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Recitation
امنِ عالم کے نقیب ۔ آنند موہن گلزارؔ دہلوی
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اے جواہر لال نہرو امنِ عالم کے نقیب
اے مسیحا دم، حکیمِ قوم، مِلّت کے طبیب
درد مندِ بیکساں اے بے نواؤں کے حبیب
اک صدا سب سے الگ ہے اک نوا سب کے قریب
چھوڑ کر تو کاکدانِ ہستیِ ناپائیدار
اک حیاتِ جاوداں سے ہو چکا ہے ہمکنار
۲
تیری ہستی نسلِ آدم کے لئے نذرانہ تھی
جستجوئے امن میں سرگرداں جوں پروانہ تھی
عقل کی بستی میں جوئے عشق کی دیوانہ تھی
اور عالمگیر اُخوّت کے لئے میخانہ تھی
آج میخانہ ہے خالی ایک مستانہ نہیں
رو رہی ہے ریگِ صحرا کوئی دیوانہ نہیں
۳
یہ حقیقت ہے کہ بھارت میں اُجالا تجھ سے تھا
ہند کا رُتبہ زمانے میں نرالا تجھ سے تھا
خدمتِ ہندوستاں میں کون اعلیٰ تجھ سے تھا
دہر میں ہندوستاں کا بول بالا تجھ سے تھا
قوم کی یکجہتیِ کامل تیرا پیغام ہے
جنگ کا حل غیر جانبدارئی اقوام ہے
۴
اِتّحادِ باہمی کا ارمغاں جاتا رہا
تھا ابھی موجود اب جانے کہاں جاتا رہا
وہ نشانِ عظمتِ ہندوستاں جاتا رہا
ایک ذاتِ منفرد میں اک جہاں جاتا رہا
ظلمتِ غم اور دل پر اب نہ طاری کیجئے
گلشنِ ہندوستاں کی آبیاری کیجئے
۵
مغربیت کے مقابل سُرخ رُو ہے شرقیت
دہر میں باقی رہے ظالم نہ ہو مظلومیت
اختتامِ جبر و محکومی، تلاشِ عافیت
امنِ عالم، اِتّحاد، باہمی جمہوریت
آج گلزارِؔ جہاں میں یہ نشاں نہرو کے ہیں
نسلِ آدم کے لئے کیا ارمغاں نہرو کے ہیں
अम्न-ए आलम के नक़ीब – आनंद मोहन गुल्ज़ार दहलवी
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अए जवाहर लाल नहरू अम्न-ए अलम के नक़ीब
अए मसीहा दम, हकीम-ए क़ौम, मिल्लत के तबीब
दर्द-मंद-ए बेकसां अए बे-नवाऔं के हबीब
एक सदा सब से अलग है एक नवा सब के क़रीब
छोढ कर तू ख़ाक्दान-ए हस्ती-ए नापाएदार
एक हयात-ए जावदां से हो चुका है हमकिनार
२
तेरी हस्ती नस्ल-ए आदम के लिये नज़्राना थी
जुस्तजू-ए अम्न में सरगर्दां जूं परवाना थी
अक़्ल की बस्ती में जू-ए इश्क़ की दीवाना थी
और आलमगीर उख़व्वत के लिये मयख़ाना थी
आज मयख़ाना है ख़ाली, एक मस्ताना नहीं
रो रही है रेग-ए सहरा, कोई दीवाना नहीं
३
ये हक़ीक़त है के भारत में उजाला तुझ से था
हिन्द का रुत्बा ज़माने में निराला तुझ से था
ख़िद्मत-ए हिन्दोस्तां में कौन आला तुझ से था
दहर में हिन्दोस्तां का बोल बाला तुझ से था
क़ौम की यकजहती-ए कामिल तेरा पैग़ाम है
जंग का हल ग़ैर-जानिब्दारी-ए अक़्वाम है
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इत्तेहाद-ए बाहमी का अर्मुग़ां जाता रहा
था अभी मौजूद अब जाने कहां जाता रहा
वो निशान-ए अज़्मत-ए हिन्दोस्तां जाता रहा
एक ज़ात-ए मुन्फ़रिद में एक जहां जाता रहा
ज़ुल्मत-ए ग़म और दिल पर अब न तारी कीजिये
गुल्शन-ए हिन्दोस्तां की आब्यारी कीजिये
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मग़्रबिय्यत के मुक़ाबल सुर्ख़-रू है शर्क़ियत
दहर में बाक़ी रहे ज़ालिम न हो मज़्लूमियत
एख़्तेताम-ए जब्र ओ महकूमी, तलाश-ए आफ़ियत
अम्न-ए आलम, इत्तेहाद, बाहमी जम्हूरियत
आह गुल्ज़ार-ए जहां में ये निशां नहरू के हैं
नस्ल-ए आदम के लिये क्या अर्मुग़ां नहरू के हैं
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. anand mohan gulzar dehlavi (1926-2020), a kashmiri panDit, a scholar and lover of urdu and totally committed to communal harmony. Over his long and fruitful life has written with much love and admiration about many illustrious figures – political, religious and literary. This is part of a series of nazm in tribute to jawaharlal nehru. This was composed in 1964.
