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Recitation
لیکن ہے اور ہی انداز ۔ ہیرا لال فلکؔ دہلوی
۱
نغمہ پیرا ہے کون نغمہ نواز
اُتری جاتی ہے روح میں آواز
۲
لاکھ لرزاں ہو زندگی کا ساز
کون سُنتا ہے درد کی آواز
۳
تجھ کو اپنے کرم کی حد پہ غرور
مجھ کو بگڑے ہوئے نصیب پہ ناز
۴
اب کہاں جائے گا یہ طائرِ دل
آسماں تک تو ہو چکی پرواز
۵
دوسرے سے مجھے نہیں نِسبت
آپ بندہ ہوں آپ بندہ نواز
۶
یوں فرشتہ بنے سے کیا حاصل
پہلے خلقِ خدا میں ہو ممتاز
۷
خندۂ گُل کو دیکھنے والے
ہے یہیں سے مآل کا آغاز
۸
یوں تو شاعر فلکؔ ہزاروں ہیں
تیرا لیکن ہے اور ہی انداز
लैकिन है और हि अंदाज़ – हीरा लाल फ़लक देहलवी
१
नग़्मा-पैरा है कौन नग़्मा नवाज़
उतरी जाती है रूह में आवाज़
२
लाख लर्ज़ां हो ज़िंदगी का साज़
कौन सुनता है दर्द की आवाज़
३
तुझ को अपने करम की हद पे ग़ुरूर
मुझ को बिग्ढे हुए नसीब पे नाज़
४
अब कहां जाएगा ये ता’एर-ए दिल
आस्मां तक तो हो चुकी पर्वाज़
५
दूसरे से मुझे नहीं निस्बत
आप बंदा हूं आप बंदा-नवाज़
६
यूं फ़रिश्ता बने से क्या हासिल
पहले ख़ल्क़-ए ख़ुदा में हो मुम्ताज़
७
ख़ंदा-ए गुल को देखने वाले
है यहीं से म’आल का आग़ाज़
८
यूं तो शा’एर फ़लक हज़ारौं हैं
तेरा लैकिन है और हि अदांज़
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. heera lal falak dehlavi (1920?-1982+?). I can only make an educated guess about his birth and death. A collection of his Ghazal was published posthumously in 1982 by his shaagird. The book mentions beKhud dehlavi (1863-1955) as his ‘inspirational ustaad’ and dedicates it to him. He was a minor official in the dehli court system. In the book he describes his encounter with beKhud dehlavi when he (falak) was still a young man. The book says that he started composing in 1940. He has several Ghazal composed in the zamin of Ghalib, this one of a series of Ghair mudarraf Ghazal with the same qaafiya ‘…aaz’ in the zamin of ‘maiN huN apni shikast ki aavaaz’.
1
naGhma-paira1 hai kaun naGhma-navaaz2
utri jaati hai rooh3 meN aavaaz 1.song adorning 2.song nurturing 3.soul
The shaa’er does not explicitly say who this about – god, beloved or about his own composition. Who is this adornment of song that is nurturing it. Their sound stirs the soul.
2
laakh larzaaN1 ho zindagi ka saaz2
kaun sunta hai dard ki aavaaz 1.trembling (in sorrow), vibrating (making music) 2.stringed instrument (harp)
The strings of the harp of Life may vibrate as much as they want. Who cares to listen to the sound of pain.
3
tujh ko apne karam1 ki hadd2 pe Ghuroor3
mujh ko bigRe4 hue nasiib5 pe naaz6 1.benevolence, generosity 2.limits 3.pride 4.broken, bad 5.fate 6.pride
You (O god) are proud of your limitless generosity. I am proud of my poor/ill fate.
4
ab kahaaN jaa’ega ye taa’er1-e dil
aasmaaN tak to ho chuki parvaaz2 1.bird 2.flight
The shaa’er likens his heart to a bird. Where else can this bird/heart fly. It has already flown as high as the skies/heavens. This could possibly a reference to the love of god. Who else can I love now! I have already given my heart to god.
5
doosre se mujhe nahiN nisbat1
aap banda2 huN aap banda-navaaz3 1.association, relationship 2.creature, servant (of god) 3.nurturing, patron
I do not have a relationship with any other. I am both the servant of god and patron of the servant/creature. This could be a mystical, sufiyaana/vedantic declaration of the unity of all creation/universe.
