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Recitation
بے نقاب کئے جا رہا ہوں میں ۔ لبھورام جوشؔ ملسیانی
۱
گو مر رہا ہوں پھر بھی جئے جا رہا ہوں میں
وعدے پہ اعتبار کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۲
خالی ہر ایک جام کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
جی بھر گیا ہے، پھر بھی پئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۳
یہ جانتا ہوں سعیِ رفوکار گر نہیں
پھر بھی جگر کا چاک سئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۴
کیونکر کہوں کہ بانیِ بیداد کون ہے
تقدیر ہی کا نام لئے جا رہا ہوں میں
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یہ ظرفِ میکشی کوئی دیکھے کہ بزم میں
غصّہ بھی محتسب کا پئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۶
مطلب خدا سے مجھ کو نہ بت سے کوئی غرض
اپنی ہی جستجو کے لئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۷
مقبول ہوں نہ ہوں یہ مقدّر کی بات ہے
سجدے کسی کے در پہ کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۸
جس موت پر ہو زندگیِ خضر بھی نثار
ارمان میں اُسی کے جئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۹
دستِ جنوں ہے اور ہیں پردے مجاز کے
دنیا کو بے نقاب کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۱۰
اے جوشؔ ضبطِ آہِ جہاں سوز ہے محال
سچ تو یہ ہے کمال کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
बे-नक़ाब किये जा रहा हुं मैं – पंडित लभुराम जोश मल्सियानी
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गो मर रहा हुं फिर भी जिये जा रहा हुं मैं
वादे पे एतेबार किये जा रहा हुं मैं
२
ख़ाली हर एक जाम किये जा रहा हुं मैं
जी भर गया है, फिर भी पिये जा रहा हुं मैं
३
ये जानता हुं स’ई-ए रफ़ुकार गर नहीं
फिर भी जिगर का चाक सिये जा रहा हुं मैं
४
क्यूंकर कहूं के बानी-ए बेदाद कौन है
तक़्दीर हि का नाम लिये जा रहा हुं मैं
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ये ज़र्फ़-ए मयकशी कोई देखे के बज़्म में
ग़ुस्सा भी मोहतसिब का पिये जा रहा हुं मैं
६
मतलब ख़ुदा से मुझ को न बुत से कोई ग़रज़
अपनी हि जुस्तजू के लिये जा रहा हुं मैं
७
मक़्बूल हों न हों ये मुक़द्दर कि बात है
सजदे किसी के दर पे किये जा रहा हुं मैं
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जिस मौत पर हो ज़िन्दगी-ए ख़िज़्र भी निसार
अरमान में उसी के जिये जा रहा हुं मैं
९
दस्त-ए जुनूं है और हैं परदे मजाज़ के
दुनिया को बे-नक़ाब किये जा रहा हुं मैं
१०
अए जोश ज़ब्त-ए आह-ए जहां-सोज़ है महाल
सच तो ये है कमाल किये जा रहा हुं मैं
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. panDit labhuram josh malsiani (1884-1976) from malsian in the now pakistani side of punjab, migrated to India a little before partition/independence. He has written with great feeling about communal harmony and about the loss of his homeland – pakistan. His son, baalmukund arsh malsiani was also a well recognized poet.
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go1 mar raha huN phir bhi jiye jaa raha huN maiN
vaade2 pe e’tebaar3 kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.even though 2.promise 3.trust
The beloved is notorious for making promises and not keeping them. The poet/lover is dying of sorrow because of broken promises, but he hangs on to life because he trusts the next promise will be kept. As opposed to this, says Ghalib …
tere vaade pe jiyeN hum, tu ye jaan jhooT jaana
keh Khushi se mar na jaate agar e’tebaar hota
2
Khaali har ek jaam1 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
jii bhar gaya hai, phir bhi piye jaa raha huN maiN 1.cup of wine, goblet
I keep emptying goblet after goblet. Even though I feel satiated, still I keep on drinking. Does he mean that he is drinking to drown his sorrows not just to enjoy wine.
