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Stanza by stanza posting of Grey, ameer chand bahaar and ali haidar nazm tabaatabaai.
gor-e GhariibaaN
Elegy-Thomas Grey
گورِ غریباں – علی حیدر نظمؔ طباطبائی
۲۲
جو آیا ہے جہاں میں یاں سے جانا ہے اُسے اک دن
یہ ہونا ہے کوئی چاہیگا دِل میں یا نہ چاہےگا
مگر جاتے ہوے پھر کر نہ دیکھے یہ نہیں ممکن
دلوں سے یاد بھی مٹ جائے یہ حاشا نہ چاہے گا
۲۳
کوئی زانو کسی کا ڈھونڈتا ہے دم نکلنے کو
کہ دیکھے اشک گرتے چاہنے والوں کے دامن میں
کسی کی ہے یہ خواہش دوست کاندھا دیں جنازے کو
پھر اِس پر فاتحہ کی آرزو ہے کنجِ مدفن میں
۲۴
حقیقت غور سے دیکھی جو اِن سب مرنے والوں کی
تو ایسا ہی نظر آنے لگا انجامِ کار اپنا
اِنہیں کی طرح جیسے مل گئے ہیں خاک میں ہم بھی
یونہی پرسانِ حال ان کا ہے اب اک دوستدار اپنا
۲۵
یہ اک سے ایک دہقانِ کہن سال آ کے کہتا ہے
کہ ہاں ہاں خوب واقف ہیں دیکھا ہے اِسے اکثر
پھر اِسکے بعد دِل ہی دِل میں کچھ غم کھا کے کہتا ہے
کہ ابتک پھرتا ہے آنکھوں میں پھرنا اِسکا سبزے پر
۲۶
وہ اُسکا نور کے تڑکے اِدھر گلگشت کو آنا
وہ پو پھٹنے سے پہلے آ کے پھرنا سبزہ زاروں میں
وہ کچھ کم دِن رہے اِسکا لبِ جو کی طرف جانا
وہ اُسکا مسکرانا دیکھ کر شور آبشاروں میں
۲۷
کبھی ایسی ہنسی لب پر کہ ظاہر جس سے کچھ نفرت
اور اِسکے ساتھ ہی کچھ زیرِ لب کہتے ہوے جانا
کبھی تیوری چڑھائے منہ بنائے رنج کی صورت
کہ جیسے دِل میں صدمہ ہے زباں جس سے ہے بیگانہ
۲۸
غرض کیا کیا کہوں اک روز کا یہ ذکر ہے صاحب
کہ اِس میداں میں پھرتے صبح دم اِسکو نہیں دیکھا
ہوا پھر دوسرا دِن اور نظر سے وہ رہا غائب
خیاباں میں اِسے پایا نہ دریا پر اِسے دیکھا
۲۹
پر اِسکے تیسرے دِن دیکھتا کیا ہوں جنازے کو
لیے آتے ہیں سب پڑھتے ہوئے کلمہ شہادت کا
تمہیں پڑھنا تو آتا ہوگا آؤ پاس سے دیکھو
یہ اِسکی قبر ہے اور یہ کتابہ سنگِ تربت کا
۳۰
اب آغوشِ لحد میں سو رہا ہے چین سے کیسا
گیا آخر میں لیکن یہ جواں ناکام دنیا سے
دِکھایا جاہ و شہرت نے نہ بھولے سے بھی منہ اپنا
پھر ایسے نامرادوں کو بھلا کیا کام دنیا سے
۳۱
ہر اک کے درد و دکھ سے اِسکو رہتا تھا سدا مطلب
ہوا ممکن تو یاری کی نہیں تو اشکباری کی
دیا دستِ تہی کے ساتھ طینت میں کرم یارب
میں تیری شان کے قربان کیا اچھی تلافی کی
۳۲
خدا بخشے کہ بس دوست کا رہتا تھا وہ جویا
تو نکلا دوست اک آخر خدا وندِ کریم اِسکا
اب اسکے نیک و بد کا ذکر کرنا ہی نہیں اچھا
کہ روشن ہے خدا پر عالمِ امید و بیم اِسکا
गोर-ए ग़रीबाँ – अली हैदर नज़्म तबा तबाई
२२
जो आया है जहाँ में याँ से जाना है उसे एक दिन
ये होना है कोई चाहेगा दिल में या न चाहेगा
मगर जाते हुए फिरकर न देखे ये नहीं मुमकिन
