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Recitation
اربابِ عقل کی دعوت ۔ جوشؔ ملیح آبادی
۱
اے خلوتیِ حجلۂ اسرار و معانی
تسبیح سے تحقیق کے دربار میں آ جا
۲
اے پردہ نشینِ حرمِ عصمت و ایماں
اک روز تو رندانِ گنہ گار میں آ جا
۳
ممکن ہو تو وجدان کی محفل سے نکل کر
اے شاہدِ جاں حلقۂ افکار میں آ جا
۴
اک عمر سے حیران و پریشاں ہیں خریدار
اے جنسِ گراں عقل کے بازار میں آجا
۵
قرنوں سے ہیں اربابِ نظر گوش بر آواز
اے رازِ نہاں معرضِ گفتار میں آ جا
अरबाब-ए अक़्ल की दावत- जोश मलीह आबादी
१
अए ख़ल्वती-ए हुजला-ए अस्रार ओ मु’आनी
तस्बीह से तहक़ीक़ के दरबार में आ जा
२
अए पर्दा-नशीन-ए हरम-ए इस्मत ओ ईमां
एक रोज़ तो रिन्दान-ए गुनह-गार में आ जा
३
मुम्किन हो तो वज्दान कि महफ़िल से निकल कर
अए शाहेद-ए जां हल्क़ा-ए अफ़्कार में आ जा
४
एक उम्र से हैरान ओ परेशां हैं ख़रीदार
अए जिन्स-ए गिरां अक़्ल के बाज़ार में आ जा
५
क़रनौं से हैं अर्बाब-ए नज़र गोश बर आवाज़
अए राज़-ए नेहां म’आरेज़-ए गुफ़्तार में आ जा
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. josh malihabadi (1898-1982) is known as – shaa’er-e inqelaab – poet of revolution. His nazm are fiery, passionate, and full of energy. His Ghazal and rubaaii are equally good. He was a secular humanist writing sharply and irreverently against colonialism, abuse of power, injustice and orthodoxy. This nazm in the style of a Ghazal is an invitation to reason away from blind belief.
1
aye Khalvati1-e hujla2-e asraar3 o mu’aani4
tasbiih5 se tahqiiq6 ke darbaar7 meN aa ja 1.secluded 2.chamber 3.mysteries 4.meaning, intrinsic quality 5.prayer beads 6.inquiry, reason 7.domain, court
You who are secluded in the chamber of mysteries and inner meanings, leave your prayer beads and come out in the court of reason.
2
aye parda-nashiin1-e haram2-e ismat3 o iimaaN4
ek roz to rindaan5-e ganahgaar6 meN aa ja 1.observing parda, veiled 2.sanctuary 3.chastity, abstinence 4.faith 5.wine-drinkers, revelers 6.sinful
You, hiding behind a veil of abstinence and faith, at least one day, come to the gathering of sinful wine-lovers and revelers.
3
mumkin1 ho to vajdaan2 ki mahfil3 se nikal kar
aye shaahed-e-jaaN4 halqa5-e afkaar6 meN aa ja 1.possible 2.trance 3.gathering 4.witness of life 5.circle 6.thought, reason
You, who have witnessed life (from afar), come out of the gathering of unthinking fascination/trance and come into the circle of Reason.
4
ek umr1 se hairaan2 o pareshaaN3 hai Khariidaar4
aye jins5-e giraaN6 aql7 ke baazaar meN aa ja 1.life 2.puzzled 3.worried 4.buyer, seeker 5.commodity 6.valuable 7.mind
For ages now buyers have been puzzled and confused. O valuable commodity, come into the bazaar of the mind. Here, buyers are the public who have been stuck in unthinking trance. ‘jins-e giraaN’ is ‘tahqiiq’ – searching, questioning.
5
qarnoN1 se haiN arbaab2-e nazar3 gosh4 bar-aavaaz5
aye raaz6-e nehaaN7 m’aarez8-e guftaar9 meN aa ja 1.millenia 2.lords, owners 3.sight 4.ears 5.tuned to sound/voice 6.secret, mystery 7.hidden 8.field of 9.conversation, speech
For millenia now, people of discriminating sight have their ears tuned to your voice. O hidden mystery, come out into the field of speech and reveal yourself.
josh malihabadi (1898-1982) is known as – shaa’er-e inqelaab – poet of revolution. His nazm are fiery, passionate, and full of energy. His Ghazal and rubaaii are equally good. He was a secular humanist writing sharply and irreverently against colonialism, abuse of power, injustice and orthodoxy. This nazm in the style of a Ghazal is an invitation to reason away from blind belief.
1
aye Khalvati1-e hujla2-e asraar3 o mu’aani4
tasbiih5 se tahqiiq6 ke darbaar7 meN aa ja
1.secluded 2.chamber 3.mysteries 4.meaning, intrinsic quality 5.prayer beads 6.inquiry, reason 7.domain, court
You who are secluded in the chamber of mysteries and inner meanings, leave your prayer beads and come out in the court of reason.
2
aye parda-nashiin1-e haram2-e ismat3 o iimaaN4
ek roz to rindaan5-e ganahgaar6 meN aa ja
1.observing parda, veiled 2.sanctuary 3.chastity, abstinence 4.faith 5.wine-drinkers, revelers 6.sinful
You, hiding behind a veil of abstinence and faith, at least one day, come to the gathering of sinful wine-lovers and revelers.
3
mumkin1 ho to vajdaan2 ki mahfil3 se nikal kar
aye shaahed-e-jaaN4 halqa5-e afkaar6 meN aa ja
1.possible 2.trance 3.gathering 4.witness of life 5.circle 6.thought, reason
You, who have witnessed life (from afar), come out of the gathering of unthinking fascination/trance and come into the circle of Reason.
4
ek umr1 se hairaan2 o pareshaaN3 hai Khariidaar4
aye jins5-e giraaN6 aql7 ke baazaar meN aa ja
1.life 2.puzzled 3.worried 4.buyer, seeker 5.commodity 6.valuable 7.mind
For ages now buyers have been puzzled and confused. O valuable commodity, come into the bazaar of the mind. Here, buyers are the public who have been stuck in unthinking trance. ‘jins-e giraaN’ is ‘tahqiiq’ – searching, questioning.
5
qarnoN1 se haiN arbaab2-e nazar3 gosh4 bar-aavaaz5
aye raaz6-e nehaaN7 m’aarez8-e guftaar9 meN aa ja
1.millenia 2.lords, owners 3.sight 4.ears 5.tuned to sound/voice 6.secret, mystery 7.hidden 8.field of 9.conversation, speech
For millenia now, people of discriminating sight have their ears tuned to your voice. O hidden mystery, come out into the field of speech and reveal yourself.
