Recitation
آفتاب ( گایتری منتر)- محمد اقبال
اے آفتاب! روح و روانِ جہاں ہے تو
شیرازہ بندِ دفترِ کون و مکاں ہے تو
باعث ہے تو وجود و عدم کی نمود کا
ہے سبز تیرے دم سے چمن ہست و بود کا
قایٰم یہ عنصروں کا تماشا تجھی سے ہے
ہر شے میں زندگی کا تقاضا تجھی سے ہے
ہر شےٰ کو تیری جلوہ گری سے ثبات ہے
تیرا یہ سوز و ساز سراپا حیات ہے
وہ آفتاب جس سے زمانہ میں نور ہے
دل ہے، خرد ہے، روحِ رواں ہے، شعور ہے
اےٰ آفتاب ہم کو ضیاےٰ شعور دے
چشمِ خرد کو ا پنی تجلیّ کا نور دے
ہے محفلِ وجود کا ساماں طراز تو
یزدانِ ساکنانِ نشیب و فراز تو
تیرا کمال ہستیِ ہر جاندار میں
تیری نمود سلسلہِ کوہسار میں
ہر چیز کی حیات کا پروردگار تو
زایٰدگانِ نور کا ہے تاجدار تو
نےٰ ابتدا کویٰ، نہ کویٰ اِنتہا تری
آزادِ قیدِ اوّل و آخر ضیا تری
आफ़ताब (गाएत्रि मंत्र) – मोहम्मद इक़बाल
अए आफ़्ताब रूह ओ रवान ए जहाँ है तू
शीराज़ाबंद ए दफ़्तर कौन ओ मकां है तू
बाअस है तू वुजूद ओ अदम की नुमूद का
है सब्ज़ तेरे दम से चमन हस्त ओ बूद का
क़ायम ये उनसुरौं का तमाशा तुझी से है
हर शै में ज़िन्दगी का तक़ाज़ा तुझी से है
हर शै को तेरी जलवा गरी से सबात है
तेरा ये सोज़ ओ साज़ सरापा हयात है
वो आफ़्ताब जिस से ज़माने में नूर है
दिल है, ख़िरद है, रूह ए रवां है, शऊर है
अए आफ़्ताब हम को ज़िया ए शऊर दे
चश्म ए ख़िरद को अपनी तज्जली से नूर दे
है महफ़िल ए वुजूद का सामां तराज़ तू
यज़्दान ए साकिनान ए नशेब ओ फ़राज़ तू
तेरा कमाल हस्ती ए हर जानदार में
तेरी नुमूद सिलसिला ए कोहसार में
हर चीज़ की हयात का परवरदिगार तू
ज़ाएद्गान ए नूर का है ताजदार तू
नै इब्तेदा कोई, न कोई इन्तहा तेरी
आज़ाद ए क़ैद ए अव्वल ओ आख़िर ज़िया तेरी
aaftab (gaytri mantra) – mohammed iqbal
Click here for overall comments and on any passage for meanings and discussion. Iqbal re-composed this in Urdu inspired by the Sanskrit “Gaytri Mantra” – Ode to the Sun. This melodious composition is inspired by it, re-creates the spirit of the original but is not necessarily a close translation. It has the same abject subservience that the original has. I include it to illustrate the transformation of Iqbal from accepting a wide range of thinking (aaftab, naya shivala, saare jahaaN se achha) to a narrow, exclusionary and incendiary (shikva, aazadi e afkaar).
aye aaftaab1 rooh o ravan2 e jahaN3 hai tu
shirazaband4 e daftar5 kaun o makaN6 hai tu
ba’as7 hai tu vujood8 o adam9 ki numood10 ka
hai sabz11 tere dam se chaman hast o bood12 ka1. sun 2. life & soul 3. world 4. (literally) book-binder, one who puts together, arranges 5. domain 6. time and space 7. basis 8. being 9. non-being 10. appearance, beginning 11. green, fresh, alive 12. creation (universe)
O Sun! you are the life and soul of this world, the architect of the domain of time and space. You are the basis of being and non-being, the garden of existence has life because of you.
qaaem13 ye unsuroN14 ka tamasha tujhi se hai
har shai15 meN zindagi ka taqaza16 tujhi se hai
har shai15 ko teri jalva gari17 se sabaat18 hai
tera ye soz o saaz19 saraapa20 hayaat21 hai
vo aaftab1 jis se zamane meN noor22 hai
dil hai, Khirad23 hai, rooh e ravaaN24 hai, shaoor25 hai13. established 14. elements 15. everything 16. desire for life 17. looking at 18. stability 19. joy and sorrow 20. head to toe, embodiment 21. life 22. light 23. knowledge 24. soul of (flow, movement) life 25. knowledge,wisdom
The interplay of elements is established by you. Everything has the desire to live because of you. Everything gets stability by looking at you (by your light). Your grief and joy is the embodiment of life. That sun which gives light to all, gives life, love, wisdom and knowledge too.
