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Recitation
جو تمہارے دل میں ہے ۔ سادھو رام آرزوؔ سہارنپوری
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کائناتِ ہر دو عالم عشق کی منزل میں ہے
تم ہو جب اُجڑے ہوئے دل میں تو سب کچھ دل میں ہے
۲
کامیابیِ تمنّا سعیِٔ لا حاصل میں ہے
لطف منزل میں کہاں جو حسرتِ منزل میں ہے
۳
کُھل گیا آخر فریبِ انتہائے عاشقی
پاؤں جس منزل میں رکھا تھا اُسی منزل میں ہے
۴
کیوں عبث گھبرا رہے ہو حرفِ عرضِ شوق سے
میری حسرت بھی وہی ہے جو تمہارے دل میں ہے
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شوق کے جذبات کی تکمیل شاید ہو چلی
عشق جس منزل میں تھا اب حسن اس منزل میں ہے
۶
خاک برسر دست بر دل عرش و کرسی در نظر
اُس کی محفل ہی الگ ہے جو تری محفل میں ہے
۷
آرزوؔ ہر شعر میرا کیوں نہ ہو تفسیرِ دوست
میری ہر پرواز حسنِ قدس کی منزل میں ہے
जो तुम्हारे दिल में है – साधु राम आर्ज़ू सहारनपूरी
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काएनात-ए हर दो आलम इश्क़ की मंज़िल में है
तुम हो जब उज्ढे हुए दिल में तो सब कुछ दिल में है
२
कामियाबी-ए तमन्ना स’ई-ए ला-हासिल में है
लुत्फ़ मंज़िल में कहां जो हस्रत-ए मंज़िल में है
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खुल गया आख़िर फ़रेब-ए इंतेहा-ए आशिक़ी
पाँव जिस मंज़िल में रक्खा था वो उसी मंज़िल में है
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क्यूं अबस घब्रा रहे हो हर्फ़-ए अर्ज़-ए शौक़ से
मेरी हस्रत भी वही है जो तुम्हारे दिल में है
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शौक़ के जज़्बात की तक्मील शा’एद हो चली
इश्क़ जिस मंज़िल में था अब हुस्न उस मंज़िल में है
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ख़ाक बर-सर, दस्त बर-दिल, अर्श ओ कुर्सी दर-नज़र
उसकी महफ़िल ही अलग है जो तेरी महफ़िल में है
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आर्ज़ू हर शे’र मेरा क्यों न हो तफ़्सीर-ए दोस्त
मेरी हर परवाज़ हुस्न-ए क़ुद्स की मंज़िल में है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. saadhu ram aarzu saharanpuri (1901-1983) saharanpur and kolkata. He was a shaagird of faani badayuni. There are at least two collections of Ghazal and nazm. There is precious little by way of biographical information but it seems that he was associated with teaching (perhaps urdu) in some college in kolkata. This Ghazal is linked to ‘ye bhi mere dil meN hai’, Ghalib naqsh-e qadam, on the Theme Index page.
1
kaa’enaat1-e har do-aalam2 ishq ki manzil3 meN hai
tum ho jab ujRe4 huay dil meN to sub kuchh dil meN hai 1.universe 2.both worlds i.e., here and hereafter 3.goal, destination 4.desolate, sad
If you want to achieve the here and hereafter, then your goal should be love. The ‘tum’ in the second misra is addressed to god. If you come into my desolate heart then I have both worlds in my heart. Thus, it is love of god that is the goal.
2
kaamiyaabi1-e tamanna2 saa’ii3-e laa-haasil4 meN hai
lutf5 manzil6 meN kahaaN jo hasrat7-e manzil6 meN hai 1.success 2.desire 3.effort 4.without benefit 5.pleasure 6.goal 7.longing, yearning
The success of desire/goal lies in making the best effort without worrying about benefits. The pleasure of being at the goal does not compare with the pleasure of yearning for it. Said jaikrishn chaudhry habiib …
vo bhi kya mazay ki thi zindagi jo safar safar meN guzar gaii
nahiN manziloN meN vo dilkashi, mujhe phir safar ki talaash hai
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khul gaya aaKhir1 fareb2-e intehaa3-e aashiqi
paaNv jis manzil4 meN rakkha tha usi manzil meN hai 1.at last 2.illusion, deception 3.end result 4.stage towards the goal, path
In conventional love the beloved keeps the suitor/lover dangling in suspense, promising success, but never reaches the destination. Thus, at last the deception of the goal of love was revealed. Where I first stepped on the path of love, I am still there.
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kyuN abas1 ghabra2 rahay ho harf3-e arz4-e shauq5 se
meri hasrat6 bhi vahi hai jo tumhaare dil meN hai 1.needless 2.worried 3.word 4.express, present, submit 5.desire 6.longing, yearning
The poet/lover is getting ready to express/present his desire/love to the beloved. She perceives what is going on and looks worried. The poet reassures her … you are needlessly worried about my expression of desire. My yearning is the same as what is in your heart.
