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Recitation
طاقتِ دیدار عطا اور ۔ امیر چند بہارؔ
۱
غصے میں وہ بے درد جو ڈھاتا ہے جفا اور
اُس شوخ کے جینے کی میں کرتا ہوں دعا اور
۲
ہر گام پہ ہے جلوہ نُما حسنِ دل آرا
یا رب ہو مجھے طاقتِ دیدار عطا اور
۳
میں عرضِ تمنّا سے ہوا اور بھی رُسوا
سُن کر وہ مری بات ہوئے مجھ سے خفا اور
۴
اللہ سے دھوکا ہے کہ خود اپنے سے دھوکا
دل میں ہے طلب اور تو لب پر ہے دعا اور
۵
زردار مزے میں ہے مصیبت میں ہے نادار
کیا اِس کا خدا اور ہے، اُس کا ہے خدا اور
۶
بے تاب مجھے رکھتی ہے اک حسرتِ تعمیر
کچھ کر کے دکھاؤں گا جو کچھ روز جیا اور
۷
وہ مائلِ الطاف نظر آنے لگے ہیں
دنیا میں بہارؔ اب تجھے درکار ہے کیا اور
ताक़त-ए दीदार अता और – अमीर चंद बहार
१
ग़ुस्से में वो बे-दर्द जो ढाता है जफ़ा और
उस शूख़ के जीने की मैं करता हूँ दुआ और
२
हर गाम पे है जल्वा-नुमा हुस्न-ए दिल-आरा
यारब हो मुझे ताक़त-ए दीदार अता और
३
मैं अर्ज़-ए तमन्ना से हुआ और भी रुसवा
सुन कर वो मेरी बात हुए मुझसे ख़फ़ा और
४
अल्लाह से धोका है के ख़ुद अपने से धोका
दिल में है तलब और तो लब पर है दुआ और
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ज़रदार मज़े में है मुसिबत में है नादार
क्या इस का है ख़ुदा और, उस का है ख़ुदा और
६
बे-ताब मुझे रखती है एक हसरत-ए तामीर
कुछ कर के दिखाऊंगा जो कुछ रोज़ जिया और
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वो माएल-ए अल्ताफ़ नज़र आने लगे हैं
दुनिया में बहार अब तुझे दरलोर है क्या और
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. ameer chand bahaar (1925-xxxx). In spite of his eight collections, it was very difficult to assemble any facts about his life. He appears to have taught, first at government college, ludhiana and later at rohtak. He translated several (26) English poems into urdu nazm format and published them as a collection. He did also compose Ghazal but his specialty seems to be the rubaaii. This Ghazal in the zamin of Ghalib’s ‘andaaz-e bayaaN aur’ (with a slightly different qaafiya) is linked to Ghalib naqsh-e qadam.
1
Ghusse meN voh be-dard1 jo Dhaata2 hai jafa3 aur
us shooKh4 ke jiine ki maiN karta huN dua aur 1.pityless, hard hearted 2.inflict, bring down 3.cruelty, oppression 4.mischief maker
Both ‘be-dard’ and ‘shooKh’ are conventional adjectives for the beloved. Even as the beloved, in anger, inflicts even more cruelty on the poet/lover, he prays for her long life i.e., he considers her cruelty to be a favour/blessing.
2
har gaam1 peh hai jalva-numa2 husn3-e dil-aara4
yaarab5 ho mujhe taaqat6-e diidaar7 ata8 aur 1.step 2.manifestation 3.beauty 4.beloved 5.my lord 6.power 7.sight, ability to see 8.grant, bestow
This can apply both the to the conventional and to the divine beloved. At every step the beauty of the beloved is manifest. My lord, grant me more power to see.
3
maiN arz1-e tamanna2 se hua aur bhi rusva3
sun kar voh meri baat hue mujh se Khafa4 aur 1.present, appeal 2.desire 3.embarrassed 4.annoyed
In presenting my desire/wish I was embarrassed even more. Upon hearing my appeal, the beloved got annoyed with me even more.
