Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. anand mohan gulzar dehlavi (1926-living), a kashmiri panDit, a scholar and lover of urdu and totally committed to communal harmony. This nazm sounds naïve when we consider what is going on in India today.
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rahmat¹-e yazdaaN² se aaya aaj phir roz-e sa’eed³
ho musalmaanaan-e aalam⁴ ko mubarak⁵ jashn⁶-e eid    1.grace, bounty 2.god 3.good fortune 4. world 5.felicitation 6.celebration
With god’s grace today is a blessed day. Felicitations to all Muslims of the world on the celebration of eid.
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majlis-aara¹ phir hua arsh²-e mo’alla³ par koii
phir ghaTaaoN se hui hai abru⁴-e fitrat⁵ ki diid⁶        1.celebratory gathering 2.sky, heaven 3.high 4.eyebrow, perhaps the new moon 5.nature, god 6.sighting, view
Once again there is a gathering of celebration in high heaven. Through clouds we see the new moon like nature’s eyebrow, god looking down at us.
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phir mohabbat aur ravadaari¹ ka charcha aa’m² hai
phir ta’ssub³ ki hui kul⁴ dahr⁵ meN miTTi-paleed⁶     1.regard for others 2.common, general 3.bigotry 4.whole 5.world 6.defeated, beaten into dust
Once again everyone is respectful and considerate of each other. Once again bigotry has been defeated and beaten into dust (I wish).
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phir ta’ssub¹ ke lagi ek zarb-kaari² pusht³ par
phir gale milte haiN raam⁴ o krishn⁴ o ilyaas⁴ o hameed⁴       1.bigotry 2.blows 3.back 4.names used to mean Hindus and Muslims
Bigotry has once again received a blow to its back. Once again Muslims and Hindus embrace each other.
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mushtarik¹ tahziib², yakjahti³, ravaadaari⁴, sulook⁵
ye vatan ki saalemiyyat⁶ ki zamaanat⁷ hai sa’eed⁸      1.combined, mixed 2.culture 3.harmony 4.consideration 5.respectful behaviour 6.survival 7.guardian 8.good fortune, blessing
Cooperation, culture, harmony, mutual respect are the blessed guardians of the survival of the homeland.
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hinduoN ne dast¹-e ulfat² phir baRhaaya Khair³ se
phir ravaadaari⁴ ki laai eid dilli meN naveed⁵     1.hand 2.love 3.good feelings 4.mutual respect, consideration 5.good tidings
Hindus extend their hand of love and good feelings. Once again eid brings good tidings of mutual consideration.
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bulbul o qumri¹ hue phir aaj yuN naGhma-sara²
jis tarah barg³ o samar⁴ meN ishq⁵ ki guft-o-shaneed⁶      1.dove 2.singing 3.leaves 4.fruits 5.love 6.speak and listen, conversation
Birds representing communities. Today again all communities sing together just like leaves and fruits talk to each other of love.
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phir yahaaN ek muttahad¹ tahzeeb² jalva-gar³ hui
ab ye mumkin³ hai mile phir amn⁵ o barkat⁶ ki kaleed⁷     1.combined 2.culture 3.manifest, display 4.possible 5.peace, harmony 6.plenty, bounty, well being 7.key
Once again there is a display of combined cultures. Now it becomes possible to look for the key to peace, harmony and well being.
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gul, chanbeli, sarv, joohi phir agar mil kar raheN
phir chaman-bandi¹ se ho gulshan² meN bhi lutf³-e mazeed⁴      1.gardening 2.garden 3.pleasure 4.extra, additional
If all the flowers of the garden live together in harmony, there will be added pleasure in gardening.
10
kyuN na mil jul kar manaayeN hindu o muslim sabhi
vo divaali ho, holi ho ke ho eid-e sa’eed¹     1.blessed
Why not Muslims and Hindus celebrate together, whether it be divaali, holi or this blessed eid.
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Khalq-e-vaahid¹, Khaaliq-e-vaahid² ki hi tanviir³ hai
vahdat⁴-e nau-e-bashar⁵ ka hind hai daa’ii⁶ vaheed⁷     1.one creation 2.one creator 3.glory 4.one-ness 5.human species, humanity 5.praying, desirous 7.unique, unequalled
One/all/same creation is a reflection of the glory of one creator. Hindostan is unequalled in praying for one-ness of all humanity.
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ye mohabbat ka alambardaar¹ ek tahvaar² hai
hai sabhi hindu musalmaanoN ka ye roz-e-sa’eed³     1.flag bearer 2.tyohaar, festival 3.blessed day
This festival is a flagbearer of love. For all Hindus and Muslims it is a blessed day.
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aao she’r o shaa’eri ki phir sajaaeN mahfileN¹
n’aat-Khwaani² meN milega eid ka lutf-e-mazeed³     1.gatherings 2.singing/reciting n’aat (poems in praise of the propher of Islam) 3.extra pleasure
Come let us arrange gatherings of shaa’eri. There will be extra pleasure in reciting n’aat.
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shaiKh kahta hai koii, sayyad koii gulzar ko
panDit-e kashmir ye bhi hai ajab¹ fard²-e fareed³       1.strange, unusual 2.individual 3.without example, unequalled
One shaiKh or another sayyad/mufti usually says this to/about gulzar (the poet), “this is an unusual kashmiri panDit who is without equal”.