दिलों से याद भी मिट जाए ये हाशा न चाहेगा
२३
कोई ज़ानू किसी का ढूंढता है दम निकलने को
के देखे अश्क गिरते चाहने वालों के दामन में
किसी की है ये ख़्वाहिश दोस्त कांधा दें जनाज़े को
फिर इस पर फ़ातेहा की आरज़ू है कुंज-ए मद्फ़न में
२४
हक़ीक़त ग़ौर से देखि जो इन सब मरने वालों की
तो ऐसा ही नज़र आने लगा अंजाम-ए कार अपना
इन्हीं की तरह जैसे मिल गए हैं ख़ाक में हम भी
यूँही पुरसान-ए-हाल इन का है अब एक दोस्तदार अपना
२५
ये एक से ऐक दह्क़ान-ए कुहन साल आ के कहता है
के हां हां ख़ूब वाक़िफ़ हैं, देखा है इसे अक्सर
फिर इसके बाद दिल ही दिल में कुछ ग़म खा के कहता है
के अबतक फिरता है आँखों में फिरना इसका सब्ज़े पर
२६
वो उसका नूर के तडके इधर गुल्गश्त को आना
वो पौ फटने से पहले आ के फिरना सब्ज़ा ज़ारों में
वो कुछ कम दिन रहे इसका लब-ए जू की तरफ़ जाना
वो उसका मुस्कुराना देख कर शोर आबशारों में
२७
कभी ऐसी हंसी लब पर के ज़ाहिर जिस से कुछ नफ़रत
और उसके साथ ही कुछ ज़ेर-ए लब कहते हुए जाना
कभी त्योरी चढ़ाये मुंह बनाये रंज की सूरत
के जैसे दिल में सदमा है ज़बां जिस से है बेगाना
२८
ग़रज़ क्या क्या कहूँ एक रोज़ का ये ज़िक्र है साहिब
के इस मैदां में फिरते सुबह दम इसको नहीं देखा
हुवा फिर दूसरा दिन और नज़र से वो रहा ग़ाएब
ख़ियाबां में इसे पाया न दर्या पर इसे देखा
२९
पर इसके तीसरे दिन देखता क्या हूं जनाज़े को
लिए आते हैं सब पढ़ते हुए कलमा शहादत का
तुम्हें पढना तो आता होगा, आओ पास से देखो
ये इसकी क़ब्र है और ये किताबा संग-ए तुर्बत का
३०
अब आग़ोश-ए लहद में सो रहा है चैन से कैसा
गया आख़िर में लैकिन ये जवां नाकाम दुनिया से
दिखाया जाह ओ शोहरत ने न भूले से भी मुंह अपना
फिर ऐसे नामुरादों को भला क्या काम दुनिया से
३१
हर एक के दर्द ओ दुख से इसको रहता था सदा मत्लब
हुआ मुमकिन तो यारी की, नहीं तो अश्क बारी की
दिया दस्त-ए तेहि के साथ तीनत में करम यारब
मैं तेरी शान के क़ुरबां, क्या अछि तलाफ़ी की
३२
ख़ुदा बख़्शे बस दोस्त का रहता था वो जूया
तो निकला दोस्त एक आख़िर ख़ुदावंद-ए करम इसका
अब इसके नेक ओ बद का ज़िक्र करना ही नहीं अच्छा
के रौशन है ख़ुदा पर आलम-ए उम्मीद ओ बेम इसका
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. syed ali haidar nazm tabaatabaai (1854-1933), scholar, critic, translator and poet. In 1883 he moved to hyderabad, Professor, Nizam College and Department of Translation, Osmania University with josh malihabadi. Wrote an explanatory discussion of Ghalib’s diivaan and published his own diivaan. This is a re-composed urdu version of Gray’s Elegy. Also see another one by ameer chand bahaar.
