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Recitation
بولیں ہیں ۔ رگھوپتی سہائے فراقؔ گورکھپوری
۱
اب اکثر چُپ چُپ سے رہیں ہیں یونہی کبھو لب کھولیں ہیں
پہلے فراقؔ کو دیکھا ہوتا اب تو بہت کم بولیں ہیں
۲
دن میں ہم کو دیکھنے والو اپنے اپنے ہیں اوقات
جاؤ نہ تم اِن خشک آنکھوں پر ہم راتوں کو رو لیں ہیں
۳
فِطرت میری عشق و محبت قِسمت میری تنہائی
کہنے کی نوبت ہی نہ آئی ہم بھی کسو کے ہو لیں ہیں
۴
خُنک سیہ مہکے ہوئے سائے پھیل جائیں ہیں جل تھل پر
کن جتنوں سے میری غزلیں رات کا جُوڑا کھولیں ہیں
۵
باغ میں وہ خواب آور عالم موجِ صبا کے اشاروں پر
ڈالی ڈالی نورس پتّے سہج سہج جب ڈولیں ہیں
۶
اُف وہ لبوں پر موجِ تبسم جیسے کروٹیں لیں کوندے
ہائے وہ عالمِ جنبش مژگاں جب فتنے پر تولیں ہیں
۷
نقش و نگارِ غزل میں جو تم یہ شادابی پاؤ ہو
ہم اشکوں میں کائنات کے نوکِ قلم کو ڈبو لیں ہیں
۸
ان راتوں کو حریمِ ناز کا اک عالم ہوئے ہے ندیم
خلوت میں وہ نرم انگلیاں بندِ قبا جب کھولیں ہیں
۹
غم کا فسانہ سننے والو آخرِ شب آرام کرو
کل یہ کہانی پھر چھیڑیں گے ہم بھی ذرا اب سو لیں ہیں
۱۰
ہم لوگ اب تو اجنبی سے ہیں کچھ تو بتاؤ حالِ فراقؔ
اب تو تمہیں کو پیار کریں ہیں اب تو تمہیں سے بولیں ہیں
बोलें हैं – रघुपति सहाए फ़िराक़ गोरखपूरी
१
अब अक्सर चुप चुप से रहें हैं यूँही कभू लब खोलें हैं
पहले फ़िराक़ को देखा होता अब तो बहुत कम बोलें हैं
२
दिन में हम को देखने वालो अपने अपने हैं औक़ात
जाओ न तुम इन ख़ुश्क आँखों पर हम रातों को रो लें हैं
३
फ़ित्रत मेरी इश्क़-ओ-मोहब्बत क़िस्मत मेरी तन्हाई
कहने की नौबत ही न आई हम भी किसू के हो लें हैं
४
ख़ुनुक सियह महके हुए साए फैल जाएँ हैं जल-थल पर
किन जतनों से मेरी ग़ज़लें रात का जूड़ा खोलें हैं
५
बाग़ में वो ख़्वाब-आवर आलम मौज-ए-सबा के इशारों पर
डाली डाली नौरस पत्ते सहज सहज जब डोलें हैं
६
उफ़ वो लबों पर मौज-ए-तबस्सुम जैसे करवटें लें कौंदे
हाए वो आलम-ए-जुम्बिश-ए-मिज़्श्गां जब फ़ित्ने पर तौलें हैं
७
नक़्श-ओ-निगार-ए-ग़ज़ल में जो तुम ये शादाबी पाओ हो
हम अश्कों में काएनात के नोक-ए-क़लम को डुबो लें हैं
८
इन रातों को हरीम-ए-नाज़ का एक आलम हुए है नदीम
ख़ल्वत में वो नर्म उँगलियाँ बंद-ए-क़बा जब खोलें हैं
९
ग़म का फ़साना सुनने वालो आख़ेर-ए-शब आराम करो
कल ये कहानी फिर छेड़ेंगे हम भी ज़रा अब सो लें हैं
१०
हम लोग अब तो अजनबी से हैं कुछ तो बताओ हाल-ए-फ़िराक़
अब तो तुम्हीं को प्यार करें हैं अब तो तुम्हीं से बोलें हैं
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. raghupati sahay firaq gorakhpuri (1896-1982). Early lessons in urdu, farsi and sanskrit from his father. Was nominated for Civil Service but decided to get into the freedom movement. Imprisoned 1920-22. Taught at Allahabad University. Sahitya Academy and Gyanpith Awards. This is a Ghazal, at times playful, at other times so thoughtful and self-reflective loaded with pathos. This is one of several Ghazal that firaq wrote in the style of mir taqi mir.
