Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. panDit 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. He recited this on 8^th December, 1992, two days after the demolition of the babari masjid, at a mushaa’era in ‘aivaan-e Ghaalib’.
1
jab bhi insaan ko insaan se kad¹ hoti hai
rooh-e-bad², qaum³ ke daaKhil-ba-jasad⁴ hoti hai  1.hatred 2.evil spirit 3.community 4.enter into the body
Whenever hatred develops with other humans, an evil spirit enters/pervades the body of the whole community.
2
in dinauN Khair¹ se hukkaam² ke aivaanauN³ meN
baat jo aql ki hoti hai vo radd⁴ hoti hai  1.(sarcastically) it is well that 2.rulers 3.halls 4.rejected
These days it is well (sarcastic) that in the halls of the rulers, any sensible suggestion is rejected.
3
silsila¹ ek munazzim² hai musalsil³ yaaro
zulm⁴ ki, qatl⁵ ki, saazish⁶ ki bhi hadd⁷ hoti hai  1.continuation 2.organized 3.constant 4.cruelty 5.killing 6.conspiracy 7.limit
There has been a continuous, constant, organized cruelty, killing and conspiracy. Is there no limit to this, my friends.
4
ye bhi socha hai kabhi qatl¹ ke tujjaarauN² ne
is se kul³ qaum⁴ ki, kul dahr⁵ meN bhad⁶ hoti hai  1.killing 2.traders, dealers 3.total, all 4.community 5.world 6.disgrace, shame
Have the dealers in death give any thought that because of their killing the whole community is disgraced in the whole world.
5
ahl-e-daulat¹ ne jo paale haiN siyaasi-taajir²
un ke khaatauN³ meN mazaalim⁴ ki bhi madd⁵ hoti hai  1.people of wealth/power 2.traders in politics 3.account books 4.cruelties 5.entry, item, category
People who accumulate power through political traders and nurture them, also have the list of their cruelties entered in their own account books.
6
hone vaale haiN bahut jald¹ jahannum² vo raseed³
jin ke ahkaam⁴ pe laashauN⁵ ki rasad⁶ hoti hai  1.soon 2.hell 3.from faarsi raseedan-to arrive 4.orders 5.corpses, bodies 6.to send, to deliver
Those, upon whose orders, corpses/bodies are delivered are very soon going to arrive in hell.
7
qatl¹ o Ghaarat-gari²-e qaum³ pe naafiz⁴ jo hue
un ke haathauN meN jaraa’em⁵ ki sanad⁶ hoti hai  1.killing 2.destruction 3.community, nation 4.appointed to 5.crimes 6.certificate
Those who are appointed to the office of killing and destruction of the country, carry a certificate of their crimes with them.
8
Khoon-e-naahaq¹ pe yahaaN aish² uRaane vaalo
aish ki aaKhiri³ manzil⁴ bhi lahad⁵ hoti hai  1.unjust killing 2.pleasure 3.final 4.destination 5.grave
O, you who are enjoying unjust killing, beware, this pathway too leads to the grave.
9
apna bhi qaul¹ hai, ye qaul-e muzaffar² likh lo
zulm³ sahne⁴ se bhi zaalim⁵ ki madad⁶ hoti hai  1.saying 2.victorious, enduring 3.cruelty 4.(quietly) bearing 5.oppressor 6.help
Write this down, this is an enduring truth, bearing injustice without protest, also helps the oppressor. Said, sahir ludhianavi …
qaatil ko jo na Toke vo qaatil ke saath hai
zaalim ko jo na roke vo shaamil hai zulm meN
10
kya samajhte nahiN maa’bad¹ ko giraane vaale
is se tauheen²-e maqaam³-e shah-e-jad⁴ hoti hai  1.place of worship 2.insult 3.status, reputation 4.king of ancestors, ancestral king i.e. ram
Do those who have brought down the mosque not understand that this causes an insult to the reputation of ram himself.
11
apne aslaaf¹ ke gulzaar² ki tareeKh³ likho
is se aKhlaaf⁴ ki afzaa’esh⁵-e qad⁶ hoti hai  1.forebears 2.garden (also the taKhallus of the poet) 3.history 4.progeny, successors 5.increase, enhancement 6.height, stature, respect
Write/examine the history of the garden/civilization of your forebears. (There you will see acceptance of all religions/faiths). (You will learn from this and) this will enhance the respect of their successors.