22
jo aaya hai jahaaN meN yaaN se jaana hai use ek din
ye hona hai koii chaahega dil meN ya na chaahega
magar jaate hue phir-kar1 na dekhe ye nahiN mumkin2
diloN se yaad bhi miT jaaye ye haasha3 na chaahega 1.turn back (to look) 2.possible 3.“hargiz”, never
For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey
This pleasing anxious being ever resigned
Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day
Nor cast one longing lingering look behind
23
koi zaanu1 kisi ka DhoonDhta hai dam nikalne ko
ke dekhe ashk2 girte chaahne-vaaloN3 ke daaman4 meN
kisi ki hai ye Khwaahish5 dost kaandha-deN6 janaaze7 ko
phir is par faateha8 ki aarzu9 hai kunj-e-madfan10 meN 1.lap 2.tears 3.loving ones 4.apron 5.desire 6.bear on the shoulder
7.funeral bier 8.ritual verses of blessings 9.desire 10.corner of the graveyard
On some fond breast the parting soul relies
Some pious drops the closing eye requires
Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries
Even in our ashes live their wonted fires
24
haqeeqat1 Ghaur se dekhi jo in sub marne vaaloN ki
to aisa hi nazar aane laga anjaam-e-kaar2 apna
inhiiN ki tarah jaise mil gaye haiN Khaak3 meN hum bhi
yuNhi pursaan-e-haal4 in ka hai ab ek dostdaar5 apna 1.reality 2.result/end of (life) work 3.dust 4.inquiry after well-being, spare a thought 5.well wisher
For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead
Dost in these lines their artless tale relate
If chance, by lonely comtemplation led
Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate
25
ye ek se aek dahqaan1-e kuhan-saal2 aa ke kahta hai
ke haaN haaN Khoob3 vaaqif4 haiN, dekha hai ise aksar5
phir iske baad dil hi dil meN kuchh Gham khaa ke kahta hai
ke abtak phirta hai aaNkhoN meN phirna6 uska sabze7 par 1.farmer 2.many years, old 3.very well 4.familiar 5.often 6.strolling
7.greenery, meadow
Haply some hoary-headed swain may say
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn
Brushing with hasty steps the dews away
To meet the sun upon the upland lawn
26
vo uska noor1 ke taRke2 idhar gulgasht3 ko aana
vo pao-phaTne4 se pahle aa ke phirna5 sabza-zaaroN6 meN
vo kuchh kam-din-rahe7 iska lab-e-ju8 ki taraf jaana
vo uska muskuraana dekh kar shor aabshaaroN9 meN 1.light 2.breaking dawn 3.literally flower walk, walk in the garden 4.dawn 5.stroll 6.green garden, meadow 7.a few days ago 8.river bank 9.waterfalls
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech
That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high
His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch
And pore upon the brook that babbles by
27
kabhi aisi haNsi lab1 par ke zaahir2 jis se kuchh nifrat3
aur iske saath hi kuchh zer-e-lab4 kahte hue jaana
kabhi tyori-chaRhaaye5 muNh banaaye ranj6 ki surat7
keh jaise dil meN sadma8 hai zabaaN jis se hai begaana9 1.lips 2.evident 3.sarcasm, disdain 4.undertones 5.frown 6.sadness 7.in the likeness of 8.sorrow 9.cannot find words to say
Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn
