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Recitation
کچھ پا بھی گئے ۔ جئے کرشن چودھری حبیبؔ
۱
اُلفت کے فسانے ماضی کے، کچھ بھولے کچھ یاد آ بھی گئے
غم کے بادل دل پہ مرے، کچھ چھٹ بھی گئے کچھ چھا بھی گئے
۲
جب عشق کی وادی میں ہم تم، لے کر ہاتھوں میں ہاتھ چلے
گو خار بھی الجھے دامن میں، کچھ لمحے گل برسا بھی گئے
۳
جب رازِ محبت مجھ سے سنا، کچھ وہ بھی پسیجے دم بھر کو
چپ رہتے ہوئے کچھ کہہ بھی گئے، اور کہتے ہوئے کترا بھی گئے
۴
بازی میں محبت کی اکثر، کچھ مرحلے ایسے آئے ہیں
جب جیت کے بھی ہم ہار گئے، اور ہار کے ہم کچھ پا بھی گئے
۵
وہ آئے اور کچھ حال نہ پوچھا، دل کا درد بھی کچھ نہ سنا
یوں دیکھ کہ ان کو دل کے کنول، کچھ کھل بھی گئے مرجھا بھی گئے
۶
اُلجھی سی ہیں عشق کی راہیں، جوکھم سی کچھ عشق کی منزل
ان راہوں میں کچھ کھو بھی گئے، اور منزل کو کچھ پا بھی گئے
۷
گو لاکھ جتن ہم نے بھی کئے، پر قلب کی تسکیں ہو نہ سکی
ارمانوں سے دل خالی نہ ہوا، کچھ گُھٹ بھی گئے کچھ پا بھی گئے
۸
کیا جانے ہم کیا کہہ بیٹھے، وہ کہہ نہ سکے جو کہنا تھا
ہم پیار کے تانے بانے کو، سلجھا بھی گئے الجھا بھی گئے
۹
یہ حسن کی مستی ان کی حبیبؔ، یہ کیا ہی انوکھی مستی ہے
کچھ خود بھی ہوئے بے خود اس سے، کچھ بے خود ہم کو بنا بھی گئے
कुछ पा भी गए – जयक्रिष्ण चौघरी हबीब
१
उल्फ़त के फ़साने माज़ी के कुछ भूले कुछ याद आ भी गए
ग़म के बादल दिल पे मेरे कुछ छट भी गए कुछ छा भी गए
२
जब इश्क़ की वादी में हम तुम ले कर हाथों में हाथ चले
गो ख़ार भी उलझे दामन में कुछ लम्हे गुल बरसा भी गए
३
जब राज़-ए मोहब्बत मुझ से सुना कुछ वो भी पसीजे दम भर को
चुप रहते हुए कुछ कह भी गए और कहते हुए कतरा भी गए
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बाज़ी में मोहब्बत की अक्सर कुछ मरहले ऐसे आए हैं
जब जीत के भी हम हार गए और हार के हम कुछ पा भी गए
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वो आए और कुछ हाल न पूछा दिल का दर्द भी कुछ न सुना
यूँ देख के उन को दिल के कँवल कुछ खिल भी गए मुरझा भी गए
६
उलझी सी हैं इश्क़ की राहें जोखम सी कुछ इश्क़ की मंज़िल
इन राहों में कुछ खो भी गए और मंज़िल को कुछ पा भी गए
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गो लाख जतन हम ने भी किए पर क़ल्ब की तस्कीं हो न सकी
अरमानों से दिल ख़ाली न हुआ कुछ घुट भी गए कुछ पा भी गए
८
क्या जाने हम क्या कह बैठे वो कह न सके जो कहना था
हम प्यार के ताने-बाने को सुलझा भी गए उलझा भी गए
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ये हुस्न की मस्ती उन की हबीब ये क्या ही अनोखी मस्ती है
कुछ ख़ुद भी हुए बे-ख़ुद उस से कुछ बे-ख़ुद हम को बना भी गए
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. jaikishan chaudhry habiib (1904-xxxx), born in Dera ismail KhaaN, in pakistan. Lived in jabalpur. He was a scholar of sanskrit, English, faarsi and urdu, and was an active participant in the independence struggle, most notably with Khaan abdul Ghaffaar KhaaN. MA from aligaRh and later LLB, law practice 1929. He migrated to India after partition in 1947. IAS – Collector and later Education Secretary. Early retirement in 1960, but recalled later to serve three more years in jabalpur and retired there. In 1969 he served on Ghalib shataabdhi naagarik samiti which organized four ‘tarahi’ mushaa’era over that year and published a book. He composed several Ghazal in the style of Ghalib. This one from his collection ‘naGhma-e zindagi’.