3
ye jaanta huN sa’ii1-e rafukaar2 gar3 nahiN
phir bhi jigar4 ke chaak5 siye6 jaa raha huN maiN 1.effort, skill 2.tailor, needle worker 3.even though 4.liver, seat of fortitude 5.tears 6.stitch
I know that I don’t have the skill of an expert needle worker, but even so I keep stitching the tears in my fortitude (in order to continue to bear the torture visited on me by fate/beloved).
4
kyuNkar kahuN keh baani1-e bedaad2 kaun hai
taqdiir3 hi ka naam kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.basis, cause 2.oppression, cruelty, torture 3.fate
The beloved is the cause of all the torture that the poet/lover suffers. But convention calls for him not to name her. Thus, how can I say who the cause of cruelty is. I keep blaming fate. Said shaiKh ibrahim zauq …
ham nahiN vo jo kareN Khuun ka daa’va tujh par
balkeh poochhega Khuda bhi to mukar jaa’eNge
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ye zarf1-e maikashi2 koii dekhe keh bazm3 meN
Ghussa bhi mohtasib4 ka piye jaa raha huN maiN 1.capacity 2.wine drinking 3.gathering 4.censor, preacher, pontificator
The beauty of the she’r is the use of wine drinking juxtaposed with the expression ‘anger drinking’ which is used to mean tolerating. Look at my capacity to hold my drink in the gathering. Along with drinking wine, I tolerate the pontification of the preacher.
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matlab1 Khuda se mujh ko na but2 se koii Gharaz3
apni hi justaju4 ke liye jaa raha huN maiN 1.need 2.idol 3.concern 4.search, seeking
I have no need for god nor am I concerned with idols. I launch on my journey searching for myself.
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maqbool1 hoN na hoN ye muqaddar2 ki baat hai
sajde3 kisi ke dar pe kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.accept 2.fate 3.devotional prostration
Whether they are accepted or not, is a matter of fate. I keep offering my devotion at the door of the beloved. This reinforces the concept of doing what you must, without an expectation of rewards. Said Ghalib …
taa’at meN taa rahe na mai o aNgabiiN ki laag
dozaKh meN Daal do koii le kar behisht ko
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jis maut par ho zindagi-e Khizr1 bhi nisaar2
armaan3 meN usi ke jiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.legendary old man 2.sacrificial offering 3.longing, desire
Khizr is a legendary old man who has discovered the nectar of life, taken a drink and is immortal. His long life is considered highly desirable. But the poet longs for/desires a grand and honourable death for which even eternal life (life of Khizr) can be sacrificed.
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dast1-e junooN2 hai aur haiN parde3 majaaz4 ke
duniya ko be-naqaab5 kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.hand 2.madness, passion 3.veils, curtains 4.illusion, magic 5.unveil
Reality/spirituality is hidden behind many veils of illusion. But the poet has a passion to reveal the truth. Thus, his hand keeps unveiling the mysteries of this material/spiritual world.
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aye josh1 zabt2-e aah3-e jahaaN-soz4 hai mahaal5
such6 to ye hai kamaal7 kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.pen-name of the poet 2.control, bear 3.sigh 4.world burning 5.difficult 6.truth 7.miracle, great accomplishment
The poet/lover is burning with passion. His sorrow makes him sigh as if he is breathing fire that can set the world alight. Controlling this sigh is very difficult but he still manages to do it. In truth, he is working a miracle.
panDit labhuram josh malsiani (1884-1976) from malsian in the now pakistani side of punjab, migrated to India a little before partition/independence. He has written with great feeling about communal harmony and about the loss of his homeland – pakistan. His son, baalmukund arsh malsiani was also a well recognized poet.