Muttering his wayward fancies he would love
Now drooping, woeful worn, like one forlorn
Or crazed with care or crossed in hopeless love
28
Gharaz1 kya kya kahuN ek roz ka ye zikr2 hai saahib
ke is maidaaN meN phirte subah-dam3 isko nahiN dekha
hu’a phir doosra din aur nazar se vo raha Ghaa’eb4
KhiyabaaN5 meN ise paaya na darya par ise dekha 1.after all 2.story 3.morning time 4.hidden 5.garden walkway
One morn I missed him on the customed hill
Along the heath and near his favourite tree
Another come, nor yet beside the rill
Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he
29
par iske teesre din dekhta kya huN janaaze1 ko
liye aate haiN sub paRhte hue kalmaa2 shahaadat3 ka
tumheN paRhna to aata hoga, aao paas se dekho
ye iski qabr hai aur ye kitaaba4 saNg-e-turbat5 ka 1.funeral bier 2.ritual verse 3.death 4.inscription 5.tombstone
The next with dirges due in sad array
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne
Approach and read, for thou canst read, the lay
Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn
30
ab aaGhosh-e-lahd1 meN so raha hai chayn2 se kaisa
gaya aaKhir meN laikin ye javaaN naakam3 duniya se
dikhaaya jaah-o-shohrat4 ne na bhoole-se5 bhi muNh apna
phir aise naamuraadoN6 ko bhala kya kaam duniya se 1.lap of the grave 2.peacefully 3.unsuccessful, unsung 4.grandeur and fame 5.by mistake 6.unlucky
Here rests his head upon lap of Earth
A youth to fortune and fame unknown
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth
And Melancholy marked him for her own
31
har ek ke dard o dukh se isko rahta tha sadaa matlab1
hua mumkin2 to yaari3 ki, nahiN to ashk-baari4 ki
diya dast-e-tehi5 ke saath teenat6 meN karam7 yaarab8
maiN teri shaan-ke-qurbaan9 kya achhi talaafi10 ki 1.concern 2.possible 3.friendship, help 4.shedding tears, sympathy 5.empty hand 6.nature, disposition 7.generosity 8.god 9.beholden to your greatness (sarcastic) 10.compensation
Large was his bounty and his soul sincere
Heaven did a recompense as largely send
He gave to Misery all that he had, a tear
He gained from Heaven (t’was all he wish’d), a friend
32
Khuda-baKhshe1 bas dost ka rahta tha vo jooya2
to nikla dost ek aaKhir Khudavand-e-karam3 iska
ab iske nek-o-bad4 ka zikr5 karna hi nahiN achchha
ke raushan-hai6 Khuda par aalam7-e ummeed-o-baem8 iska 1.god forgive 2.searching for 3.god of kindness 4.virtue and vice 5.mention, narration 6.(god) knows, it is evident (to god) 7.condition 8.hope and fear
No further seek his merits to disclose
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
There they alike in trembling hope repose
The bosom of his father and his god
syed ali haidar nazm tabaatabaai (1854-1933), scholar, critic, translator and poet. In 1883 he moved to hyderabad, Professor, Nizam College and Department of Translation, Osmania University with josh malihabadi. Wrote an explanatory discussion of Ghalib’s diivaan and published his own diivaan. This is a re-composed urdu version of Gray’s Elegy. Also see another one by ameer chand bahaar.