1
ulfat1 ke fasaane2 maazi3 ke kuchh bhoole kuchh yaad aa bhi gaye
Gham ke baadal dil pe mere kuchh chhaT4 bhi gaye kuchh chhaa bhi gaye 1.love 2.stories, memories 3.past 4.sort (discarded, dispersed)
Old memories of love, some forgotten, others emerging, clouds of sorrow, some disperse, others overwhelm.
2
jab ishq ki vaadi1 meN ham tum le kar haathoN meN haath chale
go2 Khaar3 bhi uljhe4 daaman5 meN kuchh lamhe6 gul7 barsaa bhi gaye 1.valley 2.even though 3.thorns 4.entangled 5.hem of the robe 6.moments 7.rose
When in the valley of love, we set out on our journey, hand in hand, even though the path was thorny, some moments though showered rose-petals on us.
3
jab raaz1-e mohabbat mujh se suna kuchh vo bhi pasiije2 dam bhar ko
chup rahte hue kuchh kah bhi gaye aur kahte hue katraa3 bhi gaye 1.secret 2.softened 3.avoid, pass by
When I revealed my secret love for her, she softened for a moment and with her silence spoke volumes, and in speaking, avoided the subject.
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baazi1 meN mohabbat ki aksar2 kuchh marhale3 aise aaye haiN
jab jiit ke bhi ham haar gaye aur haar ke ham kuchh paa bhi gaye 1.play, move (as in chess) 2.often 3.stages, occasions
In the game of love, there are occasions when, by winning we lose and by losing we gain something.
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vo aaye aur kuchh haal1 na poochha dil ka dard bhi kuchh na sunaa
yuN dekh ke un ko dil ke kaNval kuchh khil2 bhi gaye murjhaa3 bhi gaye 1.condition 2.blossomed 3.wilted
She came but never asked about my condition, not did she stop to listen to the sorrow of my heart. Seeing her, my heart blossomed and also wilted.
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uljhi1 si haiN ishq ki raaheN2 jokham3 si kuchh ishq ki manzil4
in raahoN meN kuchh kho bhi gaye aur manzil ko kuchh4 paa bhi gaye 1.tangled, twisted 2.pathways 3.dangerous, hazardous 4.a little, sometimes
The path of love is not straight and the destination, hazardous. On these pathways, some get lost, and some achieve their goal.
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go1 laakh jatan2 ham ne bhi kiye par qalb3 ki taskiiN4 ho na saki
armaanoN5 se dil Khaali na hua kuchh ghuT6 bhi gaye kuchh paa bhi gaye
1.even though 2.effort, try 3.heart 4.consolation 5.desires Even though I tried hard, the heart could not be consoled, desires remained in the heart, some suffocated, some fulfilled.
8
kya jaane ham kya kah baiThe vo kah na sake jo kahnaa tha
ham pyaar ke taane-baane1 ko suljhaa2 bhi gaye uljhaa3 bhi gaye 1.cross-threads in cloth weaving 2.solve, straightened 3.tangled
Who knows what I ended up saying, I could not say what I wanted to. The fabric of love, I sometimes wove straight, and got it tangled sometimes.
