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Recitation
بارگاہِ شعر ۔ سادھو رام آرزوؔ سہارنپوری
۱
یہ بارگاہِ شعر ہے جھکتے ہیں سر یہاں
پاتے ہیں دادِ بندگی اہلِ نظر یہاں
۲
لاہوت کی فضاؤں کے رنگین عکس سے
منظر جگائے جاتے ہیں شام و سحر یہاں
۳
ہوتے ہیں طے مراحلِ عرفانِ زندگی
عقلِ تمام بنتی ہے خود راہبر یہاں
۴
اُڑتی ہے سوئے مرکزِ بے رنگ چشمِ شوق
ہوتا ہے روز عرش پہ دل کا گزر یہاں
۵
اللہ رے یہ مرتبۂ فطرتِ نیاز
رہتا ہے حسنِ دوست کے زانو پہ سر یہاں
۶
ہوتا ہے روز شب کو بیک جنبشِ نگاہ
ہر سانس پر وجود و عدم کا سفر یہاں
۷
سازِ شکستِ روح کے معصوم زیر و بم
بنتے ہیں مرگ و زیست کے زیر و زبر یہاں
۸
ہر شے میں مشترک ہے تجلّی جزو و کل
اضداد میں ہے جلوۂ شیر و شکر یہاں
۹
ڈھلتی ہے روز میکدۂ قدس کی شراب
چھنتا ہے رنگِ شام سے نورِ سحر یہاں
۱۰
اللہ رے سجودِ محبت کی لذّتیں
آپس میں روز ملتے ہیں دیوار و در یہاں
۱۱
عکسِ رخِ مُصوّرِ بزمِ ازل ہے دل
آئینے کے ہے بھیس میں آئینہ گر یہاں
۱۲
کھنچتے ہیں قلبِ صاف پہ اِلہام کے نقوش
پروازِ دل کا نام ہے پیغامبر یہاں
۱۳
سب کچھ اسی کتاب میں پنہاں ہے آرزوؔ
شرحِ حدیثِ دل ہے بڑی معتبر یہاں
बारगाह-ए शे’र – साधू राम आर्ज़ू सहारनपूरी
१
ये बारगाह-ए शे’र है झुकते हैं सर यहां
पाते हैं दाद-ए बंदगी अहल-ए नज़र यहां
२
लाहूत की फ़िज़ाओं के रंगीन अक्स से
मंज़र जगाए जाते हैं शाम ओ सहर यहाँ
३
होते हैं तय मराहेल-ए इर्फ़ान-ए ज़िंदगी
अक़्ल-ए तमाम बनती है ख़ुद राहबर यहाँ
४
उढती है सू-ए मरकज़-ए बे-रंग चश्म-ए शौक़
होता है रोज़ अर्श पे दिल का गुज़र यहाँ
५
अल्लाह रे ये मरतबा-ए फ़ितरत-ए नियाज़
रहता है हुस्न-ए दोस्त के ज़ानू पे सर यहाँ
६
होता है रोज़ शब को ब-यक जुंबिश-ए निगाह
हर सांस पर वुजूद ओ आदम का सफ़र यहां
७
साज़-ए शिकस्त-ए रूह के मा’सूम ज़ेर ओ बम
बनते हैं मर्ग ओ ज़ीस्त के ज़ेर ओ ज़बर यहां
८
हर शै में मुश्तरिक है तजल्ली-ए जुज़्व ओ कुल
अज़्दाद में है जलवा-ए शीर ओ शकर यहाँ
९
ढलती है रोज़ मैकदा-ए क़ुद्स की शराब
छँता है रंग-ए शाम से नूर-ए सहर यहाँ
१०
अल्लाह रे सुजूद-ए मोहब्बत की लज़्ज़तें
आपस में रोज़ मिलते हैं दीवार ओ दर यहाँ
११
अक्स-ए रुख़-ए मुसव्विर-ए बज़्म-ए अज़ल है दिल
आइने के है भेस में आइना-गर यहाँ
१२
खिंचते हैं क़ल्ब-ए साफ़ पे इल्हाम के नुक़ूश
पर्वाज़-ए दिल का नाम है पैग़ाम्बर यहाँ
१३
सब कुछ इसी किताब में पिन्हाँ है आर्ज़ू
शरह-ए हदीस-ए दिल है बढी मो’तबर यहां
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. saadhu ram aarzu saharanpuri (1901-1983) saharanpur and kolkata. He was a shaagird of faani badayuni. There are at least two collections of Ghazal and nazm. There is precious little by way of biographical information but it seems that he was associated with teaching (perhaps urdu) in some college in kolkata. This nazm in the format of a Ghazal, is thematic about shaa’eri and is linked to ‘suKhanvar o suKhanvari’ on the Theme Index page.