22
jo aaya hai jahaaN meN yaaN se jaana hai use ek din
ye hona hai koii chaahega dil meN ya na chaahega
magar jaate hue phir-kar1 na dekhe ye nahiN mumkin2
diloN se yaad bhi miT jaaye ye haasha3 na chaahega
1.turn back (to look) 2.possible 3.“hargiz”, never
For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey
This pleasing anxious being ever resigned
Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day
Nor cast one longing lingering look behind
23
koi zaanu1 kisi ka DhoonDhta hai dam nikalne ko
ke dekhe ashk2 girte chaahne-vaaloN3 ke daaman4 meN
kisi ki hai ye Khwaahish5 dost kaandha-deN6 janaaze7 ko
phir is par faateha8 ki aarzu9 hai kunj-e-madfan10 meN
1.lap 2.tears 3.loving ones 4.apron 5.desire 6.bear on the shoulder
7.funeral bier 8.ritual verses of blessings 9.desire 10.corner of the graveyard
On some fond breast the parting soul relies
Some pious drops the closing eye requires
Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries
Even in our ashes live their wonted fires
24
haqeeqat1 Ghaur se dekhi jo in sub marne vaaloN ki
to aisa hi nazar aane laga anjaam-e-kaar2 apna
inhiiN ki tarah jaise mil gaye haiN Khaak3 meN hum bhi
yuNhi pursaan-e-haal4 in ka hai ab ek dostdaar5 apna
1.reality 2.result/end of (life) work 3.dust 4.inquiry after well-being, spare a thought 5.well wisher
For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead
Dost in these lines their artless tale relate
If chance, by lonely comtemplation led
Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate
25
ye ek se aek dahqaan1-e kuhan-saal2 aa ke kahta hai
ke haaN haaN Khoob3 vaaqif4 haiN, dekha hai ise aksar5
phir iske baad dil hi dil meN kuchh Gham khaa ke kahta hai
ke abtak phirta hai aaNkhoN meN phirna6 uska sabze7 par
1.farmer 2.many years, old 3.very well 4.familiar 5.often 6.strolling
7.greenery, meadow
Haply some hoary-headed swain may say
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn
Brushing with hasty steps the dews away
To meet the sun upon the upland lawn
26
vo uska noor1 ke taRke2 idhar gulgasht3 ko aana
vo pao-phaTne4 se pahle aa ke phirna5 sabza-zaaroN6 meN
vo kuchh kam-din-rahe7 iska lab-e-ju8 ki taraf jaana
vo uska muskuraana dekh kar shor aabshaaroN9 meN
1.light 2.breaking dawn 3.literally flower walk, walk in the garden 4.dawn 5.stroll 6.green garden, meadow 7.a few days ago 8.river bank 9.waterfalls
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech
That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high
His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch
And pore upon the brook that babbles by
27
kabhi aisi haNsi lab1 par ke zaahir2 jis se kuchh nifrat3
aur iske saath hi kuchh zer-e-lab4 kahte hue jaana
kabhi tyori-chaRhaaye5 muNh banaaye ranj6 ki surat7
keh jaise dil meN sadma8 hai zabaaN jis se hai begaana9
1.lips 2.evident 3.sarcasm, disdain 4.undertones 5.frown 6.sadness 7.in the likeness of 8.sorrow 9.cannot find words to say
Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn
Muttering his wayward fancies he would love
Now drooping, woeful worn, like one forlorn
Or crazed with care or crossed in hopeless love
28
Gharaz1 kya kya kahuN ek roz ka ye zikr2 hai saahib
ke is maidaaN meN phirte subah-dam3 isko nahiN dekha
hu’a phir doosra din aur nazar se vo raha Ghaa’eb4
KhiyabaaN5 meN ise paaya na darya par ise dekha
1.after all 2.story 3.morning time 4.hidden 5.garden walkway
One morn I missed him on the customed hill
Along the heath and near his favourite tree
Another come, nor yet beside the rill
Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he
29
par iske teesre din dekhta kya huN janaaze1 ko
liye aate haiN sub paRhte hue kalmaa2 shahaadat3 ka
tumheN paRhna to aata hoga, aao paas se dekho
ye iski qabr hai aur ye kitaaba4 saNg-e-turbat5 ka
1.funeral bier 2.ritual verse 3.death 4.inscription 5.tombstone
