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Recitation
تہذیب کی پیکر اردو ۔ اجئے پانڈے سحابؔ
۱
ہے مرے ہند کی تہذیب کی پیکر اردو
اپنی اِس ساجھا وراثت کی ہے دختر اردو
۲
اس کے ہر لفظ میں تہذیب کی نورانی ہے
لفظِ تاباں سے بنی مہرِ مُنوّر اردو
۳
ملک میرے، کبھی محسوس کیا ہے تو نے
تیری گفتار میں آ جاتی ہے اکثر اردو
۴
میرؔ و غالبؔ ہوں یا ساحرؔ سا فسوں گر تیرا
تو نے ہم کو دئے ممتاز سخنور اردو
۵
تیرے شیدائی ہیں پھولوں سے تجھے ڈھک لیں گے
تجھ پہ آئیں گے سیاست کے جو پتّھر اردو
۶
ہند کی خاک کا ہر رنگ ملا ہے تجھ میں
ساری ندیوں سے بنی ہے تو سمندر اردو
۷
مجھ کو اب صرف اسی دن کی تمنا ہے سحابؔ
بولی جائے گی مرے ملک میں گھر گھر اردو
तहज़ीब की पैकर उर्दू – अजय पांडे सहाब
१
है मेरे हिन्द की तहज़ीब की पैकर उर्दू
अपनी इस साझा विरासत की है दुख़्तर उर्दू
२
इस के हर लफ़्ज़ में तहज़ीब की नूरानी है
लफ़्ज़-ए ताबाँ से बनी महर-ए मुनव्वर उर्दू
३
मुल्क मेरे! कभी महसूस किया है तू ने
तेरी गुफ़्तार में आ जाती है अक्सर उर्दू
४
मीर ओ ग़ालिब हों या साहेर सा फ़ुसूंगर तेरा
तू ने हम को दिये मुम्ताज़ सुख़नवर उर्दू
५
तेरे शैदाई हैं, फूलों से तुझे ढक लेंगे
तुझ पे आएँगे सियासत के जो पत्थर उर्दू
६
हिन्द की ख़ाक का हर रंग मिला है तुझ में
सारी नदियों से बनी है तू समुंदर उर्दू
७
मुझ को अब सिर्फ़ उसी दिन की तमन्ना है सहाब
बोली जाएगी मेरे मुल्क में घर घर उर्दू
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. ajay paanDay sahaab (1969-living) ICS officer, commisioner GST, jhaarkhanD. Grew up in surroundings completely devoid of urdu. Read sahir, firaq and faiz in devanagiri and fell in love with urdu. Taught himself reading and writing and started composing at 16-17. He writes …
seekha isi se dard ye hindostaan ka
bachpan se mujh pe qarz hai urdu zabaan ka
This Ghazal is linked to others of the theme ‘urdu’ on the Theme page.
1
hai meray hind ki tahziib1 ki paikar2 urdu
apni is saajha3 viraasat4 ki hai duKhtar5 urdu 1.culture 2.picture, image, embodiment 3.mixed, shared 4.inheritance 5.daughter
The embodiment of the culture of my India is urdu
The daughter of our shared inheritance is urdu
2
is kay har lafz1 meN tahziib2 ki nooraani3 hai
lafz1-e taabaaN4 se bani mahr5-e munavvar6 urdu 1.word 2.culture 3.light, glow 4.shining, brightness 5.sun 6.dazzling
Every word carries of the glow of culture
The brilliance of words make the dazzling sun of urdu
3
mulk meray, kabhi mahsoos1 kiya hai tu ne
teri guftaar2 meN aa jaati hai aksar3 urdu 1.felt, noticed 2.conversation 3.often
O my homeland, have you ever noticed how
In your daily conversation quietly seeps in urdu
4
mir o Ghalib hoN ya saahir1 sa fusooN-gar2 tera
tu ne ham ko diye mumtaaz3 suKhanvar4 urdu 1.saahir ludhianavi, but also saahir means magician 2.magician 3.eminent 4.poets
May be mir or Ghalib or magicians like saahir
You have given us eminent poets, urdu
5
tere shaidaaii1 haiN phooloN se tujhe Dhak2 leNge
tujh pe aa’eNge siyaasat3 ke jo patthar urdu 1.admirers 2.cover, protect 3.politics
Your admirers will cover and protect you with flowers
Even as politics hurls rocks at you, urdu
6
hind ki Khaak1 ka har raNg mila hai tujh meN
saari nadiyoN se bani hai tu samundar2 urdu 1.dust, clay 2.sea, ocean
Every colour of the clay of every region of India is mixed in you
With the confluence of all rivers, you have become an ocean, urdu
7
mujh ko ab sirf1 usi din ki tamanna2 hai sahaab3
boli jaa’egi meray mulk meN ghar ghar urdu 1.only 2.desire 3.pen-name of the poet
O sahaab, my only desire is to see the day
When, in my homeland, in every household, is spoken urdu
ajay paanDay sahaab (1969-living) ICS officer, commisioner GST, jhaarkhanD. Grew up in surroundings completely devoid of urdu. Read sahir, firaq and faiz in devanagiri and fell in love with urdu. Taught himself reading and writing and started composing at 16-17. He writes …
seekha isi se dard ye hindostaan ka
bachpan se mujh pe qarz hai urdu zabaan ka
This Ghazal is linked to others of the theme ‘urdu’ on the Theme page.
1
hai meray hind ki tahziib1 ki paikar2 urdu
apni is saajha3 viraasat4 ki hai duKhtar5 urdu
1.culture 2.picture, image, embodiment 3.mixed, shared 4.inheritance 5.daughter
The embodiment of the culture of my India is urdu
The daughter of our shared inheritance is urdu
2
is kay har lafz1 meN tahziib2 ki nooraani3 hai
lafz1-e taabaaN4 se bani mahr5-e munavvar6 urdu
1.word 2.culture 3.light, glow 4.shining, brightness 5.sun 6.dazzling
Every word carries of the glow of culture
The brilliance of words make the dazzling sun of urdu
3
mulk meray, kabhi mahsoos1 kiya hai tu ne
teri guftaar2 meN aa jaati hai aksar3 urdu
1.felt, noticed 2.conversation 3.often
O my homeland, have you ever noticed how
In your daily conversation quietly seeps in urdu
4
mir o Ghalib hoN ya saahir1 sa fusooN-gar2 tera
tu ne ham ko diye mumtaaz3 suKhanvar4 urdu
1.saahir ludhianavi, but also saahir means magician 2.magician 3.eminent 4.poets
May be mir or Ghalib or magicians like saahir
You have given us eminent poets, urdu
5
tere shaidaaii1 haiN phooloN se tujhe Dhak2 leNge
tujh pe aa’eNge siyaasat3 ke jo patthar urdu
1.admirers 2.cover, protect 3.politics
Your admirers will cover and protect you with flowers
Even as politics hurls rocks at you, urdu
6
hind ki Khaak1 ka har raNg mila hai tujh meN
saari nadiyoN se bani hai tu samundar2 urdu
1.dust, clay 2.sea, ocean
Every colour of the clay of every region of India is mixed in you
With the confluence of all rivers, you have become an ocean, urdu
7
mujh ko ab sirf1 usi din ki tamanna2 hai sahaab3
boli jaa’egi meray mulk meN ghar ghar urdu
1.only 2.desire 3.pen-name of the poet
O sahaab, my only desire is to see the day
When, in my homeland, in every household, is spoken urdu