1
ab aksar1 chup chup se raheN haiN yuNhi kabhu2 lab kholeN haiN
pahle firaq ko dekha hota ab to bahut kam boleN haiN 1.often 2.old form of ‘kabhi’ here meaning – rarely
Now he is often very quiet and rarely opens his mouth. You should have seen firaq earlier, now he does not talk much. The poet leaves you to guess what changed … did he fall in love/fail in love?
2
din meN ham ko dekhne vaalo apne apne haiN auqaat1
jaao na tum in Khushk2 aNkhoN par ham raatoN ko ro leN haiN 1.literal sense of time 2.dry
You who see me during the day, realize that everyone has their particular time during which they deal with their sentiments/emotions. Do not go by my dry eyes, I cry at night i.e. you do not know my pain. I hide it in company except at night, when I am alone.
3
fitrat1 meri ishq-o-mohabbat qismat meri tanhaaii2
kahne ki naubat3 hi na aaii ham bhi kisu ke ho leN haiN 1.nature 2.loneliness 3.occasion, chance
I have a loving, romantic nature but loneliness is my fate. I never got a chance to say (express my love), otherwise I would have ‘belonged to someone’.
4
Khunuk1 siyah2 mahke3 hue saaye phail jaayeN haiN jal-thal4 par
kin jatanoN5 se meri GhazleN raat ka juuRa kholeN haiN 1.moist 2.dark 3.fragrant 4.dry and wet land/surface 5.effort
When the night lets its hair down (relaxes, becomes intimate), soft, dark shadows spread all around. It is as a result of the effort of my Ghazal that the night lets her hair down or it is with my Ghazal that I untie the knots (reveal the secrets) of creation.
5
baaGh meN vo Khwaab-aavar1 aalam2 mauj-e-saba3 ke ishaaroN4 par
Daali Daali nauras5 patte sahj sahj6 jab DoleN7 haiN 1.dreamy 2.state, condition 3.gust of breeze 4.direction, command 5.freshly germinated, young 6.softly softly 7.sway, swing
Such a dream-like atmosphere in the garden, every supple branch with fresh leaves, sways softly at the command of breeze.
6
uf vo laboN par mauj-e-tabassum1 jaise karvaTeN2 leN kauNde3
haaye vo aalam4-e jumbish5-e mizhgaN6 jab fitne7 par toleN8 haiN 1.wave of smile 2.turning/changing sides 3.beams of light 4.state, condition 5.movement, fluttering 6.eye lashes 7.mischief 8.getting wings ready for flight, determined
Ah, that smile on her lips, as if a beam of light were turning sides. Oh, the condition of fluttering of those eyelashes, when they are determined to make some mischief.
7
naqsh-o-nigaar1-e Ghazal meN jo tum ye shaadaabi2 paao ho
ham ashkoN3 meN kaayenaat4 ke nok-e-qalam5 ko Dubo leN haiN 1.sketch and embellishment 2.blooming, flowering 3.tears 4.universe 5.point/nib of the pen
My Ghazal is adorned and embellished with freshness because I have dipped my pen in the tears of the universe.
8
in raatoN ko harim-e-naaz1 ka ek aalam2 hue hai nadeem3
Khalvat4 meN vo narm uNgliyaN band-e-qaba5 jab kholeN haiN 1.chamber of the beloved 2.condition, state 3.friend 4.seclusion, privacy, intimacy 5.ties of the robe
On those nights, in the chamber of the beloved, the atmosphere is something else, my friend, when in intimacy, her soft fingers untie the knots of the robe.
9
Gham ka fasaana1 sun-ne vaalo aKhir-e-shab2 araam karo
kal ye kahaani phir chheReNge ham bhi zara ab so leN haiN 1.tale, story 2.late night
You, who have listened to my tale of sorrow, it is late night now, get some rest. Tomorrow, this story will be related again, let me get some sleep too.
10
hum log ab to ajnabi1 se haiN kuchh to bataao haal-e-firaq2
ab to tumhiN ko pyaar kareN haiN ab to tumhiN se boleN haiN 1.strangers 2.condition of firaq (pen name of poet)
The poet is addressing his audience and claiming that he and firaq are now like strangers. He does not know firaq (himself) anymore. You tell me the condition of firaq. Now-a-days he does not talk to me, he only loves you and talks to you.
raghupati sahay firaq gorakhpuri (1896-1982). Early lessons in urdu, farsi and sanskrit from his father. Was nominated for Civil Service but decided to get into the freedom movement. Imprisoned 1920-22. Taught at Allahabad University. Sahitya Academy and Gyanpith Awards. This is a Ghazal, at times playful, at other times so thoughtful and self-reflective loaded with pathos. This is one of several Ghazal that firaq wrote in the style of mir taqi mir.