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allaah se dhoka1 hai keh Khud apne se dhoka
dil meN hai talab2 aur to lab3 par hai dua4 aur 1.deception 2.desire, wish 3.lips 4.prayer
Are you deceiving god or is this self-deception. You have one thing you desire in your heart and the prayer on your lips is for something else.
5
zardaar1 mazay meN hai musiibat2 meN hai naadaar3
kya iss ka Khuda aur hai, uss ka hai Khuda aur 1.wealthy, capitalist 2.difficulty 3.pauper, worker, deprived
The capitalist is enjoys himself while the worker faces difficulties. Is one’s god different from the god of the other.
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be-taab1 mujhe rakhti hai ek hasrat2-e taa’miir3
kuchh kar ke dikhaauNga jo kuchh roz4 jiya aur 1.restless 2.longing, desire 3.building, creating 4.days
A desire to make/create something keeps me restless. I will do something and show you, if I live for a few more days.
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voh maa’el1-e altaaf2 nazar3 aanay lagay haiN
duniya meN bahaar4 ab tujhay darkaar5 hai kya aur 1.inclined towards 2.favours, kindness 3.seen, appear 4.pen-name of the poet 5.required, needed
The beloved seems to be inclined towards showing favours. What more do you need in this world, O bahaar.
ameer chand bahaar (1925-xxxx). In spite of his eight collections, it was very difficult to assemble any facts about his life. He appears to have taught, first at government college, ludhiana and later at rohtak. He translated several (26) English poems into urdu nazm format and published them as a collection. He did also compose Ghazal but his specialty seems to be the rubaaii. This Ghazal in the zamin of Ghalib’s ‘andaaz-e bayaaN aur’ (with a slightly different qaafiya) is linked to Ghalib naqsh-e qadam.
1
Ghusse meN voh be-dard1 jo Dhaata2 hai jafa3 aur
us shooKh4 ke jiine ki maiN karta huN dua aur
1.pityless, hard hearted 2.inflict, bring down 3.cruelty, oppression 4.mischief maker
Both ‘be-dard’ and ‘shooKh’ are conventional adjectives for the beloved. Even as the beloved, in anger, inflicts even more cruelty on the poet/lover, he prays for her long life i.e., he considers her cruelty to be a favour/blessing.
2
har gaam1 peh hai jalva-numa2 husn3-e dil-aara4
yaarab5 ho mujhe taaqat6-e diidaar7 ata8 aur
1.step 2.manifestation 3.beauty 4.beloved 5.my lord 6.power 7.sight, ability to see 8.grant, bestow
This can apply both the to the conventional and to the divine beloved. At every step the beauty of the beloved is manifest. My lord, grant me more power to see.
3
maiN arz1-e tamanna2 se hua aur bhi rusva3
sun kar voh meri baat hue mujh se Khafa4 aur
1.present, appeal 2.desire 3.embarrassed 4.annoyed
In presenting my desire/wish I was embarrassed even more. Upon hearing my appeal, the beloved got annoyed with me even more.
4
allaah se dhoka1 hai keh Khud apne se dhoka
dil meN hai talab2 aur to lab3 par hai dua4 aur
1.deception 2.desire, wish 3.lips 4.prayer
Are you deceiving god or is this self-deception. You have one thing you desire in your heart and the prayer on your lips is for something else.
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zardaar1 mazay meN hai musiibat2 meN hai naadaar3
kya iss ka Khuda aur hai, uss ka hai Khuda aur
1.wealthy, capitalist 2.difficulty 3.pauper, worker, deprived
The capitalist is enjoys himself while the worker faces difficulties. Is one’s god different from the god of the other.
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be-taab1 mujhe rakhti hai ek hasrat2-e taa’miir3
kuchh kar ke dikhaauNga jo kuchh roz4 jiya aur
1.restless 2.longing, desire 3.building, creating 4.days
A desire to make/create something keeps me restless. I will do something and show you, if I live for a few more days.
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voh maa’el1-e altaaf2 nazar3 aanay lagay haiN
duniya meN bahaar4 ab tujhay darkaar5 hai kya aur
1.inclined towards 2.favours, kindness 3.seen, appear 4.pen-name of the poet 5.required, needed
The beloved seems to be inclined towards showing favours. What more do you need in this world, O bahaar.