5
shauq1 ke jazbaat2 ki takmiil3 shaa’ed4 ho chali
ishq5 jis manzil meN tha ab husn6 uss manzil meN hai 1.desire 2.feelings 3.completion, fulfilment 4.perhaps 5.love-lover 6.beauty-beloved
Usually, the stage of love the lover is in is usually one of restlessness and yearning. It seems that the beloved is now in the same stage. Perhaps the feelings of love are near completion/fulfilment.
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Khaak1 bar-sar2, dast3 bar-dil4, arsh5 o kursi6 dar-nazar7
uss ki mahfil8 hi alag9 hai jo teri mahfil meN hai 1.dust 2.on the head 3.hand 4.over the heart 5.seventh heaven 6.throne 7.in sight 8.gathering 9.different
One who is headed towards the gathering around god is different from those who are headed to other gatherings. The one who is headed towards god has given up all worldly attachments … dust over his head, hand over his heart and only the divine throne in his eyes as his single focus.
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aarzu1 har she’r mera kyuN na ho tafsiir2-e dost3
meri har parvaaz4 husn5-e quds6 ki manzil7 meN hai 1.pen-name of the poet 2.explanation, commentary 3.friend, god 4.flight (of words) 5.beauty 6.sacred, pure, divine 7.goal
O aarzu, why should not every verse of mine not be a commentary on god. After all, every flight of imagination/words that I take is towards the goal of the beauty of the divine.
saadhu ram aarzu saharanpuri (1901-1983) saharanpur and kolkata. He was a shaagird of faani badayuni. There are at least two collections of Ghazal and nazm. There is precious little by way of biographical information but it seems that he was associated with teaching (perhaps urdu) in some college in kolkata. This Ghazal is linked to ‘ye bhi mere dil meN hai’, Ghalib naqsh-e qadam, on the Theme Index page.
1
kaa’enaat1-e har do-aalam2 ishq ki manzil3 meN hai
tum ho jab ujRe4 huay dil meN to sub kuchh dil meN hai
1.universe 2.both worlds i.e., here and hereafter 3.goal, destination 4.desolate, sad
If you want to achieve the here and hereafter, then your goal should be love. The ‘tum’ in the second misra is addressed to god. If you come into my desolate heart then I have both worlds in my heart. Thus, it is love of god that is the goal.
2
kaamiyaabi1-e tamanna2 saa’ii3-e laa-haasil4 meN hai
lutf5 manzil6 meN kahaaN jo hasrat7-e manzil6 meN hai
1.success 2.desire 3.effort 4.without benefit 5.pleasure 6.goal 7.longing, yearning
The success of desire/goal lies in making the best effort without worrying about benefits. The pleasure of being at the goal does not compare with the pleasure of yearning for it. Said jaikrishn chaudhry habiib …
vo bhi kya mazay ki thi zindagi jo safar safar meN guzar gaii
nahiN manziloN meN vo dilkashi, mujhe phir safar ki talaash hai
3
khul gaya aaKhir1 fareb2-e intehaa3-e aashiqi
paaNv jis manzil4 meN rakkha tha usi manzil meN hai
1.at last 2.illusion, deception 3.end result 4.stage towards the goal, path
In conventional love the beloved keeps the suitor/lover dangling in suspense, promising success, but never reaches the destination. Thus, at last the deception of the goal of love was revealed. Where I first stepped on the path of love, I am still there.
4
kyuN abas1 ghabra2 rahay ho harf3-e arz4-e shauq5 se
meri hasrat6 bhi vahi hai jo tumhaare dil meN hai
1.needless 2.worried 3.word 4.express, present, submit 5.desire 6.longing, yearning
The poet/lover is getting ready to express/present his desire/love to the beloved. She perceives what is going on and looks worried. The poet reassures her … you are needlessly worried about my expression of desire. My yearning is the same as what is in your heart.
5
shauq1 ke jazbaat2 ki takmiil3 shaa’ed4 ho chali
ishq5 jis manzil meN tha ab husn6 uss manzil meN hai
1.desire 2.feelings 3.completion, fulfilment 4.perhaps 5.love-lover 6.beauty-beloved
Usually, the stage of love the lover is in is usually one of restlessness and yearning. It seems that the beloved is now in the same stage. Perhaps the feelings of love are near completion/fulfilment.
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Khaak1 bar-sar2, dast3 bar-dil4, arsh5 o kursi6 dar-nazar7
uss ki mahfil8 hi alag9 hai jo teri mahfil meN hai
1.dust 2.on the head 3.hand 4.over the heart 5.seventh heaven 6.throne 7.in sight 8.gathering 9.different
One who is headed towards the gathering around god is different from those who are headed to other gatherings. The one who is headed towards god has given up all worldly attachments … dust over his head, hand over his heart and only the divine throne in his eyes as his single focus.
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aarzu1 har she’r mera kyuN na ho tafsiir2-e dost3
meri har parvaaz4 husn5-e quds6 ki manzil7 meN hai
1.pen-name of the poet 2.explanation, commentary 3.friend, god 4.flight (of words) 5.beauty 6.sacred, pure, divine 7.goal
O aarzu, why should not every verse of mine not be a commentary on god. After all, every flight of imagination/words that I take is towards the goal of the beauty of the divine.