1
aye jawahar lal nehru amn-e-aalam1 ke naqiib2
aye masiiha-dam3, hakiim-e-qaum4, millat5 ke tabiib6
dard-mand7-e bekasaaN8, aye be-navaaoN9 ke habiib10
ek sada11 sub se alag12 hai, ek navaa13 sub se qariib14
chhoR kar tu Khaakdaan15-e hasti-e-naapaa’edaar16
ek hayaat-e-jaavidaaN17 se ho chuka hai humkinaar18 1.world peace 2.herald 3.healing breath 4.(wise) wisdom of the community 5.nation, people 6.physician 7.sympathizer 8.helpless 9.voiceless 10.beloved 11.voice, message 12.different 13.call, sound 14.near 15.bowl of dust, earth 16.without foundation, transient 17.eternal life 18.arrived at the shore, reached
O jawahar lal, herald of world peace, breath of healing, wise leader, healer of the nation, lover of the helpless, beloved of the voiceless. You had a unique and different message, yet a call that was near and dear to our hearts. You have left this transient world and arrived at the shores of eternal life.
2
teri hasti1 nasl-e-aadam2 ke liye nazraana3 thi
justaju-e-amn4 meN sargardaaN5 juuN parvaana6 thi
aql7 ki basti meN juu-e-ishq8 ki diivaana thi
aur aalamgiir9 uKhavvat10 ke liye maiKhaana11 thi
aaj maiKhaana hai Khaali, ek mastaana12 nahiN
ro rahi hai reg-e-sahra13, koii diivaana nahiN 1.life 2.human species, humanity 3.offering, gift 4.search for peace 5.wandering restlessly 6.moth 7.reason, worldly knowledge 8.river of love 9.world conquering 10.brotherhood 11.tavern 12.intoxicated with love 13.desert sands
Your life was a gift to humanity. You circled in search of world peace like the moth circles a lamp (in love of the flame). In the world of material knowledge you were passionate about the river of (universal) love. The tavern (of love) is deserted, there is none intoxicated with love. Desert sands weep because there is no passionate lover like majnuN wandering through the desert.
3
ye haqiiqat1 hai keh bhaarat meN ujaala tujh se tha
hind ka rutba2 zamaane meN niraala3 tujh se tha
Khidmat4-e hindostaaN meN kaun aala5 tujhe se tha
dahr6 meN hindostaaN ka bol-baala7 tujh se tha
qaum8 ki yakjahti9-e kaamil10 tera paiGhaam11 hai
jaNg ka hal12 Ghair-jaanibdaari13-e aqvaam14 hai 1.truth, reality 2.status, respect 3.unique 4.service 5.better 6.world 7.fame, reputation 8.community 9.harmony 10.complete 11.message 12.solution 13.non-alignment 14.nations
There was light (happiness) in India because of you. India’s status in the world was unique because of you. Was there anyone better than you in the service of India! India was famous in the world because of you. Your message was one of complete communal harmony, the solution to wars was non-alignment. (How naïve).
4
ittehaad1-e baahami2 ka armuGhaaN3 jaata raha
tha abhi maujood4 ab jaane kahaaN jaata raha
vo nishaan5-e azmat6-e hindostaaN jaata raha
ek zaat-e-munfarid7 meN ek jahaaN jaata raha
zulmat8-e Gham aur dil par ab na taari9 kiijiye
gulshan-e hindostaaN ki aabyaari10 kiijiye 1.cooperation 2.mutual 3.gift 4.present 5.mark, picture 6.greatness 7.unique person 8.darkness 9.overcome 10.cultivate, irrigate
The gift of mutual cooperation is gone. He was here a moment ago, but now is gone, no one knows where. The picture of India’s respect is gone. We have lost a whole world in the loss of one unique individual. Do not be overwhelmed by the darkness of sorrow. Keep cultivating/nuturing the garden of India.
5
maGhribiyat1 ke muqaabil2 surKh-ruu3 hai sharqiyat4
dahr5 meN baaqi6 rahe zaalim7 na ho mazloomiyat8
eKhtetaam9-e jabr-o-mahkoomi11, talaash-e-aafiyat12
amn-e-aalam13, ittehaad-e-baahami14, jamhooriyat15
aah gulzaar-e-jahaaN16 meN ye nishaaN nehru ke haiN
nasl-e-aadam17 ke liye kya armuGhaaN18 nehru ke haiN 1.westernism 2.before, in front of 3.proud (in urdu red face is a symbol of pride) 4.easternism 5.world 6.remain 7.tyrant 8.injustice 9.end 10. oppression and force 12.security, welfare 13.world peace 14.mutual cooperation 15.democracy 16.garden of the world, world 18.gift
The East stands proud before the West. There should be no tyranny or injustice in the world. An end to oppression, search for peace and security, world peace, mutual cooperation, democracy – these are the marks of nehru in the world. What a wonderful gift nehru has left for humanity.
anand mohan gulzar dehlavi (1926-2020), a kashmiri panDit, a scholar and lover of urdu and totally committed to communal harmony. Over his long and fruitful life has written with much love and admiration about many illustrious figures – political, religious and literary. This is part of a series of nazm in tribute to jawaharlal nehru. This was composed in 1964.