1
yeh baargaah1-e she’r hai jhuktay haiN sar yahaaN
paatay haiN daad2-e bandagi3 ahl4-e nazar5 yahaaN 1.audience hall, court 2.praise, compensation 3.devotion, worship 4.people of 5.sight
‘ahl-e nazar’ are people of discerning sight, those who can see hidden meanings. Thus, this is the court of poetry, heads bow down in respect here. Those who have discerning sight, who can see hidden meanings, receive due praise for their devotion.
2
laahoot1 ki fizaaoN2 ke raNgiin aks3 se
manzar4 jagaa’e5 jaatay haiN shaam-o-sahar6 yahaaN 1.divine 2.breeze, wind 3.reflection 4.scene 5.raise, create 6.night and day
Poets create scenes/imagery night and day here. What kind of imagery do they create? Imagery that is a colourful reflection of the divine.
3
hotay haiN ta’e1 maraahel2-e irfaan3-e zindagi
aql4-e tamaam5 banti hai Khud raahbar6 yahaaN 1.settled, solved 2.stage of a journey, obstacle, difficulty 3.mystic knowledge 4.mind, intelligence 5.complete, perfect 6.guide
Mystical problems of the journey of life are solved here. Perfects minds themselves are guides along this journey.
4
uRti hai soo1-e markaz2-e be-raNg3 chashm4-e shauq5
hota hai roz6 arsh7 peh dil ka guzar8 yahaaN 1.towards 2.focus, centre 3.colourless, unmarked 4.eye 5.desire, yearning 6.daily 7.seventh heaven, divine throne 8.passage
To fly towards an umarked focus is to fly into unknown, uncharted territory. That is what the eye of desire/yearning (of the poet) does. As he writes his verse every day, his heart passes by the divine throne. He can only compose by receiving divine inspiration.
5
allaah re yeh martaba1-e fitrat2-e niyaaz3
rahta hai husn4-e dost5 ke zaanu6 peh sar yahaaN 1.respected status 2.nature, character 3.devotional offering 4.beauty 5.friend, beloved, god 6.lap
When the poets writes/recites he is making a devotional offering. The status of this character is so high that its head rests on the lap of the beauty of god. Could it mean that the poet derives his inspiration from the beauty of the cosmos.
6
hota hai roz shab1 ko ba-yak2 jumbish3-e nigaah4
har saaNs par vujood5 o adam6 ka safar7 yahaaN 1.evening, night 2.with one 3.movement 4.glance 5.existence 6.non-being, death 7.journey
A single movement of the beloved’s glance can mean a journey of life or death for the poet/lover. If she looks at him, he lives. If she ignores him, it is the end of his life.
7
saaz1-e shikast2-e rooh3 ke maa’soom4 zer-o-bam5
bantay haiN marg-o-ziist6 ke zer-o-zabar7 yahaaN 1.music 2.breaking 3.soul 4.simple 5.highs and lows 6.life and death 7.turned upside down
In the ‘baargaah-e she’r’, emotions are high and poets are sensitive. The musical highs and lows of the breaking of the soul can turn lives upside down.
8
har shai1 meN mushtarik2 hai tajalli3-e juzv-o-kul4
azdaad5 meN hai jalva6-e shiir-o-shakar7 yahaaN 1.thing, object 2.mixed, included 3.brilliance, glory 4.part and whole 5.opposites, contradictions 6.image, manifestation 7.milk and sugar, sweetness
Everything reflects the manifestation of the glory of the part and whole. Said Ghalib …
qatre meN dajlah dikhaaii na de aur juzv meN kul
khel laRkoN ka huaa diidah-e biinaa na huaa
In this gathering, opposites are accommodated. There is a manifestation of sweetness in contradictions.
9
Dhalti1 hai roz2 maikada3-e quds4 ki sharaab
chhanta5 hai raNg-e-shaam6 se noor-e-sahar7 yahaaN 1.moulded, made 2.every day 3.tavern 4.pure, sanctified, heavenly 5.filtered 6.darkness of the night 7.brilliance of dawn
Made here every day is the wine of the sanctified/spiritual tavern. The brilliance of dawn is filtered out of the darkness of night. The wine of mystic love is dispensed. Justice emerges from injustice in these gatherings.