The next with dirges due in sad array
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne
Approach and read, for thou canst read, the lay
Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn
30
ab aaGhosh-e-lahd1 meN so raha hai chayn2 se kaisa
gaya aaKhir meN laikin ye javaaN naakam3 duniya se
dikhaaya jaah-o-shohrat4 ne na bhoole-se5 bhi muNh apna
phir aise naamuraadoN6 ko bhala kya kaam duniya se
1.lap of the grave 2.peacefully 3.unsuccessful, unsung 4.grandeur and fame 5.by mistake 6.unlucky
Here rests his head upon lap of Earth
A youth to fortune and fame unknown
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth
And Melancholy marked him for her own
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har ek ke dard o dukh se isko rahta tha sadaa matlab1
hua mumkin2 to yaari3 ki, nahiN to ashk-baari4 ki
diya dast-e-tehi5 ke saath teenat6 meN karam7 yaarab8
maiN teri shaan-ke-qurbaan9 kya achhi talaafi10 ki
1.concern 2.possible 3.friendship, help 4.shedding tears, sympathy 5.empty hand 6.nature, disposition 7.generosity 8.god 9.beholden to your greatness (sarcastic) 10.compensation
Large was his bounty and his soul sincere
Heaven did a recompense as largely send
He gave to Misery all that he had, a tear
He gained from Heaven (t’was all he wish’d), a friend
32
Khuda-baKhshe1 bas dost ka rahta tha vo jooya2
to nikla dost ek aaKhir Khudavand-e-karam3 iska
ab iske nek-o-bad4 ka zikr5 karna hi nahiN achchha
ke raushan-hai6 Khuda par aalam7-e ummeed-o-baem8 iska
1.god forgive 2.searching for 3.god of kindness 4.virtue and vice 5.mention, narration 6.(god) knows, it is evident (to god) 7.condition 8.hope and fear
No further seek his merits to disclose
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
There they alike in trembling hope repose
The bosom of his father and his god
Elegy in a Country Churchyard – Thomas Grey
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For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey
This pleasing anxious being ever resigned
Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day
Nor cast one longing lingering look behind
23
On some fond breast the parting soul relies
Some pious drops the closing eye requires
Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries
Even in our ashes live their wonted fires
24
For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead
Dost in these lines their artless tale relate
If chance, by lonely comtemplation led
Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate
25
Haply some hoary-headed swain may say
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn
Brushing with hasty steps the dews away
To meet the sun upon the upland lawn
26
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech
That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high
His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch
And pore upon the brook that babbles by
27
Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn
Muttering his wayward fancies he would love
Now drooping, woeful worn, like one forlorn
Or crazed with care or crossed in hopeless love
28
One morn I missed him on the customed hill
Along the heath and near his favourite tree
Another come, nor yet beside the rill
Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he
29
The next with dirges due in sad array
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne
Approach and read, for thou canst read, the lay
Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn
30
Here rests his head upon lap of Earth
A youth to fortune and fame unknown
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth
And Melancholy marked him for her own
31
Large was his bounty and his soul sincere
Heaven did a recompense as largely send
He gave to Misery all that he had, a tear
He gained from Heaven (t’was all he wish’d), a friend
32
No further seek his merits to disclose
