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Recitation
جن کی کمائی جاری ہے ۔ علی زریون
۱
جنابِ شیخ کی ہرزہ سرائی جاری ہے
ادھر سے ظلم ادھر سے دہائی جاری ہے
۲
بچھڑ گیا ہوں مگر یاد کرتا رہتا ہوں
کتاب چھوڑ چکا ہوں پڑھائی جاری ہے
۳
ترے علاوہ کہیں اور بھی ملوث ہوں
تری وفا سے مری بے وفائی جاری ہے
۴
وہ کیوں کہیں گے کہ دونوں میں امن ہو جائے
ہماری جنگ سے جن کی کمائی جاری ہے
۵
عجیب خبطِ مسیحائی ہے کہ حیرت ہے
مریض مر بھی چکا ہے دوائی جاری ہے
जिन की कमाई जारी है – अली ज़र्यून
१
जनाब-ए शैख़ की हर्ज़ा-सराई जारी है
उधर से ज़ुल्म इधर से दुहाई जारी है
२
बिछढ गया हूँ मगर याद करता रहता हूँ
किताब छोड़ चुका हूँ पढ़ाई जारी है
३
तेरे अलावा कहीं और भी मुलव्विस हूँ
तिरी वफ़ा से मिरी बेवफ़ाई जारी है
४
वो क्यूँ कहेंगे कि दोनों में अम्न हो जाए
हमारी जंग से जिन की कमाई जारी है
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अजीब ख़ब्त-ए मसीहाई है के हैरत है
मरीज़ मर भी चुका है दवाई जारी है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. ali zaryoun (1983-living), faisalabad, pakistan. I don’t know much more about him. This Ghazal in the zamin of Ghalib’s ‘kuchh to hai jis ki parda-daari hai’ is linked to Ghalib naqsh-e qadam.
1
janaab1-e shaiKh ki harza-saraaii2 jaari3 hai
udhar se zulm4 idhar se duhaaii5 jaari hai 1.honorific title like ‘sir’ 2.nonsense spreading 3.ongoing 4.oppression 5.prayer
Nonsense spreading talk of the preacher continues. On the one hand he invokes cruelty and fear (fire and brimstone) and on the other offers prayer (absolution).
2
bichhaR1 gaya huN magar yaad karta rahta huN
kitaab chhoR chuka huN paRhaaii2 jaari hai 1.separated 2.study, analysis
The literal word meaning is simple enough. But I think that he is very carefully taking a did at the ‘received book’ and strict orthodoxy. I have been separated but I still remember it. I have discarded the ‘book’ but continue to study/analyze it i.e., rational thinking is preferable over blind reverence.
3
teray alaava1 kahiN aur bhi mulavvis2 huN
teri vafa3 se meri bevafaaii4 jaari hai 1.in addition to 2.involved with 3.belief, faithfulness 4.infidelity, scepticism, doubt
I am involved with someone else in addition to you. I continue to be unfaithful to belief in you. Who is the ‘teray’ and who else is he turning to, he carefully avoids stating. We are left to guess. ‘teray’ can be conventional god, blind nationalism or the wealthy and powerful.
4
vo kyuN kaheNge keh donoN meN amn1 ho jaa’e
hamaari jaNg se jin ki kamaaii2 jaari hai 1.peace 2.earnings
Why would they say that there should be peace between the two, they who earn a living through our war. I would like to think that he is talking about India and pakistan and of the military class that wants to maintain a state of conflict. The same can also apply to the big powers and the military industrial complex.
5
ajiib1 Khabt2-e masihaaii3 hai keh hairat4 hai
mariiz5 mar bhi chuka hai davaaii jaari hai 1.strange 2.obsession 3.healing 4.amazement 5.sick patient
This is a strange obsession with the profession of healing. It is surprising that even the patient is dead, the treatment continues. He could be taking a dig at any one of public policies that amounts to catering to the status quo/vested interests.
ali zaryoun (1983-living), faisalabad, pakistan. I don’t know much more about him. This Ghazal in the zamin of Ghalib’s ‘kuchh to hai jis ki parda-daari hai’ is linked to Ghalib naqsh-e qadam.
1
janaab1-e shaiKh ki harza-saraaii2 jaari3 hai
udhar se zulm4 idhar se duhaaii5 jaari hai
1.honorific title like ‘sir’ 2.nonsense spreading 3.ongoing 4.oppression 5.prayer
Nonsense spreading talk of the preacher continues. On the one hand he invokes cruelty and fear (fire and brimstone) and on the other offers prayer (absolution).
2
bichhaR1 gaya huN magar yaad karta rahta huN
kitaab chhoR chuka huN paRhaaii2 jaari hai
1.separated 2.study, analysis
The literal word meaning is simple enough. But I think that he is very carefully taking a did at the ‘received book’ and strict orthodoxy. I have been separated but I still remember it. I have discarded the ‘book’ but continue to study/analyze it i.e., rational thinking is preferable over blind reverence.
3
teray alaava1 kahiN aur bhi mulavvis2 huN
teri vafa3 se meri bevafaaii4 jaari hai
1.in addition to 2.involved with 3.belief, faithfulness 4.infidelity, scepticism, doubt
I am involved with someone else in addition to you. I continue to be unfaithful to belief in you. Who is the ‘teray’ and who else is he turning to, he carefully avoids stating. We are left to guess. ‘teray’ can be conventional god, blind nationalism or the wealthy and powerful.
4
vo kyuN kaheNge keh donoN meN amn1 ho jaa’e
hamaari jaNg se jin ki kamaaii2 jaari hai
1.peace 2.earnings
Why would they say that there should be peace between the two, they who earn a living through our war. I would like to think that he is talking about India and pakistan and of the military class that wants to maintain a state of conflict. The same can also apply to the big powers and the military industrial complex.
5
ajiib1 Khabt2-e masihaaii3 hai keh hairat4 hai
mariiz5 mar bhi chuka hai davaaii jaari hai
1.strange 2.obsession 3.healing 4.amazement 5.sick patient
This is a strange obsession with the profession of healing. It is surprising that even the patient is dead, the treatment continues. He could be taking a dig at any one of public policies that amounts to catering to the status quo/vested interests.
