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Recitation
اُردو زبان ۔ گوپال کرشن بتّا شفقؔ
۱
شفقؔ سینچا ہے جس کو خونِ دل سے
مجھے محبوب وہ اُردو زبان ہے
۲
زبانیں اور بھی لاکھوں ہیں لیکن
کہاں پہنچی کوئی اُردو زبان تک
۳
جس کو اپنوں نے بگاڑا ہے شفقؔ
صورتِ اُردو زباں ہے زندگی
۴
اے شفقؔ اُردو کشی کے دور میں
میر و غالب کی زباں محفوظ رکھ
۵
وہ کچھ کہیں شفقؔ یہ حقیقت ہے آج بھی
بزمِ ادب میں سکّۂ اردو زباں چلے
۶
لیلائے غزل جو کو سلیقے سے سجا دے
الفاظ کی رنگیں وہ قبا ڈھونڈ رہا ہوں
۷
آپسی جھگڑے تو خود مٹ جائیں گے
وسعتِ اُردو زباں ہونے تو دو
۸
شک جن کو اپنی ایکتا پہ ہو کہیں شفقؔ
سِکّے رواں دلوں پہ کیوں اُردو زباں کے ہیں
۹
ہر طرف بڑھتی ہوئی اِن مشکلوں کی بھیڑ میں
سب سے مشکل یہ شفقؔ اُردو زباں مشکل میں ہے
उर्दू ज़बान – गोपाल क्रिष्ण बत्ता शफ़क़
१
शफ़क़ सींचा है जिस को ख़ून-ए दिल से
मुझे महबूब वो उर्दू ज़बां है
२
ज़बानें और भी लाखौं हैं लैकिन
कहां पहुंची कोई उर्दू ज़बां तक
३
जिस को अपनौं ने बिगाढा है शफ़क़
सूरत-ए उर्दू ज़बां है ज़िंदगी
४
अए शफ़क़ उर्दू-कशी के दौर में
मीर ओ ग़ालिब की ज़बां महफ़ूज़ रख
५
वो कुछ कहें शफ़क़ ये हक़ीक़त है आज भी
बज़्म-ए अदब में सिक्का-ए उर्दू ज़बां चले
६
लैला-ए ग़ज़ल को जो सलीक़े से सजा दे
अल्फ़ाज़ कि रंगीं वो क़बा ढूंड रहा हुं
७
अपसी झगढे तो ख़ुद मिट जाएंगे
वुस’अत-ए उर्दू ज़बां होने तो दो
८
शक जिन को अपनी एकता पे हो कहें शफ़क़
सिक्के रवां दिलौं पे क्यूं उर्दू ज़बां के हैं
९
हर तरफ़ बढ़ती हुई इन मुशकिलौं की भीढ में
सब से मुशकिल ये शफ़क़, उर्दू ज़बां मुशकिल में है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. shafaq-gopal krishn batta (1933-xxxx), paTiala. MA urdu in addition to a medical degree. He practiced as a physician. Organized Indo-pak mushaa’era annually in ambala. Formed a society of poets who met regularly. Published three collections of his own poetry, one in devnagiri script. This is a collection of ash’aar picked from various Ghazal, in which he extols or moans the dangers to urdu language. It is linked to other similar Ghazal/nazm/collections linked to ‘urdu’ on the Theme page.
1
shafaq1 seeNcha2 hai jis ko Khoon-e dil se
mujhe mahboob3 vo urdu zabaaN4 hai 1.pen-name of the poet 2.irrigate, cultivate 3.beloved, favourite 4.language
That which has been cultivated/nurtured with the blood of the heart, my most favourite is the urdu language.
2
zabaaneN1 aur bhi laakhoN haiN laikin
kahaaN pahuNchi koii urdu zabaaN tak 1.languages
There are thousands of other languages, but, which one has reached the heights of urdu language.
3
jis ko apnoN ne bigaaRa1 hai shafaq2
soorat3-e urdu zabaaN4 hai zindagi5 1.spoilt, corrupted-perhaps used to mean devalued 2.pen-name of the poet 3.like, similar to 4.language 5.life
O shafaq, our own people have devalued life, just like they have devalued urdu language.
4
aye shafaq1 urdu-kashi2 ke daur3 meN
mir o Ghalib ki zabaaN4 mahfooz5 rakh 1.pen-name of the poet 2.killing urdu 3.times, regime 4.language 5.protect
O shafaq, in these times when urdu is being killed, keep the language of mir and Ghalib safe.
5
vo kuchh kaheN shafaq1 ye haqiiqat2 hai aaj bhi
bazm3-e adab4 meN sikka5-e urdu zabaaN chale 1.pen-name of the poet 2.truth, reality 3.society 4.literature 5.sikka chalna – is an expression used to mean – currency, validity
Whatever they may say, O shafaq, this is true – in the circle of refined literature, urdu language is predominant.
