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Recitation
یُگ پُرُش۔گاندھی۔مہندر پرتاپ چاندؔ
۱
ضیا فروش ہوئی تیری شمع مہر و وفا
چراغِ جور و تشدّد بڑھا دیا تو نے
۲
ترے پیام میں تھا کیا حیات بخش اثر
جمُود خُوردہ دلوں کو جِلا دیا تُو نے
۳
وطن میں اہلِ تعصُب کی دال گَل نہ سکی
وہ سکّہ صِدق و صفا کا چلا دیا تُو نے
۴
مُخالفوں کے لئے بھی دعائے رحمت کی
کوئی یہ دیکھے تو کیا لے کے کیا دیا تُو نے
۵
گلے سے تو نے لگایا ہر ایک دشمن کو
عمل سے پیار کا جادو جگا دیا تو نے
۶
ترے قلم سے گہر تو زباں سے پھول جھڑے
ایک ایک لفظ نگینہ بنا دیا تو نے
۷
حسد سے، کینے سے، نفرت سے، تجھ کو نفرت تھی
غرض یہ، امن سے، اُلفت سے، تجھ کو اُلفت تھی
۸
زمانہ آج ترا احترام کرتا ہے
جھکا کے سر تجھے ہر دل سلام کرتا ہے
युग पुरुष-गांधी-महेंद्र प्रताप चांद
१
ज़्या-फ़रोश हुई तेरी शम’अ-ए महर ओ वफ़ा
चराग़-ए जौर ओ तशद्दुद बढा दिया तू ने
२
तेरे पयाम में था क्या हयात बख़्श असर
जुमूद-ख़ुर्दा दिलौं को जिला दिया तू ने
३
वतन में अहल-ए त’अस्सुब की दाल गल न सकी
वो सिक्का सिद्क़ ओ सफ़ा का चला दिया तू ने
४
मुख़ालफ़ौं के लिये भी दुआ-ए रहमत की
कोई ये देखे तो क्या ले के क्या दिया तू ने
५
गले से तू ने लगाया हर एक दुश्मन को
अमल से प्यार का जादू जगा दिया तू ने
६
तेरे क़लम से गोहर तो ज़बां से फूल झढे
एक एक लफ़्ज़ नगीना बना दिया तू ने
७
हसद से, कीने से, नफ़्रत से, तुझ को नफ़्रत थी
ग़रज़ ये, अम्न से, उल्फ़त से, तुझ को उल्फ़त थी
८
ज़माना आज तेरा एहतेराम करता है
झुका के सर तुझे हर दिल सलाम करता है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. mahendra pratap chaand (1935-????) karoR lal eesan, punjab. MA in urdu and another MA in Library Science. Migrated to ambaala, India. Assistant Librarian, Kurkshetra University. haryana urdu akademi award. He retained a great love for his birth land and went back for a visit writing his travelogue in urdu which was translated in English ‘A Bond of Love – My Passage to Pakistan’. This tribute to gandhi is linked to that icon on the Theme page.
1
zia-farosh1 hui teri sham’a2-e mahr3 o vafa4
charaaGh5-e jaur6 o tashaddud7 baRha8 diya tuu ne 1.light providing 2.candle 3.kindness, love 4.faith, fidelity, truth 5.lamp 6.cruelty 7.oppression 8.dismissed
I am a little uncomfortable with the use of ‘charaaGh-e jaur’ because usually ‘charaaGh’ is associated with good things. Also, baRha diya can literally mean increase but I am interpreting it to mean move away/dismiss. Thus, your candle of love and truth provided light and dismissed the lamp of cruelty/injustice and oppression.
2
tere payaam1 meN tha kya hayaat-baKhsh2 asar3
jumood-Khurda4 diloN ko jila5 diya tuu ne 1.message 2.life-giving 3.effect 4.frozen 5.brilliance
Your life-giving message had such an effect that it woke up forzen hearts and polished them to grant brilliance.
3
vatan1 meN ahl2-e ta’assub3 ki daal gal4 na saki
vo sikka5 sidq6 o safa7 ka chala diya tuu ne 1.homeland 2.people of 3.bigotry 4.daal galna is an expression meaning- to get their way 5.coin, currency 6.truth 7.purity
Bigoted way could not get their way in the homeland. Such was the currency of truth and purity that you caused to prevail.