6
yuN farishta1 bane se kya haasil2
pahle Khalq3-e Khuda meN ho mumtaaz4 1.angel, orthodox 2.benefit 3.creatures, everyone 4.loved, liked
What is the used of becoming an orthodox angel. First, serve humanity and become loved among them.
7
Khanda1-e gul2 ko dekhne vaale
hai yahiN se m’aal3 ka aaGhaaz4 1.smiling, blooming 2.rose 3.end 4.beginning
You, who look at the smiling/blooming rose, realize that this is the beginning of the end.
8
yuN to shaa’er falak1 hazaaroN haiN
tera laikin hai aur hi andaaz2 1.pen-name of poet 2.style
Although there are a thousand other shu’ara, O falak, your style is different. Said Ghalib …
haiN aur bhi duniya meN suKhanvar bahut achchhe
kahte haiN keh Ghalib ka hai andaaz-e bayaaN aur
heera lal falak dehlavi (1920?-1982+?). I can only make an educated guess about his birth and death. A collection of his Ghazal was published posthumously in 1982 by his shaagird. The book mentions beKhud dehlavi (1863-1955) as his ‘inspirational ustaad’ and dedicates it to him. He was a minor official in the dehli court system. In the book he describes his encounter with beKhud dehlavi when he (falak) was still a young man. The book says that he started composing in 1940. He has several Ghazal composed in the zamin of Ghalib, this one of a series of Ghair mudarraf Ghazal with the same qaafiya ‘…aaz’ in the zamin of ‘maiN huN apni shikast ki aavaaz’.
1
naGhma-paira1 hai kaun naGhma-navaaz2
utri jaati hai rooh3 meN aavaaz
1.song adorning 2.song nurturing 3.soul
The shaa’er does not explicitly say who this about – god, beloved or about his own composition. Who is this adornment of song that is nurturing it. Their sound stirs the soul.
2
laakh larzaaN1 ho zindagi ka saaz2
kaun sunta hai dard ki aavaaz
1.trembling (in sorrow), vibrating (making music) 2.stringed instrument (harp)
The strings of the harp of Life may vibrate as much as they want. Who cares to listen to the sound of pain.
3
tujh ko apne karam1 ki hadd2 pe Ghuroor3
mujh ko bigRe4 hue nasiib5 pe naaz6
1.benevolence, generosity 2.limits 3.pride 4.broken, bad 5.fate 6.pride
You (O god) are proud of your limitless generosity. I am proud of my poor/ill fate.
4
ab kahaaN jaa’ega ye taa’er1-e dil
aasmaaN tak to ho chuki parvaaz2
1.bird 2.flight
The shaa’er likens his heart to a bird. Where else can this bird/heart fly. It has already flown as high as the skies/heavens. This could possibly a reference to the love of god. Who else can I love now! I have already given my heart to god.
5
doosre se mujhe nahiN nisbat1
aap banda2 huN aap banda-navaaz3
1.association, relationship 2.creature, servant (of god) 3.nurturing, patron
I do not have a relationship with any other. I am both the servant of god and patron of the servant/creature. This could be a mystical, sufiyaana/vedantic declaration of the unity of all creation/universe.
6
yuN farishta1 bane se kya haasil2
pahle Khalq3-e Khuda meN ho mumtaaz4
1.angel, orthodox 2.benefit 3.creatures, everyone 4.loved, liked
What is the used of becoming an orthodox angel. First, serve humanity and become loved among them.
7
Khanda1-e gul2 ko dekhne vaale
hai yahiN se m’aal3 ka aaGhaaz4
1.smiling, blooming 2.rose 3.end 4.beginning
You, who look at the smiling/blooming rose, realize that this is the beginning of the end.
8
yuN to shaa’er falak1 hazaaroN haiN
tera laikin hai aur hi andaaz2
1.pen-name of poet 2.style
Although there are a thousand other shu’ara, O falak, your style is different. Said Ghalib …
haiN aur bhi duniya meN suKhanvar bahut achchhe
kahte haiN keh Ghalib ka hai andaaz-e bayaaN aur
