linked to the icon ‘kaun kare’ on the ‘refrain’ page.
1
kisi ke ishq meN dil be-qaraar1 kaun kare
vahi gunaah2 bata baar baar kaun kare
1.restless 2.sin, mistake
The beloved is by definition, fickle and faithless. Then, why should one fall in love and make his/her heart restless. Pray tell me, why should one make the same mistake again and again.
2
agar safar1 meN sukooN2 hai kisi musaafir3 ko
kahiN Thahar ke sukooN taar-taar4 kaun kare
1.journey 2.satisfaction, pleasure 3.seeker, traveler 4.tear apart, shred
I am not sure what she means other than the literal interpretation. I choose to interpret it as follows … The seeker (for truth or for love) finds pleasure in the journey. Stopping anywhere (stopping the search) robs him/her of that pleasure (shredding it). Thus, why would anyone stop their journey and shred their pleasure of constant search.
3
farebiyoN1 meN pareshaaN2 hai sab ke sab rishte3
yahaaN vafaaoN4 pe ab e’tebaar5 kaun kare
1.fraudsters 2.scattered, spread 3.relationships 4.fidelity 5.trust, believe
It seems all human/worldly relationships are among people who will deceive. How can anyone then, believe in the word/fidelity of anyone else.
4
mohabbateN to yahaaN chand1 roz2 hoti haiN
tamaam3 umr4 ka aaKhir5 qaraar6 kaun kareN
1.a few 2.days 3.all 4.life-span 5.after all 6.short for iqraar – commitment
Here (meaning in this world) love is but for a few days. Why would anyone then make a life-long commitment.
5
gale lagaa ke kareN har Khataa1 mu’aaf2 meri
baGhair3 maaN ke bhalaa itna pyaar kaun kare
1.transgression, offence 2.pardon 3.without – used here to mean ‘except for’
With an embrace, she forgives all my offences. Except for a mother, who else will show such love.
6
jo Khauf1 barpaa2 hai vo duur3 sab ki aaNkhoN se
tere sivaa4 mere parvardigaar5 kaun kare
1.fear 2.happening, existing 3.banish, remove 4.except for 5.god
Fear is spread everywhere. Who except god can remove this fear.