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
There they alike in trembling hope repose
The bosom of his father and his god
22
ameer chand bahaar
bhala1 itna bhi patthar ka jigar2 kis shaKhs3 ka hoga
keh jis kii aaNkh marte vaqt bhi pur-nam4 na ho jaaye
jahaan5-e raNg-o-buu6 se kooch7 karte vaqt bhi jis ko
jahaan5-e raNg-o-buu6 ki yaad rah rah kar taRpaaye8
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
jo aaya hai jahaaN meN yaaN se jaana hai use ek din
ye hona hai koii chaahega dil meN ya na chaahega
magar jaate hue phir-kar1 na dekhe ye nahiN mumkin2
diloN se yaad bhi miT jaaye ye haasha3 na chaahega
Thomas Grey
For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey
This pleasing anxious being ever resigned
Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day
Nor cast one longing lingering look behind
23
ameer chand bahaar
sahaara1 DhoonDta hai marte dam bhi GhamgusaaroN2 ka
dil-e naa-fahm3 ki mar kar bhi naadaani4 nahiN jaati
lahad5 meN bhi hamaari hasrateN6 bedaar7 rahti haiN
hamaari Khaak8 se bhi Khuu9-e insaani nahiN jaati
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
koi zaanu1 kisi ka DhoonDhta hai dam nikalne ko
ke dekhe ashk2 girte chaahne-vaaloN3 ke daaman4 meN
kisi ki hai ye Khwaahish5 dost kaandha-deN6 janaaze7 ko
phir is par faateha8 ki aarzu9 hai kunj-e-madfan10 meN
Thomas Grey
On some fond breast the parting soul relies
Some pious drops the closing eye requires
Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries
Even in our ashes live their wonted fires
24
ameer chand bahaar
paraaii aag meN tu jal raha hai aye dil-e naadaaN1
samajh le ek din tujh ko bhi ho jaana hai Khaakastar2
inhiN qabroN3 meN jab tu ek din soya hua hoga
tera naam o nishaaN bhi koii poochhega yahaaN aa kar
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
haqeeqat1 Ghaur se dekhi jo in sub marne vaaloN ki
to aisa hi nazar aane laga anjaam-e-kaar2 apna
inhiiN ki tarah jaise mil gaye haiN Khaak3 meN hum bhi
yuNhi pursaan-e-haal4 in ka hai ab ek dostdaar5 apna
Thomas Grey
For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead
Dost in these lines their artless tale relate
If chance, by lonely comtemplation led
Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate
25
ameer chand bahaar
koii dahqaan1-e piir2 us ko yahi shaa’ed3 bataa’ega
sahr4 ke vaqt vo gulgasht5 ko har roz jaata tha
subuk-gaami6 se aksar7 raundta8 jaata tha sabze9 ko
balandi10 par kabhi sooraj ki kirnoN meN samaata11 tha
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
ye ek se aek dahqaan1-e kuhan-saal2 aa ke kahta hai
ke haaN haaN Khoob3 vaaqif4 haiN, dekha hai ise aksar5
phir iske baad dil hi dil meN kuchh Gham khaa ke kahta hai
ke abtak phirta hai aaNkhoN meN phirna6 uska sabze7 par
Thomas Grey
Haply some hoary-headed swain may say
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn
Brushing with hasty steps the dews away
To meet the sun upon the upland lawn
26
ameer chand bahaar
yuN hi phirte phiraate KhiyaabaanoN1 meN aa jaata
vahaaN us peR ke saaye meN vo aaraam karta tha
kabhi pahroN2 lab3-e juu4 leT rahta tha masarrat5 se
isi aalam6 meN vo apni sahar7 ki shaam karta tha
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
vo uska noor1 ke taRke2 idhar gulgasht3 ko aana
vo pao-phaTne4 se pahle aa ke phirna5 sabza-zaaroN6 meN
vo kuchh kam-din-rahe7 iska lab-e-ju8 ki taraf jaana
vo uska muskuraana dekh kar shor aabshaaroN9 meN
Thomas Grey
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech
That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high
His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch
And pore upon the brook that babbles by
27
ameer chand bahaar
kabhi nafrat1 bhari ek muskuraahaT le ke chehre par
Gham-e-dauraaN2 se ghabraaya hua maa’luum hota tha
kabhi ho kar pareshaaN haal phirta tha biyaabaaN3 meN
kisi kaafir4 ka Thukraaya5 hua maa’loom hota tha
