Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. mir abid ali saeed shahidi (1914-2000) may not have been a nationally recognized figure in urdu poetic circles but he was very well known and liked in hyderabad. Many of his Ghazal, put to music by viTThal rao and others became very popular. His work is a mix of romantic, sufiyaana and religious.
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maiN vaaqif¹ huN keh uThne se mere mahfil² pe kya guzri³
magar vo bhi bataa’eN kuchh keh un ke dil pe kya guzri    1.aware 2.gathering 3.occurred, transpired, happened
The poet left a gathering and the beloved was still there. There was some effect on the gathering upon his leaving. The implication is that those gathered were sorry to see him leave. He seems to be more interested in learning what happened with the beloved, what she felt after he left.
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safiine¹ ke muqaddar² meN likha tha Doobna, Dooba
koii itna bata de siina³-e saahil⁴ pe kya guzri    1.boat 2.fate, destiny 3.bosom 4.shore
Here in either a first, or very rare usage, the poet is portraying the relationship between the shoreline and the boat as one of love like that between sham’a-parvaana or gul-bulbul. The boat went out (it is implied that it went out in a storm) and sank. It is the destiny of the boat to sink. The poet then wonders what happened to the bosom/heart of the shoreline, implying that it must have felt sad.
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ye maana¹ muskuraa’e² ham hujoom³-e hasrat⁴ o Gham meN
kisi ko kya Khabar⁵ laikin hamaare dil pe kya guzri    1.agree 2.smile 3.crowding, onslaught 4.yearning 5.awareness
This is the usual trope of the poet/lover keeping his love/yearning/sorrow a secret for fear of maligning the reputation of the beloved. Thus even in the onslaught of yearning and sorrow the poet/lover kept a smile on his face. But does anyone what transpired in his heart!
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hamaari daastaaN¹ par ahl²-e mahfil³ to bahut taRpe⁴
nahiN maaloom⁵ laikin saahib⁶-e mahfil³ pe kya guzri    1.story 2.people of 3.gathering 4.pained, agitated 5.know 6.head, host
The ‘saahib-e mahfil’ i.e., the ‘host of the gathering’ is probably the saaqi/beloved. The story of the poet/lover was narrated at the gathering and everyone was deeply affected and pained by it. But he is more interested/he doesn’t know what the beloved thought of it.
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ijaazat¹ dii to dii jalvoN² ko us ne aam³ hone ki
use laikin Khabar⁴ kya kisi ke dil pe kya guzri    1.permission 2.display (of beauty) 3.common, public 4.awareness
Normally the beloved remains private and is not seen by anyone. The poet yearns for permission to see her. But when she finally granted such permission it was in a public gathering for all to see. But the poet really wanted a private/personal get together. He moans that she is not aware what this public display did to his feelings.
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dil-e betaab¹ jis manzil² pe mujh ko le ke pahuNcha³ tha
mujhe Khud bhi nahiN maaloom⁴ us manzil² pe kya guzri    1.restless, eager 2.stage along the journey 3.reached 4.knowledge
I cannot make too much sense out of this. Why should something happen to the manzil itself. Here is my speculation. The restless heart of the poet/lover has brought to him some stage in his journey of life. Exactly what that stage is, is not made explicit. The poet/lover himself does not know what transpired TO that manzil. If the manzil is some abstract state of mind (say a state of mad passion), then what can transpire TO it. Perhaps its reputation can be affected, either positively or negatively depending on the goodness of the poet/lover. This is what the poet does not know.
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Ghazal apni suna kar ho gaye Khaamosh ham laikin
sa’eed allaah jaane saahibaan¹-e dil pe kya guzri   1.owners
Owners of heart, people of heart are lovers/admirers. The poet has recited/read his Ghazal and is now quiet. O sa’eed only god knows how lovers/admirers have been affected.