gorakh dhanda-01 – naz Khialvi

Recitation

nusrat fateh ali KhaaN

تم ایک گورکھ دھندا ہو ۔ ناز خیالوی

جزو ۔ ۱

 

کبھی یہاں تمہیں ڈھونڈا، کبھی وہاں پہنچا

تمہاری دید کی خاطر کہاں کہاں پہنچا

غریب مِٹ گئے پامال ہو گئے لیکن

کسی تلک نہ تیرا آج تک نِشاں پہنچا

 

ہو بھی نہیں اور ہر جا ہو، تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

ہر ذرّے میں کس شان سے تو جلوہ نما ہے

حیراں ہے مگر عقل کہ کیسا ہے تو کیا ہے

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

تجھے دیر و ہرم میں میں نے ڈھونڈا، تو نہیں ملتا

مگر تشریف فرما تجھ کو اپنے دِل میں دیکھا ہے

ڈھونڈے نہیں ملے ہو، نا ڈھونڈے سے کہیں تم

اور پھر یہ تماشہ ہے جہاں ہم ہیں وہیں تم

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

جب بجز تیرے کوئی دوسرا موجود نہیں

پھر سمجھ میں نہیں آتا تیرا پردہ کرنا

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

حرم و دیر میں ہے جلوۂ پُرفن تیرا

دو گھروں کا ہے چراغ اِک رُخِ روشن تیرا

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

جو اُلفت میں تمہاری کھو گیا ہے

اُسی کھوئے ہوئے کو کچھ مِلا ہے

نہ بُت خانے، نہ کعبے میں مِلاہے

مگر ٹوٹے ہوئے دِل میں ملا ہے

عدم بن کر کہیں تو چھپ گیا ہے

کہیں تو ہست بن کر آ گیا ہے

 

نہیں ہے تو تو پھر اِنکار کیسا

نفی بھی تیرے ہونے کا پتا ہے

میں جس کو کہہ رہا ہوں اپنی ہستی

اگر وہ تو نہیں تو اور کیا ہے

نہیں آیا خیالوں میں اگر تو

تو پھر میں کیسے سمجھا تو خدا ہے

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

حیران ہوں اِس بات پہ تم کون ہو کیا ہو

ہاتھ آؤ تو بُت، ہاتھ نہ آؤ تو خدا ہو

عقل میں جو گھِر گیا لا اِنتہا کیوںکر ہوا

جو سمجھ میں آ گیا پھر وہ خدا کیوںکر ہوا

 

فلسفی کو بحث کے اندر خدا ملتا نہیں

ڈور کو سلجھا رہا ہے اور سِرا ملتا نہیں

پتا یوں تو بتا دیتے ہو سب کو لا مکاں اپنا

تعجب ہے مگر رہتے ہو تم ٹوٹے ہوئے دِل میں

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

جب کہ تجھ بِن نہیں کوئی موجود

پھر یہ ہنگامہ ائے خدا کیا ہے

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

چھپتے نہیں ہو سامنے آتے نہیں ہو تُم

جلوہ دِکھا کے جلوہ دکھاتے نہیں ہو تُم

دیر و حرم کے جھگڑے مٹاتے نہیں ہو تُم

جو اصل بات ہے وہ بتاتے نہیں ہو تُم

 

حیراں ہوں میرے دِل میں سمائے ہو کِس طرح

ہالانکہ دو جہاں میں سماتے نہیں ہو تُم

یہ معبد و حرم یہ کلیسا و دیر کیوں

ہرجائی ہو جبھی تو بتاتے نہیں ہو تُم

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

 

دِل پہ حیرت نے عجب رںگ جما رکھا ہے

ایک اُلجھی ہوئی تصویر بنا رکھا ہے

کچھ سمجھ میں نہیں آتا کہ یہ چکّر کیا ہے

کھیل کیا تُم نے ازل سے یہ رچا رکھا ہے

روح کو جسم کے پنجرے میں بنا کر قیدی

اُس پہ پھر موت کا پہرا بھی بِٹھا رکھا ہے

 

دے کے تدبیر کے پنچھی کو اُڑانیں تُم نے

دامِ تقدیر بھی ہر سمت بچھا رکھا ہے

کر کے آرائشیں کونین کی برسوں تُم نے

ختم کرنے کا بھی منصوبہ بنا رکھا ہے

لامکانی کا بہر حال ہے دعوا بھی تمہیں

نحنُ اقرب کا بھی پیغام سُنا رکھا ہے

 

یہ بُرائی، وہ بھلائی، یہ جہنّم وہ بہشت

اِس اُلٹ پھیر میں فرماؤ کہ کیا رکھا ہے

جرم آدم نے کیا اور سزا بیٹوں کو

عدل و اِنصاف کا میعار بھی کیا رکھا ہے

 

