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Recitation
دھواں دھواں نہ ہوا ۔ رینوؔ ورما
۱
آتشِ دل دھواں دھواں نہ ہوا
کوئی شکوہ کبھی عیاں نہ ہوا
۲
راہ تکتے تھے عشق کے رستے
جس جگہ چاہا وہ وہاں نہ ہوا
۳
بات کوئی سمجھ نہیں پایا
ہم نفس میرا ہم زباں نہ ہوا
۴
دیکھ کر اُس کو چپ لگی ایسی
دل کا کچھ حال بھی بیاں نہ ہوا
۵
رینوؔ دے دیتی زندگی لیکن
ہر قدم پر وہ جانِ جاں نہ ہوا
धुआं धुआं न हुआ – रेनु वर्मा
१
आतिश-ए दिल घुआं धुआं न हुआ
कोई शिक्वा कभी अयां न हुआ
२
राह तक्ते थे इश्क़ के रस्ते
जिस जगह चाहा वो वहां न हुआ
३
बात कोई समझ नहीं पाया
हम नफ़स मेरा हम-ज़बां न हुआ
४
देख कर उस को चुप लगी ऐसी
दिल का कुछ हाल भी बयां न हुआ
५
रेनु दे देती ज़िंदगी लैकिन
हर क़दम पर वो जान-ए जां न हुआ
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. renu verma (1974-living), jodhpur. Her urdu composition is exquisite and yet in her book “kaifiyyat”, published in 2018, in devanagiri, she states that she does not know how to read and write urdu. By my rough count, her book already has more than 75 Ghazal/nazm. All I can say is, ‘zor-e qalam aur ziyaada’. This Ghazal, although with a slightly different qaafiya can still be considered to be in the zamin of Ghalib’s ‘dard minnat-kash-e davaa na hua’.
1
aatish1-e dil dhuaaN dhuaaN na hua
koii shikva2 kabhi ayaaN3 na hua 1.fire, passion 2.complaint 3.emerge, manifest, express
The fire/passion in the heart is burning strongly but it does not give smoke. There are many complaints, but they are never expressed, always controlled.
2
raah1 takte2 the ishq ke raste
jis jagah chaaha vo vahaaN na hua 1.path 2.stare/gaze in anticipation
‘raah takna’ is an expression that means ‘waiting impatiently’. Thus, the poet/lover is waiting impatiently gazing at the path of the beloved. But the beloved was not where the poet/lover was thinking that he/she would be.
3
baat koii samajh nahiN paaya
ham-nafas1 mera ham-zabaaN2 na hua 1.same breath, friend, beloved 2.same language
The beloved could not understand anything that the poet/lover said. The beloved did not speak the same language as the poet/lover. Of course, ‘same language’ does not have to be taken literally, but it can imply thinking/speaking at different planes.
4
dekh kar us ko chup lagi aisi
dil ka kuchh haal1 bhi bayaaN2 na hua 1.condition 2.describe, express
When the poet/lover saw/came face to face with the beloved, he/she was stunned in silence and could not express the condition of his/her heart.
5
renu1 de deti zindagi laikin
har qadam2 par vo jaan-e-jaaN3 na hua 1.name and pen-name of poet 2.step, attempt 3.life and soul
The poet/lover would have offered her life. But whenever she attempted to do it, the beloved was not at hand.
renu verma (1974-living), jodhpur. Her urdu composition is exquisite and yet in her book “kaifiyyat”, published in 2018, in devanagiri, she states that she does not know how to read and write urdu. By my rough count, her book already has more than 75 Ghazal/nazm. All I can say is, ‘zor-e qalam aur ziyaada’. This Ghazal, although with a slightly different qaafiya can still be considered to be in the zamin of Ghalib’s ‘dard minnat-kash-e davaa na hua’.
1
aatish1-e dil dhuaaN dhuaaN na hua
koii shikva2 kabhi ayaaN3 na hua
1.fire, passion 2.complaint 3.emerge, manifest, express
The fire/passion in the heart is burning strongly but it does not give smoke. There are many complaints, but they are never expressed, always controlled.
2
raah1 takte2 the ishq ke raste
jis jagah chaaha vo vahaaN na hua
1.path 2.stare/gaze in anticipation
‘raah takna’ is an expression that means ‘waiting impatiently’. Thus, the poet/lover is waiting impatiently gazing at the path of the beloved. But the beloved was not where the poet/lover was thinking that he/she would be.
3
baat koii samajh nahiN paaya
ham-nafas1 mera ham-zabaaN2 na hua
1.same breath, friend, beloved 2.same language
The beloved could not understand anything that the poet/lover said. The beloved did not speak the same language as the poet/lover. Of course, ‘same language’ does not have to be taken literally, but it can imply thinking/speaking at different planes.
4
dekh kar us ko chup lagi aisi
dil ka kuchh haal1 bhi bayaaN2 na hua
1.condition 2.describe, express
When the poet/lover saw/came face to face with the beloved, he/she was stunned in silence and could not express the condition of his/her heart.
5
renu1 de deti zindagi laikin
har qadam2 par vo jaan-e-jaaN3 na hua
1.name and pen-name of poet 2.step, attempt 3.life and soul
The poet/lover would have offered her life. But whenever she attempted to do it, the beloved was not at hand.