1
go1 mar raha huN phir bhi jiye jaa raha huN maiN
vaade2 pe e’tebaar3 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.even though 2.promise 3.trust
The beloved is notorious for making promises and not keeping them. The poet/lover is dying of sorrow because of broken promises, but he hangs on to life because he trusts the next promise will be kept. As opposed to this, says Ghalib …
tere vaade pe jiyeN hum, tu ye jaan jhooT jaana
keh Khushi se mar na jaate agar e’tebaar hota
2
Khaali har ek jaam1 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
jii bhar gaya hai, phir bhi piye jaa raha huN maiN
1.cup of wine, goblet
I keep emptying goblet after goblet. Even though I feel satiated, still I keep on drinking. Does he mean that he is drinking to drown his sorrows not just to enjoy wine.
3
ye jaanta huN sa’ii1-e rafukaar2 gar3 nahiN
phir bhi jigar4 ke chaak5 siye6 jaa raha huN maiN
1.effort, skill 2.tailor, needle worker 3.even though 4.liver, seat of fortitude 5.tears 6.stitch
I know that I don’t have the skill of an expert needle worker, but even so I keep stitching the tears in my fortitude (in order to continue to bear the torture visited on me by fate/beloved).
4
kyuNkar kahuN keh baani1-e bedaad2 kaun hai
taqdiir3 hi ka naam kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.basis, cause 2.oppression, cruelty, torture 3.fate
The beloved is the cause of all the torture that the poet/lover suffers. But convention calls for him not to name her. Thus, how can I say who the cause of cruelty is. I keep blaming fate. Said shaiKh ibrahim zauq …
ham nahiN vo jo kareN Khuun ka daa’va tujh par
balkeh poochhega Khuda bhi to mukar jaa’eNge
5
ye zarf1-e maikashi2 koii dekhe keh bazm3 meN
Ghussa bhi mohtasib4 ka piye jaa raha huN maiN
1.capacity 2.wine drinking 3.gathering 4.censor, preacher, pontificator
The beauty of the she’r is the use of wine drinking juxtaposed with the expression ‘anger drinking’ which is used to mean tolerating. Look at my capacity to hold my drink in the gathering. Along with drinking wine, I tolerate the pontification of the preacher.
6
matlab1 Khuda se mujh ko na but2 se koii Gharaz3
apni hi justaju4 ke liye jaa raha huN maiN
1.need 2.idol 3.concern 4.search, seeking
I have no need for god nor am I concerned with idols. I launch on my journey searching for myself.
7
maqbool1 hoN na hoN ye muqaddar2 ki baat hai
sajde3 kisi ke dar pe kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.accept 2.fate 3.devotional prostration
Whether they are accepted or not, is a matter of fate. I keep offering my devotion at the door of the beloved. This reinforces the concept of doing what you must, without an expectation of rewards. Said Ghalib …
taa’at meN taa rahe na mai o aNgabiiN ki laag
dozaKh meN Daal do koii le kar behisht ko
8
jis maut par ho zindagi-e Khizr1 bhi nisaar2
armaan3 meN usi ke jiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.legendary old man 2.sacrificial offering 3.longing, desire
Khizr is a legendary old man who has discovered the nectar of life, taken a drink and is immortal. His long life is considered highly desirable. But the poet longs for/desires a grand and honourable death for which even eternal life (life of Khizr) can be sacrificed.
9
dast1-e junooN2 hai aur haiN parde3 majaaz4 ke
duniya ko be-naqaab5 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.hand 2.madness, passion 3.veils, curtains 4.illusion, magic 5.unveil
Reality/spirituality is hidden behind many veils of illusion. But the poet has a passion to reveal the truth. Thus, his hand keeps unveiling the mysteries of this material/spiritual world.
10
aye josh1 zabt2-e aah3-e jahaaN-soz4 hai mahaal5
such6 to ye hai kamaal7 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.pen-name of the poet 2.control, bear 3.sigh 4.world burning 5.difficult 6.truth 7.miracle, great accomplishment
The poet/lover is burning with passion. His sorrow makes him sigh as if he is breathing fire that can set the world alight. Controlling this sigh is very difficult but he still manages to do it. In truth, he is working a miracle.