دے کے اِنسان کو دُنیا میں خلافت اپنی

اِک تماشا بھی زمانے میں بنا رکھا ہے

اپنی پہچان کی خاطر ہے بنایا سب کو

سب کی نظروں سے مگر خود کو چھپا رکھا ہے

تم اک گورکھ دھندا ہو

गोरख धन्दा  – नाज़ ख़्यालवी

हिस्सा – १

 

कभी यहां तुम्हे ढूंडा, कभी वहां पहुंचा

तुम्हारी दीद की ख़ातिर कहां कहां पहुंचा

ग़रीब मिट गये, पामाल हो गये लैकिन

किसी तलक ना तेरा आज तक निशां पहुंचा

 

हो भी नही और हर जा हो, तुम एक गोरख धन्दा  हो

 

हर ज़र्रे में  किस शान से तू जलवा नुमा है

हैरां है मगर अक़्ल के कैसा है तू क्या है

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा  हो

 

तुझे दैर-ओ-हरम में मैं ने ढूंडा तू नही मिलता

मगर तशरीफ़ फ़र्मा तुझको अपने दिल में देखा है

ढूंढे नही मिले हो ना-ढूंढे से कहीं तुम

और फिर ये तमाशा है, जहां हम हैं वहीं तुम

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा हो

 

जब बजुज़ तेरे कोई दूसरा मौजूद नहीं

फिर समझ में नहीं आता तेरा पर्दा करना

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा हो

 

हरम ओ दैर में है जलवा-ए पुर-फ़न तेरा

दो घरों का है चराग़ एक रुख़-ए रौशन तेरा

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा हो

 

जो उल्फ़त में तुम्हारी खो गया है

उसी खोए हुए को कुच्छ मिला है

ना बुत- ख़ाने, ना काबे में मिला है

मगर टूटे हुए दिल में मिला है

अदम बन कर कहीं तू छुप गया है

कहीं तू हस्त बन कर आ गया है

 

नहीं है तू तो फिर इनकार कैसा

नफ़ी भी तेरे होने का पता है

मैं जिस को कह रहा हूं अपनी हस्ती

अगर वो तू नहीं तो और क्या है

नहीं आया ख़्यालों में अगर तू

तो फिर मैं कैसे समझा तू ख़ुदा है

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा  हो

 

हैरान हुं इस बात पे, तुम कौन हो क्या हो

हाथ आओ तो बुत, हाथ ना आओ तो ख़ुदा हो

अक़्ल में जो घिर गया ला-इंतिहा क्यूँकर हुआ

जो समझ में आ गया फिर वो ख़ुदा क्यूँकर हुआ

 

फ़लसफ़ी को बहस के अंदर ख़ुदा मिलता नहीं

डोर को सुलझा रहा है और सिरा मिलता नहीं

पता यूं तो बता देते हो सब को ला-मकां अपना

ता’जुब है मगर रहते हो तुम टूटे हुए दिल में

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा  हो

 

जब के तुझ बिन नहीं कोई मौजूद

फिर ये हंगामा अय ख़ुदा क्या है

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा हो

 

छुपते नहीं हो, सामने आते नहीं  हो तुम

जलवा दिखा के जलवा दिखाते नहीं  हो तुम

दैर ओ हरम के झगड़े मिटाते नहीं  हो तुम

जो अस्ल बात है वो बताते नहीं  हो तुम

 

हैरां हूं मेरे दिल में समाए हो किस तरह

हांलांकि दो जहां में समाते नहीं तो तुम

ये मा’बद ओ हरम, ये कलीसा-ओ-दैर क्यूं

हरजाई हो जब ही तो बताते नहीं हो तुम

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा हो

 

दिल पे हैरत ने अजब रंग जमा रक्खा है

ऐक उलझी हुई तस्वीर बना रक्खा है

कुछ समझ में नहीं आता के ये चक्कर क्या है

खेल क्या तुम ने अज़ल से ये रचा रक्खा है

रूह को जिस्म के पिंजरे का बना कर क़ैदी

उस पे फिर मौत का पहरा भी बिठा रक्खा है

 

दे के तदबीर के पंछी को उड़ानें तुम ने

दाम-ए-तक़दीर भी हर सिम्त बिछा रक्खा है

कर के आरइशें कौनेन की बरसों तुम ने

ख़त्म करने का भी मंसूबा बना रक्खा है

ला-मकानी का बा-हर हाल है दावा भी तुम्हे

नहन-ओ-अक़रब का भी पैग़ाम सुना रखा है

 