aye aaftab1 ham ko zia-e shaoor2 de
chashm-e Khirad3 ko apni tajjali4 se noor5 de
hai mahfil6 e vujood7 ka samaaN taraaz8 tu
yazdaan9-e saakinan10-e nasheb o faraaz11 tu1. sun 2. light of knowledge 3. eye of wisdom 4. brilliance 5. light 6. assembly 7. existence 8. one who puts things in order 9. god 10. residents 11. high and low, underworld and heavens
O Sun! give us the light of knowledge. With your brilliance, help us see wisdom. You are the creator of order in the assembly of existence. You are the lord of the underworld and the heavens.
tera kamal12 hasti13-e har jaandaar14 meN
teri numood15 silsila-e kohsaar16 meN
har cheez ki hayat17 ka parvardigar18 tu
zaaedagaan-e noor19 ka hai taajdar20 tu
nai21 ibteda22 koi, na koi inteha23 teri
aazad24 e qaid25 e avval o aakhir26 zia27 teri12. skill, miracle 13. existence 14. living thing 15. manifestation 16. mountain ranges 17. life 18. sustainer 19. creatures of light – gods 20. king 21. not 22. beginning 23. end 24. liberated 25. beginning and end 27. light
Your miracle manifests itself in all living things, as well as in mountain ranges and all other features. You are the sustainer of life in everything. You are the king of the gods of light and goodness. You have neither a beginning nor an end. Your light is free of the bondage of time.
aaftab (gaytri mantra) – mohammed iqbal
Iqbal re-composed this in Urdu inspired by the Sanskrit “Gaytri Mantra” – Ode to the Sun. This melodious composition is inspired by it, re-creates the spirit of the original but is not necessarily a close translation. It has the same abject subservience that the original has. I include it to illustrate the transformation of Iqbal from accepting a wide range of thinking (aaftab, naya shivala, saare jahaaN se achha) to a narrow, exclusionary and incendiary (shikva, aazadi e afkaar).
aye aaftaab1 rooh o ravan2 e jahaN3 hai tu
shirazaband4 e daftar5 kaun o makaN6 hai tu
ba’as7 hai tu vujood8 o adam9 ki numood10 ka
hai sabz11 tere dam se chaman hast o bood12 ka
1. sun 2. life & soul 3. world 4. (literally) book-binder, one who puts together, arranges 5. domain 6. time and space 7. basis 8. being 9. non-being 10. appearance, beginning 11. green, fresh, alive 12. creation (universe)
O Sun! you are the life and soul of this world, the architect of the domain of time and space. You are the basis of being and non-being, the garden of existence has life because of you.
qaaem13 ye unsuroN14 ka tamasha tujhi se hai
har shai15 meN zindagi ka taqaza16 tujhi se hai
har shai15 ko teri jalva gari17 se sabaat18 hai
tera ye soz o saaz19 saraapa20 hayaat21 hai
vo aaftab1 jis se zamane meN noor22 hai
dil hai, Khirad23 hai, rooh e ravaaN24 hai, shaoor25 hai
13. established 14. elements 15. everything 16. desire for life 17. looking at 18. stability 19. joy and sorrow 20. head to toe, embodiment 21. life 22. light 23. knowledge 24. soul of (flow, movement) life 25. knowledge,wisdom
The interplay of elements is established by you. Everything has the desire to live because of you. Everything gets stability by looking at you (by your light). Your grief and joy is the embodiment of life. That sun which gives light to all, gives life, love, wisdom and knowledge too.
aye aaftab1 ham ko zia-e shaoor2 de
chashm-e Khirad3 ko apni tajjali4 se noor5 de
hai mahfil6 e vujood7 ka samaaN taraaz8 tu
yazdaan9-e saakinan10-e nasheb o faraaz11 tu
1. sun 2. light of knowledge 3. eye of wisdom 4. brilliance 5. light 6. assembly 7. existence 8. one who puts things in order 9. god 10. residents 11. high and low, underworld and heavens
O Sun! give us the light of knowledge. With your brilliance, help us see wisdom. You are the creator of order in the assembly of existence. You are the lord of the underworld and the heavens.
tera kamal12 hasti13-e har jaandaar14 meN
teri numood15 silsila-e kohsaar16 meN
har cheez ki hayat17 ka parvardigar18 tu
zaaedagaan-e noor19 ka hai taajdar20 tu
nai21 ibteda22 koi, na koi inteha23 teri
aazad24 e qaid25 e avval o aakhir26 zia27 teri
12. skill, miracle 13. existence 14. living thing 15. manifestation 16. mountain ranges 17. life 18. sustainer 19. creatures of light – gods 20. king 21. not 22. beginning 23. end 24. liberated 25. beginning and end 27. light
Your miracle manifests itself in all living things, as well as in mountain ranges and all other features. You are the sustainer of life in everything. You are the king of the gods of light and goodness. You have neither a beginning nor an end. Your light is free of the bondage of time.
gaytri mantra
(Unashamedly copied from somewhere on the internet)
aum bhur bhuvah swah
tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhimahi
dhiyo yo nah prachodayat
ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व:
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धीयो यो न: प्रचोदयात्
O god, the protector, the basis of all life, who is self-existent, who is free from all pains and whose contact frees the soul from all troubles, who pervades the universe and sustains all, the creator and energizer of the whole universe, the giver of happiness, who is worthy of acceptance, the most excellent, who is pure and the purifier of all, let us embrace that very god, so that he may direct our mental faculties in the right direction.