1
ab aksar1 chup chup se raheN haiN yuNhi kabhu2 lab kholeN haiN
pahle firaq ko dekha hota ab to bahut kam boleN haiN
1.often 2.old form of ‘kabhi’ here meaning – rarely
Now he is often very quiet and rarely opens his mouth. You should have seen firaq earlier, now he does not talk much. The poet leaves you to guess what changed … did he fall in love/fail in love?
2
din meN ham ko dekhne vaalo apne apne haiN auqaat1
jaao na tum in Khushk2 aNkhoN par ham raatoN ko ro leN haiN
1.literal sense of time 2.dry
You who see me during the day, realize that everyone has their particular time during which they deal with their sentiments/emotions. Do not go by my dry eyes, I cry at night i.e. you do not know my pain. I hide it in company except at night, when I am alone.
3
fitrat1 meri ishq-o-mohabbat qismat meri tanhaaii2
kahne ki naubat3 hi na aaii ham bhi kisu ke ho leN haiN
1.nature 2.loneliness 3.occasion, chance
I have a loving, romantic nature but loneliness is my fate. I never got a chance to say (express my love), otherwise I would have ‘belonged to someone’.
4
Khunuk1 siyah2 mahke3 hue saaye phail jaayeN haiN jal-thal4 par
kin jatanoN5 se meri GhazleN raat ka juuRa kholeN haiN
1.moist 2.dark 3.fragrant 4.dry and wet land/surface 5.effort
When the night lets its hair down (relaxes, becomes intimate), soft, dark shadows spread all around. It is as a result of the effort of my Ghazal that the night lets her hair down or it is with my Ghazal that I untie the knots (reveal the secrets) of creation.
5
baaGh meN vo Khwaab-aavar1 aalam2 mauj-e-saba3 ke ishaaroN4 par
Daali Daali nauras5 patte sahj sahj6 jab DoleN7 haiN
1.dreamy 2.state, condition 3.gust of breeze 4.direction, command 5.freshly germinated, young 6.softly softly 7.sway, swing
Such a dream-like atmosphere in the garden, every supple branch with fresh leaves, sways softly at the command of breeze.
6
uf vo laboN par mauj-e-tabassum1 jaise karvaTeN2 leN kauNde3
haaye vo aalam4-e jumbish5-e mizhgaN6 jab fitne7 par toleN8 haiN
1.wave of smile 2.turning/changing sides 3.beams of light 4.state, condition 5.movement, fluttering 6.eye lashes 7.mischief 8.getting wings ready for flight, determined
Ah, that smile on her lips, as if a beam of light were turning sides. Oh, the condition of fluttering of those eyelashes, when they are determined to make some mischief.
7
naqsh-o-nigaar1-e Ghazal meN jo tum ye shaadaabi2 paao ho
ham ashkoN3 meN kaayenaat4 ke nok-e-qalam5 ko Dubo leN haiN
1.sketch and embellishment 2.blooming, flowering 3.tears 4.universe 5.point/nib of the pen
My Ghazal is adorned and embellished with freshness because I have dipped my pen in the tears of the universe.
8
in raatoN ko harim-e-naaz1 ka ek aalam2 hue hai nadeem3
Khalvat4 meN vo narm uNgliyaN band-e-qaba5 jab kholeN haiN
1.chamber of the beloved 2.condition, state 3.friend 4.seclusion, privacy, intimacy 5.ties of the robe
On those nights, in the chamber of the beloved, the atmosphere is something else, my friend, when in intimacy, her soft fingers untie the knots of the robe.
9
Gham ka fasaana1 sun-ne vaalo aKhir-e-shab2 araam karo
kal ye kahaani phir chheReNge ham bhi zara ab so leN haiN
1.tale, story 2.late night
You, who have listened to my tale of sorrow, it is late night now, get some rest. Tomorrow, this story will be related again, let me get some sleep too.
10
hum log ab to ajnabi1 se haiN kuchh to bataao haal-e-firaq2
ab to tumhiN ko pyaar kareN haiN ab to tumhiN se boleN haiN
1.strangers 2.condition of firaq (pen name of poet)
The poet is addressing his audience and claiming that he and firaq are now like strangers. He does not know firaq (himself) anymore. You tell me the condition of firaq. Now-a-days he does not talk to me, he only loves you and talks to you.
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