9
ye husn1 ki masti2 un ki habib3 ye kya hi anokhi4 masti hai
kuchh Khud bhi hue be-Khud5 us se kuchh be-Khud ham ko banaa bhi gaye 1.beauty 2.intoxication 3.pen-name of the poet 4.unusual, extraordinary 5.intoxicated
The intoxication of her beauty, O habib, is a singular intoxication, she gets a little intoxicated with it herself and makes me lose my mind too.
jaikishan chaudhry habiib (1904-xxxx), born in Dera ismail KhaaN, in pakistan. Lived in jabalpur. He was a scholar of sanskrit, English, faarsi and urdu, and was an active participant in the independence struggle, most notably with Khaan abdul Ghaffaar KhaaN. MA from aligaRh and later LLB, law practice 1929. He migrated to India after partition in 1947. IAS – Collector and later Education Secretary. Early retirement in 1960, but recalled later to serve three more years in jabalpur and retired there. In 1969 he served on Ghalib shataabdhi naagarik samiti which organized four ‘tarahi’ mushaa’era over that year and published a book. He composed several Ghazal in the style of Ghalib. This one from his collection ‘naGhma-e zindagi’.
1
ulfat1 ke fasaane2 maazi3 ke kuchh bhoole kuchh yaad aa bhi gaye
Gham ke baadal dil pe mere kuchh chhaT4 bhi gaye kuchh chhaa bhi gaye
1.love 2.stories, memories 3.past 4.sort (discarded, dispersed)
Old memories of love, some forgotten, others emerging, clouds of sorrow, some disperse, others overwhelm.
2
jab ishq ki vaadi1 meN ham tum le kar haathoN meN haath chale
go2 Khaar3 bhi uljhe4 daaman5 meN kuchh lamhe6 gul7 barsaa bhi gaye
1.valley 2.even though 3.thorns 4.entangled 5.hem of the robe 6.moments 7.rose
When in the valley of love, we set out on our journey, hand in hand, even though the path was thorny, some moments though showered rose-petals on us.
3
jab raaz1-e mohabbat mujh se suna kuchh vo bhi pasiije2 dam bhar ko
chup rahte hue kuchh kah bhi gaye aur kahte hue katraa3 bhi gaye
1.secret 2.softened 3.avoid, pass by
When I revealed my secret love for her, she softened for a moment and with her silence spoke volumes, and in speaking, avoided the subject.
4
baazi1 meN mohabbat ki aksar2 kuchh marhale3 aise aaye haiN
jab jiit ke bhi ham haar gaye aur haar ke ham kuchh paa bhi gaye
1.play, move (as in chess) 2.often 3.stages, occasions
In the game of love, there are occasions when, by winning we lose and by losing we gain something.
5
vo aaye aur kuchh haal1 na poochha dil ka dard bhi kuchh na sunaa
yuN dekh ke un ko dil ke kaNval kuchh khil2 bhi gaye murjhaa3 bhi gaye
1.condition 2.blossomed 3.wilted
She came but never asked about my condition, not did she stop to listen to the sorrow of my heart. Seeing her, my heart blossomed and also wilted.
6
uljhi1 si haiN ishq ki raaheN2 jokham3 si kuchh ishq ki manzil4
in raahoN meN kuchh kho bhi gaye aur manzil ko kuchh4 paa bhi gaye
1.tangled, twisted 2.pathways 3.dangerous, hazardous 4.a little, sometimes
The path of love is not straight and the destination, hazardous. On these pathways, some get lost, and some achieve their goal.
7
go1 laakh jatan2 ham ne bhi kiye par qalb3 ki taskiiN4 ho na saki
armaanoN5 se dil Khaali na hua kuchh ghuT6 bhi gaye kuchh paa bhi gaye
1.even though 2.effort, try 3.heart 4.consolation 5.desires
Even though I tried hard, the heart could not be consoled, desires remained in the heart, some suffocated, some fulfilled.
8
kya jaane ham kya kah baiThe vo kah na sake jo kahnaa tha
ham pyaar ke taane-baane1 ko suljhaa2 bhi gaye uljhaa3 bhi gaye
1.cross-threads in cloth weaving 2.solve, straightened 3.tangled
Who knows what I ended up saying, I could not say what I wanted to. The fabric of love, I sometimes wove straight, and got it tangled sometimes.
9
ye husn1 ki masti2 un ki habib3 ye kya hi anokhi4 masti hai
kuchh Khud bhi hue be-Khud5 us se kuchh be-Khud ham ko banaa bhi gaye
1.beauty 2.intoxication 3.pen-name of the poet 4.unusual, extraordinary 5.intoxicated
The intoxication of her beauty, O habib, is a singular intoxication, she gets a little intoxicated with it herself and makes me lose my mind too.
