Recitation
نہرو – مخدوم محی الدین
ہزار رنگ ملے اک سُبو کی گردش میں
ہزار پیراہن آئے گئے زمانے میں
مگر وہ صندل و گل کا غبار، مشتِ بہار
ہواہے وادیِ جنّت نِشاں میں آوارہ
اَزل كے ہاتھ سے چُھوٹَا ہوا حیات کا تیر
وہ شش جہت کااسیر
نکل گیاہے بہت دور جستجو بن کر
नेहरू-मख़्दूम मोहिउद्दीन
हज़ार रंग मिले एक सुबू की गरदिश में
हज़ार पैरहन आए गये ज़माने में
मगर वो संदल ओ गुल का ग़ुबार मुश्त-ए बहार
हुवा है वादी-ए जन्नत निशां में आवारा
अज़ल के हाथ से छूट हुआ हयात का तीर
वो शश जहत का असीर
निकल गया है बहुत दूर जुस्तजू बन कर
nehru-maKhdoom mohiuddin
Click here for overall comments and on any passage for word meanings and discussion. maKhdoom’s tribute to nehru is all the more remarkable because they were political rivals. They still managed to have respect and regard for each other. Also see sardar jafri, kaifi azmi and sahir ludhianavi’s tributes to nehru.
hazaar raNg miley ek suboo1 ki gardish2 meN
hazaar pairahan3 aaye gaye zamaane meN1.goblet (of wine) 2.movement, circulation 3.clothes, disguises
There have been thousands of wines (of many colours) that have made the rounds, many costumes/disguises/masks put on for show, meaning all kinds of people came and went …
magar vo sandal o gul4 ka Ghubaar5 musht6-e bahaar7
huva hai vaadi8-e jannat-nishaaN9 meN aavara10 4.sandal and rose 5.mist, dust, ashes 6.fistful 7.spring 8.valley 9.indicating/reflecting/image of heaven 10.dispersed
…. but those ashes of sandalwood and roses, that fistful of freshness is now dispersed in this country that is the image of heaven. Nehru was cremated in sandalwood with roses piled on the corpse. Thus his ashes are often referred to as the ashes of sandal and rose. His ashes were dispersed all over the country by air and also into many rivers north and south. He wanted his dust to mingle back into the dust of the country.
azal11 ke haath se chhooTa hua hayaat12 ka tiir
vo shash-jahat13 ka asiir14
nikal gaya hai bahut duur justaju15 ban kar11.eternity 12.Life (personified) 13.six directions, all directions, universalism 14.prisoner, bound by 15.search, perseverence
Such a fast moving Life, straight as an arrow comes but once in an eternity. He was bound only by the six directions (not by religion, region or language). “Six directions” may be intepreted as universalism. Bound only by the idealistic universalism, he has gone far ahead of the rest like an embodiment of perseverance. Nehru was also known as a universalist/idealist, refusing to be bound by language, region or religion. He was only bound/circumscribed by his universalism.
nehru-maKhdoom mohiuddin
maKhdoom’s tribute to nehru is all the more remarkable because they were political rivals. They still managed to have respect and regard for each other. Also see sardar jafri, kaifi azmi and sahir ludhianavi’s tributes to nehru.
hazaar raNg miley ek suboo1 ki gardish2 meN
hazaar pairahan3 aaye gaye zamaane meN
1.goblet (of wine) 2.movement, circulation 3.clothes, disguises
There have been thousands of wines (of many colours) that have made the rounds, many costumes/disguises/masks put on for show, meaning all kinds of people came and went …
magar vo sandal o gul4 ka Ghubaar5 musht6-e bahaar7
huva hai vaadi8-e jannat-nishaaN9 meN aavara10
4.sandal and rose 5.mist, dust, ashes 6.fistful 7.spring 8.valley 9.indicating/reflecting/image of heaven 10.dispersed
…. but those ashes of sandalwood and roses, that fistful of freshness is now dispersed in this country that is the image of heaven. Nehru was cremated in sandalwood with roses piled on the corpse. Thus his ashes are often referred to as the ashes of sandal and rose. His ashes were dispersed all over the country by air and also into many rivers north and south. He wanted his dust to mingle back into the dust of the country.
azal11 ke haath se chhooTa hua hayaat12 ka tiir
vo shash-jahat13 ka asiir14
nikal gaya hai bahut duur justaju15 ban kar
11.eternity 12.Life (personified) 13.six directions, all directions, universalism 14.prisoner, bound by 15.search, perseverence
Such a fast moving Life, straight as an arrow comes but once in an eternity. He was bound only by the six directions (not by religion, region or language). “Six directions” may be intepreted as universalism. Bound only by the idealistic universalism, he has gone far ahead of the rest like an embodiment of perseverance. Nehru was also known as a universalist/idealist, refusing to be bound by language, region or religion. He was only bound/circumscribed by his universalism.