10
allaah re sujood1-e mohabbat ki lazzateN2
aapas3 meN roz4 miltay haiN diivaar-o-dar5 yahaaN 1.devotional prostrations 2.pleasures 3.mutual 4.every day 5.walls and doors
Walls enclose, confine, keep in or keep out while doors open to welcome or open to new vistas. By god, the pleasures of prostrations of love, even contradictions like confinement and freedom meet here every day.
11
aks1-e ruKh2-e musavvir3-e bazm4-e azal5 hai dil
aaiine ke hai bhes6 meN aaiina-gar7 yahaaN 1.reflection 2.face, image 3.artist/architect 4.gathering 5.eternal 6.disguise 7.mirror maker
The architect of this eternal gathering is god and our heart is the reflection of the image of god. The maker of the mirror is also god and the mirror is the cosmos which reflects the glory of the maker. When the poet says that the maker has taken the disguise of the mirror he declares one-ness of all creation with the creator.
12
khiNchtay1 haiN qalb2-e saaf3 peh ilhaam4 ke nuqoosh5
parvaaz6-e dil ka naam hai paiGhaambar7 yahaaN 1.drawn, sketched 2.heart 3.clean, pure 4.divinely inspired messages 5.marks, pictures 6.flight 7.messenger
Images of divinely inspired messages are sketched on the heart (by the words of the poet). The flight of the heart itself is the messenger. By flight of the heart is meant its adventure into spiritualism, its willingness to break out of the bonds of materialism. If the heart is able to do that, then it itself generates divinely inspired messages.
13
sub kuchh isi kitaab meN pinhaaN1 hai aarzu2
shar’h3-e hadees4-e dil hai baRi mo’tabar5 yahaaN 1.hidden 2.pen-name of the poet 3.explanation 4.narrative, tradition 5.credible
Divinely inspired messages are sketched on the heart. The heart thus becomes a book on which the narrative/message is written. Thus, O aarzu, everything is hidden in the words of this book. An explanation/interpretation of the story written on the heart is the only credible message.
saadhu ram aarzu saharanpuri (1901-1983) saharanpur and kolkata. He was a shaagird of faani badayuni. There are at least two collections of Ghazal and nazm. There is precious little by way of biographical information but it seems that he was associated with teaching (perhaps urdu) in some college in kolkata. This nazm in the format of a Ghazal, is thematic about shaa’eri and is linked to ‘suKhanvar o suKhanvari’ on the Theme Index page.
1
yeh baargaah1-e she’r hai jhuktay haiN sar yahaaN
paatay haiN daad2-e bandagi3 ahl4-e nazar5 yahaaN
1.audience hall, court 2.praise, compensation 3.devotion, worship 4.people of 5.sight
‘ahl-e nazar’ are people of discerning sight, those who can see hidden meanings. Thus, this is the court of poetry, heads bow down in respect here. Those who have discerning sight, who can see hidden meanings, receive due praise for their devotion.
2
laahoot1 ki fizaaoN2 ke raNgiin aks3 se
manzar4 jagaa’e5 jaatay haiN shaam-o-sahar6 yahaaN
1.divine 2.breeze, wind 3.reflection 4.scene 5.raise, create 6.night and day
Poets create scenes/imagery night and day here. What kind of imagery do they create? Imagery that is a colourful reflection of the divine.
3
hotay haiN ta’e1 maraahel2-e irfaan3-e zindagi
aql4-e tamaam5 banti hai Khud raahbar6 yahaaN
1.settled, solved 2.stage of a journey, obstacle, difficulty 3.mystic knowledge 4.mind, intelligence 5.complete, perfect 6.guide
Mystical problems of the journey of life are solved here. Perfects minds themselves are guides along this journey.
4
uRti hai soo1-e markaz2-e be-raNg3 chashm4-e shauq5
hota hai roz6 arsh7 peh dil ka guzar8 yahaaN
1.towards 2.focus, centre 3.colourless, unmarked 4.eye 5.desire, yearning 6.daily 7.seventh heaven, divine throne 8.passage
To fly towards an umarked focus is to fly into unknown, uncharted territory. That is what the eye of desire/yearning (of the poet) does. As he writes his verse every day, his heart passes by the divine throne. He can only compose by receiving divine inspiration.