1
aye jawahar lal nehru amn-e-aalam1 ke naqiib2
aye masiiha-dam3, hakiim-e-qaum4, millat5 ke tabiib6
dard-mand7-e bekasaaN8, aye be-navaaoN9 ke habiib10
ek sada11 sub se alag12 hai, ek navaa13 sub se qariib14
chhoR kar tu Khaakdaan15-e hasti-e-naapaa’edaar16
ek hayaat-e-jaavidaaN17 se ho chuka hai humkinaar18
1.world peace 2.herald 3.healing breath 4.(wise) wisdom of the community 5.nation, people 6.physician 7.sympathizer 8.helpless 9.voiceless 10.beloved 11.voice, message 12.different 13.call, sound 14.near 15.bowl of dust, earth 16.without foundation, transient 17.eternal life 18.arrived at the shore, reached
O jawahar lal, herald of world peace, breath of healing, wise leader, healer of the nation, lover of the helpless, beloved of the voiceless. You had a unique and different message, yet a call that was near and dear to our hearts. You have left this transient world and arrived at the shores of eternal life.
2
teri hasti1 nasl-e-aadam2 ke liye nazraana3 thi
justaju-e-amn4 meN sargardaaN5 juuN parvaana6 thi
aql7 ki basti meN juu-e-ishq8 ki diivaana thi
aur aalamgiir9 uKhavvat10 ke liye maiKhaana11 thi
aaj maiKhaana hai Khaali, ek mastaana12 nahiN
ro rahi hai reg-e-sahra13, koii diivaana nahiN
1.life 2.human species, humanity 3.offering, gift 4.search for peace 5.wandering restlessly 6.moth 7.reason, worldly knowledge 8.river of love 9.world conquering 10.brotherhood 11.tavern 12.intoxicated with love 13.desert sands
Your life was a gift to humanity. You circled in search of world peace like the moth circles a lamp (in love of the flame). In the world of material knowledge you were passionate about the river of (universal) love. The tavern (of love) is deserted, there is none intoxicated with love. Desert sands weep because there is no passionate lover like majnuN wandering through the desert.
3
ye haqiiqat1 hai keh bhaarat meN ujaala tujh se tha
hind ka rutba2 zamaane meN niraala3 tujh se tha
Khidmat4-e hindostaaN meN kaun aala5 tujhe se tha
dahr6 meN hindostaaN ka bol-baala7 tujh se tha
qaum8 ki yakjahti9-e kaamil10 tera paiGhaam11 hai
jaNg ka hal12 Ghair-jaanibdaari13-e aqvaam14 hai
1.truth, reality 2.status, respect 3.unique 4.service 5.better 6.world 7.fame, reputation 8.community 9.harmony 10.complete 11.message 12.solution 13.non-alignment 14.nations
There was light (happiness) in India because of you. India’s status in the world was unique because of you. Was there anyone better than you in the service of India! India was famous in the world because of you. Your message was one of complete communal harmony, the solution to wars was non-alignment. (How naïve).
4
ittehaad1-e baahami2 ka armuGhaaN3 jaata raha
tha abhi maujood4 ab jaane kahaaN jaata raha
vo nishaan5-e azmat6-e hindostaaN jaata raha
ek zaat-e-munfarid7 meN ek jahaaN jaata raha
zulmat8-e Gham aur dil par ab na taari9 kiijiye
gulshan-e hindostaaN ki aabyaari10 kiijiye
1.cooperation 2.mutual 3.gift 4.present 5.mark, picture 6.greatness 7.unique person 8.darkness 9.overcome 10.cultivate, irrigate
The gift of mutual cooperation is gone. He was here a moment ago, but now is gone, no one knows where. The picture of India’s respect is gone. We have lost a whole world in the loss of one unique individual. Do not be overwhelmed by the darkness of sorrow. Keep cultivating/nurturing the garden of India.
5
maGhribiyat1 ke muqaabil2 surKh-ruu3 hai sharqiyat4
dahr5 meN baaqi6 rahe zaalim7 na ho mazloomiyat8
eKhtetaam9-e jabr-o-mahkoomi11, talaash-e-aafiyat12
amn-e-aalam13, ittehaad-e-baahami14, jamhooriyat15
aah gulzaar-e-jahaaN16 meN ye nishaaN nehru ke haiN
nasl-e-aadam17 ke liye kya armuGhaaN18 nehru ke haiN
1.westernism 2.before, in front of 3.proud (in urdu red face is a symbol of pride) 4.easternism 5.world 6.remain 7.tyrant 8.injustice 9.end 10. oppression and force 12.security, welfare 13.world peace 14.mutual cooperation 15.democracy 16.garden of the world, world 18.gift
The East stands proud before the West. There should be no tyranny or injustice in the world. An end to oppression, search for peace and security, world peace, mutual cooperation, democracy – these are the marks of nehru in the world. What a wonderful gift nehru has left for humanity.