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
kabhi aisi haNsi lab1 par ke zaahir2 jis se kuchh nifrat3
aur iske saath hi kuchh zer-e-lab4 kahte hue jaana
kabhi tyori-chaRhaaye5 muNh banaaye ranj6 ki surat7
keh jaise dil meN sadma8 hai zabaaN jis se hai begaana9
Thomas Grey
Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn
Muttering his wayward fancies he would love
Now drooping, woeful worn, like one forlorn
Or crazed with care or crossed in hopeless love
28
ameer chand bahaar
magar phir ek din maiN ne vahaaN us ko nahiN dekha
na jaNgal meN, na darya1 par, na peRoN ke tale2 paaya
Khuda jaane yakaayak3 kis tarah vo gayaa Ghaa’eb4
Ghazab5 hai duusre din bhi nazar mujh ko nahiN aaya
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
Gharaz1 kya kya kahuN ek roz ka ye zikr2 hai saahib
ke is maidaaN meN phirte subah-dam3 isko nahiN dekha
hu’a phir doosra din aur nazar se vo raha Ghaa’eb4
KhiyabaaN5 meN ise paaya na darya par ise dekha
Thomas Grey
One morn I missed him on the customed hill
Along the heath and near his favourite tree
Another come, nor yet beside the rill
Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he
29
ameer chand bahaar
bil-aaKhir1 tiisre din us ki mayyat2 saamne aaii
janaaze3 ko uThaaye Khalq4 vaqf5-e nauha-Khwaani6 thi
vo dekho peR ke niiche jo marqad7 hai usi kii hai
paRho nazdiik jaa kar tum ibaarat8 lauh-e-turbat9 ki
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
par iske teesre din dekhta kya huN janaaze1 ko
liye aate haiN sub paRhte hue kalmaa2 shahaadat3 ka
tumheN paRhna to aata hoga, aao paas se dekho
ye iski qabr hai aur ye kitaaba4 saNg-e-turbat5 ka
Thomas Grey
The next with dirges due in sad array
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne
Approach and read, for thou canst read, the lay
Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn
30
ameer chand bahaar
yahaaN kunj1-e lahad2 meN chain3 se soya hua hai vo
raha jo umr bhar duniya ki har ne’mat4 se begaana5
vo muflis6 tha magar ilm-o-hunar7 se that na be-bahra8
hamesha us ke lab9 par soz10-e ulfat11 ka tha afsaana12
ali haidar tabaatabaaii
ab aaGhosh-e-lahd1 meN so raha hai chayn2 se kaisa
gaya aaKhir meN laikin ye javaaN naakam3 duniya se
dikhaaya jaah-o-shohrat4 ne na bhoole-se5 bhi muNh apna
phir aise naamuraadoN6 ko bhala kya kaam duniya se
Thomas Grey
Here rests his head upon lap of Earth
A youth to fortune and fame unknown
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth
And Melancholy marked him for her own
31
ameer chand bahaar
saKhaavat1 aur eKhlaas2 us ki fitrat3 meN the poshiida4
inhiiN ausaaf5 se us par fida6 hai rahmat7-e baari8
use thi be-navaaoN9 be-kasoN10 ke saath hamdardi11
isi baa’as12 Khuda ko bhi hai manzur13 us ki Gham-Khwaari14
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
har ek ke dard o dukh se isko rahta tha sadaa matlab1
hua mumkin2 to yaari3 ki, nahiN to ashk-baari4 ki
diya dast-e-tehi5 ke saath teenat6 meN karam7 yaarab8
maiN teri shaan-ke-qurbaan9 kya achhi talaafi10 ki
Thomas Grey
Large was his bounty and his soul sincere
Heaven did a recompense as largely send
He gave to Misery all that he had, a tear
He gained from Heaven (t’was all he wish’d), a friend
32
ameer chand bahaar
fasaana1 ho chuka jab Khatm us ki zindagaani ka
ab us ke nek-o-bad2 ka zikr3 karna naa-ravaa4 hoga
amaaN5 paa’ega vo mard-e-Khuda6 pahlu7-e yazdaaN8 meN
muhaafiz9 aalam-e-baala10 meN bhi us ka Khuda hoga
ali haidar nazm tabaatabaaii
Khuda-baKhshe1 bas dost ka rahta tha vo jooya2
to nikla dost ek aaKhir Khudavand-e-karam3 iska
ab iske nek-o-bad4 ka zikr5 karna hi nahiN achchha
ke raushan-hai6 Khuda par aalam7-e ummeed-o-baem8 iska
Thomas Grey
No further seek his merits to disclose
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
There they alike in trembling hope repose
The bosom of his father and his god