5
allaah re yeh martaba1-e fitrat2-e niyaaz3
rahta hai husn4-e dost5 ke zaanu6 peh sar yahaaN
1.respected status 2.nature, character 3.devotional offering 4.beauty 5.friend, beloved, god 6.lap
When the poets writes/recites he is making a devotional offering. The status of this character is so high that its head rests on the lap of the beauty of god. Could it mean that the poet derives his inspiration from the beauty of the cosmos.
6
hota hai roz shab1 ko ba-yak2 jumbish3-e nigaah4
har saaNs par vujood5 o adam6 ka safar7 yahaaN
1.evening, night 2.with one 3.movement 4.glance 5.existence 6.non-being, death 7.journey
A single movement of the beloved’s glance can mean a journey of life or death for the poet/lover. If she looks at him, he lives. If she ignores him, it is the end of his life.
7
saaz1-e shikast2-e rooh3 ke maa’soom4 zer-o-bam5
bantay haiN marg-o-ziist6 ke zer-o-zabar7 yahaaN
1.music 2.breaking 3.soul 4.simple 5.highs and lows 6.life and death 7.turned upside down
In the ‘baargaah-e she’r’, emotions are high and poets are sensitive. The musical highs and lows of the breaking of the soul can turn lives upside down.
8
har shai1 meN mushtarik2 hai tajalli3-e juzv-o-kul4
azdaad5 meN hai jalva6-e shiir-o-shakar7 yahaaN
1.thing, object 2.mixed, included 3.brilliance, glory 4.part and whole 5.opposites, contradictions 6.image, manifestation 7.milk and sugar, sweetness
Everything reflects the manifestation of the glory of the part and whole. Said Ghalib …
qatre meN dajlah dikhaaii na de aur juzv meN kul
khel laRkoN ka huaa diidah-e biinaa na huaa
In this gathering, opposites are accommodated. There is a manifestation of sweetness in contradictions.
9
Dhalti1 hai roz2 maikada3-e quds4 ki sharaab
chhanta5 hai raNg-e-shaam6 se noor-e-sahar7 yahaaN
1.moulded, made 2.every day 3.tavern 4.pure, sanctified, heavenly 5.filtered 6.darkness of the night 7.brilliance of dawn
Made here every day is the wine of the sanctified/spiritual tavern. The brilliance of dawn is filtered out of the darkness of night. The wine of mystic love is dispensed. Justice emerges from injustice in these gatherings.
10
allaah re sujood1-e mohabbat ki lazzateN2
aapas3 meN roz4 miltay haiN diivaar-o-dar5 yahaaN
1.devotional prostrations 2.pleasures 3.mutual 4.every day 5.walls and doors
Walls enclose, confine, keep in or keep out while doors open to welcome or open to new vistas. By god, the pleasures of prostrations of love, even contradictions like confinement and freedom meet here every day.
11
aks1-e ruKh2-e musavvir3-e bazm4-e azal5 hai dil
aaiine ke hai bhes6 meN aaiina-gar7 yahaaN
1.reflection 2.face, image 3.artist/architect 4.gathering 5.eternal 6.disguise 7.mirror maker
The architect of this eternal gathering is god and our heart is the reflection of the image of god. The maker of the mirror is also god and the mirror is the cosmos which reflects the glory of the maker. When the poet says that the maker has taken the disguise of the mirror he declares one-ness of all creation with the creator.
12
khiNchtay1 haiN qalb2-e saaf3 peh ilhaam4 ke nuqoosh5
parvaaz6-e dil ka naam hai paiGhaambar7 yahaaN
1.drawn, sketched 2.heart 3.clean, pure 4.divinely inspired messages 5.marks, pictures 6.flight 7.messenger
Images of divinely inspired messages are sketched on the heart (by the words of the poet). The flight of the heart itself is the messenger. By flight of the heart is meant its adventure into spiritualism, its willingness to break out of the bonds of materialism. If the heart is able to do that, then it itself generates divinely inspired messages.
13
sub kuchh isi kitaab meN pinhaaN1 hai aarzu2
shar’h3-e hadees4-e dil hai baRi mo’tabar5 yahaaN
1.hidden 2.pen-name of the poet 3.explanation 4.narrative, tradition 5.credible
Divinely inspired messages are sketched on the heart. The heart thus becomes a book on which the narrative/message is written. Thus, O aarzu, everything is hidden in the words of this book. An explanation/interpretation of the story written on the heart is the only credible message.