4
muKhaalifoN1 ke liye bhi dua-e rahmat2 ki
koi ye dekhe to kya le ke kya diya tuu ne 1.opponents 2.forgiveness
You even prayed for the forgiveness of the opponents. See what you took from this world and what you gave back.
5
galay1 se tu ne lagaaya har ek dushman2 ko
amal3 se pyaar ka jaadu jaga diya tuu ne 1.galay se lagaana is to embrace 2.enemy 3.actions
You even embraced the enemy. With your actions you worked the magic of love.
6
tere qalam1 se gohar2 to zabaaN se phool jhaRe
ek ek lafz nagiina3 bana diya tuu ne 1.pen 2.pearls 3.jewel
Pearls dropped from your pen and flowers from your tongue. You turned every word into a precious jewel.
7
hasad1 se, kiine2 se, nafrat3 se, tujh ko nafrat thi
Gharaz4 ye, amn5 se, ulfat6 se, tujh ko ulfat thi 1.jealousy 2.enmity 3.hatred 4.in summary 5.peace 6.love
You hated jealousy, enmity and hatred. In summary, you loved peace and love.
8
zamaana1 aaj tera ehteraam2 karta hai
jhuka ke sar tujhe har dil salaam karta hai 1.times, world 2.respect
The world respects you today, bowing its head to offer salutations.
mahendra pratap chaand (1935-????) karoR lal eesan, punjab. MA in urdu and another MA in Library Science. Migrated to ambaala, India. Assistant Librarian, Kurkshetra University. haryana urdu akademi award. He retained a great love for his birth land and went back for a visit writing his travelogue in urdu which was translated in English ‘A Bond of Love – My Passage to Pakistan’. This tribute to gandhi is linked to that icon on the Theme page.
1
zia-farosh1 hui teri sham’a2-e mahr3 o vafa4
charaaGh5-e jaur6 o tashaddud7 baRha8 diya tuu ne
1.light providing 2.candle 3.kindness, love 4.faith, fidelity, truth 5.lamp 6.cruelty 7.oppression 8.dismissed
I am a little uncomfortable with the use of ‘charaaGh-e jaur’ because usually ‘charaaGh’ is associated with good things. Also, baRha diya can literally mean increase but I am interpreting it to mean move away/dismiss. Thus, your candle of love and truth provided light and dismissed the lamp of cruelty/injustice and oppression.
2
tere payaam1 meN tha kya hayaat-baKhsh2 asar3
jumood-Khurda4 diloN ko jila5 diya tuu ne
1.message 2.life-giving 3.effect 4.frozen 5.brilliance
Your life-giving message had such an effect that it woke up forzen hearts and polished them to grant brilliance.
3
vatan1 meN ahl2-e ta’assub3 ki daal gal4 na saki
vo sikka5 sidq6 o safa7 ka chala diya tuu ne
1.homeland 2.people of 3.bigotry 4.daal galna is an expression meaning- to get their way 5.coin, currency 6.truth 7.purity
Bigoted way could not get their way in the homeland. Such was the currency of truth and purity that you caused to prevail.
4
muKhaalifoN1 ke liye bhi dua-e rahmat2 ki
koi ye dekhe to kya le ke kya diya tuu ne
1.opponents 2.forgiveness
You even prayed for the forgiveness of the opponents. See what you took from this world and what you gave back.
5
galay1 se tu ne lagaaya har ek dushman2 ko
amal3 se pyaar ka jaadu jaga diya tuu ne
1.galay se lagaana is to embrace 2.enemy 3.actions
You even embraced the enemy. With your actions you worked the magic of love.
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tere qalam1 se gohar2 to zabaaN se phool jhaRe
ek ek lafz nagiina3 bana diya tuu ne
1.pen 2.pearls 3.jewel
Pearls dropped from your pen and flowers from your tongue. You turned every word into a precious jewel.
7
hasad1 se, kiine2 se, nafrat3 se, tujh ko nafrat thi
Gharaz4 ye, amn5 se, ulfat6 se, tujh ko ulfat thi
1.jealousy 2.enmity 3.hatred 4.in summary 5.peace 6.love
You hated jealousy, enmity and hatred. In summary, you loved peace and love.
8
zamaana1 aaj tera ehteraam2 karta hai
jhuka ke sar tujhe har dil salaam karta hai
1.times, world 2.respect
The world respects you today, bowing its head to offer salutations.
