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Recitation
صاحبِ ایماں ہونا ۔ درشن دیال پروازؔ
۱
تیری رحمت کا ہمیشہ پڑے خواہاں ہونا
کوئی آسان نہیں انسان کا انساں ہونا
۲
ڈھونڈنے سے بھی نہیں ملتا ہے دیندار کوئی
غیر ممکن نہیں جنّت کا بیاباں ہونا
۳
ایک میں ہوں مجھے آئے نہ شکایت کرنا
ایک وہ ہے اُسے آئے نہ پشیماں ہونا
۴
مئے پرستی سے ملے کچھ تو بشر کو راحت
بت پرستی تو ہے بیکار پریشاں ہونا
۵
چھوڑنی پڑتی ہے پروازؔ ریا کاری ہی
کوئی مشکل بھی نہیں صاحبِ ایماں ہونا
साहब-ए ईमां होना – दर्शन दयाल परवाज़
१
तेरी रहमत का हमेशा पढे ख़्वाहां होना
कोई आसां नहीं इंसान का इंसां होना
२
ड़ूंडने से भी नहीं मिलता है दींदार कोई
ग़ैर मुम्किन नहीं जन्नत का बियाबां होना
३
एक मैं हूं मुझे आए न शिका’एत करना
एक वो है उसे आए न पशेमां होना
४
मै-परस्ती से मिले कुछ तो बशर को राहत
बुत-परस्ती तो है बेकार परेशां होना
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छोढनी पढती है परवाज़ रियाकारी ही
कोई मुश्किल भी नहीं साहब-ए ईमां होना
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. darshan dayal parvaaz (1935-xxxx), shaiKhupura, pakistan. He settled in jalandhar district after 1947. shaagird of rajendra nath rahbar. I could not figure out what he did for a living. He lived in a small village, noor mahal. My guess is that he had lands and engaged in agriculture. This Ghazal, in the style of Ghalib’s ‘mayassar nahiN insaan ko insaaN hona’ is linked to Ghalib naqsh-e qadam.
1
teri rahmat1 ka hamesha paRe KhwaahaaN2 hona
koi aasaan3 nahiN insaan ka insaaN hona 1.kindness, forgiveness 2.desirous 3.easy
Just like in Ghalib’s Ghazal, in the second misra here, the word insaan is used in two slightly different meanings. The first one means plain and simple human being while the second one is used to imply higher human qualities – human-ness. We always end up being desirous of your forgiveness (because we keep transgressing). It is not so easy for man to be human (because he keeps transgressing).
2
DhoonDne se bhi nahiN milta hai deeNdaar1 koi
Ghair-mumkin2 nahiN jannat3 ka biyaabaaN4 hona 1.honest, virtuous 2.impossible 3.heaven 4.deserted, desolate
Even after careful searching one cannot find an honest/virtuous person. Therefore, it is not impossible that heaven will be deserted i.e., no one will get to go to heaven.
3
ek maiN huN mujhe aaye na shikaa’et1 karna
ek voh hai usay aaye na pashemaaN2 hona 1.complain 2.regret, remorseful
It is the convention of urdu poetry that the beloved is always cruel to the poet/lover and he never complains, while she never shows any remorse for her actions. Thus, on the one hand, it is I, who does not know how to complain and on the other hand, it is she, who does not know how to be remorseful.
4
mai-parasti1 say miley kuchh to bashar2 ko raahat3
but-parasti4 to hai bekaar5 pareshaaN6 hona 1.devotion to wine 2.human 3.comfort 4.devotion to the idol/beloved 5.useless 6.worried, sorrowful
It is a significant convention in poetry to use ‘idol’ as symbolic of the beloved and for the poet/lover to worship her. Worshipping the beloved gets him nothing but sorrow. Thus, he wishes that at least worshipping wine should give him some comfort.
5
chhoRni paRti hai parvaaz1 riya-kaari2 hi
koi mushkil3 bhi nahiN sahib4-e iimaaN5 hona 1.pen-name of the poet 2.hypocricy, lying 3.difficult 4.owner 5.faith, virtue
O parvaaz, all you have to do is give up lying. It is not all that difficult to be virtuous.
darshan dayal parvaaz (1935-xxxx), shaiKhupura, pakistan. He settled in jalandhar district after 1947. shaagird of rajendra nath rahbar. I could not figure out what he did for a living. He lived in a small village, noor mahal. My guess is that he had lands and engaged in agriculture. This Ghazal, in the style of Ghalib’s ‘mayassar nahiN insaan ko insaaN hona’ is linked to Ghalib naqsh-e qadam.
1
teri rahmat1 ka hamesha paRe KhwaahaaN2 hona
koi aasaan3 nahiN insaan ka insaaN hona
1.kindness, forgiveness 2.desirous 3.easy
Just like in Ghalib’s Ghazal, in the second misra here, the word insaan is used in two slightly different meanings. The first one means plain and simple human being while the second one is used to imply higher human qualities – human-ness. We always end up being desirous of your forgiveness (because we keep transgressing). It is not so easy for man to be human (because he keeps transgressing).
2
DhoonDne se bhi nahiN milta hai deeNdaar1 koi
Ghair-mumkin2 nahiN jannat3 ka biyaabaaN4 hona
1.honest, virtuous 2.impossible 3.heaven 4.deserted, desolate
Even after careful searching one cannot find an honest/virtuous person. Therefore, it is not impossible that heaven will be deserted i.e., no one will get to go to heaven.
3
ek maiN huN mujhe aaye na shikaa’et1 karna
ek voh hai usay aaye na pashemaaN2 hona
1.complain 2.regret, remorseful
It is the convention of urdu poetry that the beloved is always cruel to the poet/lover and he never complains, while she never shows any remorse for her actions. Thus, on the one hand, it is I, who does not know how to complain and on the other hand, it is she, who does not know how to be remorseful.
4
mai-parasti1 say miley kuchh to bashar2 ko raahat3
but-parasti4 to hai bekaar5 pareshaaN6 hona
1.devotion to wine 2.human 3.comfort 4.devotion to the idol/beloved 5.useless 6.worried, sorrowful
It is a significant convention in poetry to use ‘idol’ as symbolic of the beloved and for the poet/lover to worship her. Worshipping the beloved gets him nothing but sorrow. Thus, he wishes that at least worshipping wine should give him some comfort.
5
chhoRni paRti hai parvaaz1 riya-kaari2 hi
koi mushkil3 bhi nahiN sahib4-e iimaaN5 hona
1.pen-name of the poet 2.hypocricy, lying 3.difficult 4.owner 5.faith, virtue
O parvaaz, all you have to do is give up lying. It is not all that difficult to be virtuous.