6
laila1-e Ghazal ko jo saleeqe2 se saja3 de
alfaaz4 ki raNgiiN vo qaba5 DhoonD raha huN 1.of laila majnuN legend, beloved 2.refinement 3.adorn 4.words 5.robe, garment
I am looking for colourful words that will adorn the beloved Ghazal in garments of refined taste.
7
aapasi1 jhagRe to Khud miT2 jaa’eNge
vus’at3-e urdu zabaaN hone to do 1.mutual 2.erase 3.vastness, spread
Mutual disagreements will disappear by themselves. Just let urdu language grow. This is another way of expressing the widely held belief that urdu played/plays a major role in national/communal harmony/integration.
8
shak1 jin ko apni ekta2 pe ho kaheN shafaq
sikke3 ravaaN4 diloN pe kyuN urdu zabaaN ke haiN 1.doubt 2.one-ness 3.coin, currency 4.circulating
O shafaq, let those who doubt our one-ness explain – why the coin/currency of urdu language circulates in the hearts of (all) people.
9
har taraf1 baRhti hui in mushkiloN2 ki bhiiR3 meN
sub se mushkil ye shafaq, urdu zabaaN mushkil meN hai 1.every direction 2.difficulties, problems 3.crowd
There is a crowd of difficulties all around. In this onslaught, the most important difficulty, O shafaq, is that urdu language faces a problem.
shafaq-gopal krishn batta (1933-xxxx), paTiala. MA urdu in addition to a medical degree. He practiced as a physician. Organized Indo-pak mushaa’era annually in ambala. Formed a society of poets who met regularly. Published three collections of his own poetry, one in devnagiri script. This is a collection of ash’aar picked from various Ghazal, in which he extols or moans the dangers to urdu language. It is linked to other similar Ghazal/nazm/collections linked to ‘urdu’ on the Theme page.
1
shafaq1 seeNcha2 hai jis ko Khoon-e dil se
mujhe mahboob3 vo urdu zabaaN4 hai
1.pen-name of the poet 2.irrigate, cultivate 3.beloved, favourite 4.language
That which has been cultivated/nurtured with the blood of the heart, my most favourite is the urdu language.
2
zabaaneN1 aur bhi laakhoN haiN laikin
kahaaN pahuNchi koii urdu zabaaN tak
1.languages
There are thousands of other languages, but, which one has reached the heights of urdu language.
3
jis ko apnoN ne bigaaRa1 hai shafaq2
soorat3-e urdu zabaaN4 hai zindagi5
1.spoilt, corrupted-perhaps used to mean devalued 2.pen-name of the poet 3.like, similar to 4.language 5.life
O shafaq, our own people have devalued life, just like they have devalued urdu language.
4
aye shafaq1 urdu-kashi2 ke daur3 meN
mir o Ghalib ki zabaaN4 mahfooz5 rakh
1.pen-name of the poet 2.killing urdu 3.times, regime 4.language 5.protect
O shafaq, in these times when urdu is being killed, keep the language of mir and Ghalib safe.
5
vo kuchh kaheN shafaq1 ye haqiiqat2 hai aaj bhi
bazm3-e adab4 meN sikka5-e urdu zabaaN chale
1.pen-name of the poet 2.truth, reality 3.society 4.literature 5.sikka chalna – is an expression used to mean – currency, validity
Whatever they may say, O shafaq, this is true – in the circle of refined literature, urdu language is predominant.
6
laila1-e Ghazal ko jo saleeqe2 se saja3 de
alfaaz4 ki raNgiiN vo qaba5 DhoonD raha huN
1.of laila majnuN legend, beloved 2.refinement 3.adorn 4.words 5.robe, garment
I am looking for colourful words that will adorn the beloved Ghazal in garments of refined taste.
7
aapasi1 jhagRe to Khud miT2 jaa’eNge
vus’at3-e urdu zabaaN hone to do
1.mutual 2.erase 3.vastness, spread
Mutual disagreements will disappear by themselves. Just let urdu language grow. This is another way of expressing the widely held belief that urdu played/plays a major role in national/communal harmony/integration.
8
shak1 jin ko apni ekta2 pe ho kaheN shafaq
sikke3 ravaaN4 diloN pe kyuN urdu zabaaN ke haiN
1.doubt 2.one-ness 3.coin, currency 4.circulating
O shafaq, let those who doubt our one-ness explain – why the coin/currency of urdu language circulates in the hearts of (all) people.
9
har taraf1 baRhti hui in mushkiloN2 ki bhiiR3 meN
sub se mushkil ye shafaq, urdu zabaaN mushkil meN hai
1.every direction 2.difficulties, problems 3.crowd
There is a crowd of difficulties all around. In this onslaught, the most important difficulty, O shafaq, is that urdu language faces a problem.