ये बुराइी, वो भलाई , ये जहन्नुम, वो बेहिश्त

इस उलट फेर में फ़रमाओ तो क्या रक्खा है

जुर्म आदम ने क्या और सज़ा बेटों को

अद्ल ओ इंसाफ़ का मे’आर भी क्या रक्खा है

 

दे के इंसान को दुनिया में ख़िलाफ़त अपनी

एक तमाशा सा ज़माने में बना रक्खा है

अपनी पहचान की ख़ातिर है बनाया सब को

सब की नज़रों से मगर ख़ुद को छुपा रक्खा है

तुम एक गोरख धन्दा हो

 

gorakh dhanda – naz Khialvi
Part 1

Click here for overall comments and on any passage for meanings and discussion.  I could not find any authentic written version. This has been compiled from sources that wrote it down from nusrat fateh ali Khan’s qawwali performance. There were many errors, some serious. I have attempted to correct them (perhaps commit some of my own in the process). Typically in a qawwali, peripherally related asha’ar of other poets are inserted by the singer. Some of those may still be in here. Overall – a highly enjoyable sufi composition, even if not exactly a chaste urdu classical literary structure.

kabhi yahaaN tumheN DhoonDa, kabhi vahaaN pahuNcha
tumhaari deed1 ki Khaatir2 kahaaN kahaaN pahuNcha
Ghareeb3 miT gaye, paamaal4 ho gaye laikin
kisi talak na tera aaj tak nishaaN5 pahuNcha
tum ek gorakh dhanda6 ho1.sight 2.for the sake of 3.away from home, traveler, seeker 4.trampled underfoot 5.mark, proof 6.tricky business, mystery
Sometimes I looked for you here, sometimes I went there. For the sake of a sight of you, Oh, how many places have I not looked. (All) seekers have vanished, ground into dust but still no one could find any evidence of you. You are one tricky business.

ho bhi nahi aur har jaa1 ho, tum ek gorakh dhanda ho1.place
You are not, yet you are everywhere. You are one tricky business.

har zarre1 meN kiss shaan2 say tu jalwa-numa3 hai
hairaaN4 hai magar aql ke kaisa hai tu kya hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho1.particle (of dust) 2.grandeur 3.manifest 4.puzzled
You are manifest in every particle in all your grandeur yet the mind is puzzled (not knowing) what you are and what you look like. You are one tricky business.

tujhay dayr1-o-haram2 meN maiN ne DhoonDa tu nahi milta
magar tashreef-farma3 tujhko apne dil meN dekha hai
DhoonDay nahi milay ho na-DhoonDay say kahiN tum
aur phir ye tamasha4 hai, jahaaN hum haiN vahiN tum
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho1.temple 2.mosque 3.resident, enthroned 4.show/trick
I have searched for you in temple and mosque, but you are not to be found there. But I have seen you enthroned in my heart (so you must be real). Searching does not lead to you, no amount of searching helps and the puzzle is that you are right where we are. You are one tricky business.

jab bajuz1 teray koi doosra maujood2 nahiN
phir samajh meN nahiN aata tera purdah karna
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho1.except for 2.present, existing
When except for you there is no other (lord, creator) then I don’t understand why you hide from us. You are one tricky business.

haram1 o dayr2 meN hai jalwa3-e purfan4 tera
do gharauN ka hai charaaGh ek ruKh5-e raushan6 tera
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho1.mosque 2.temple 3.manifestation 4.full of qualities/attributes 5.face 6.shining, resplendent
All your powers are on display/manifest in the mosque and temple. Your resplendent face is the lamp in both houses. You are one tricky business.

jo ulfat1 meN tumhaari kho2 gaya hai
usi khoye huey ko kuchh mila hai
na but-Khaane3, na kaabe4 meN mila hai
magar TooTe5 huey dil meN mila hai
adam6 bun kar kahiN tu chhup gaya hai
kahiN tu hast7 bun kar aa gaya hai1.love 2.lost, engrossed, immersed 3.house of idols, temple 4.Kaaba, house of god 5.broken (heart) used here to mean the heart that feels pain/love 6.non-existence 7.existence, life
He/she who is immerserd in love, only such a one has achieved something. You are not to be found either in the house of idols nor in the house of god but in the heart that has love. You become “non-existent” and disappear somewhere then you become manifest and appear somewhere else.

nahiN hai tu to phir inkaar1 kaisa
nafi2 bhi terey honay ka pata hai
maiN jiss ko kah raha huN apni hasti3
agar vo tu nahiN to aur kya hai
nahiN aaya KhayalauN meN agar tu
to phir maiN kaisay samjha tu Khuda hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho1.refusal 2.denial 3.life, existence
If you are not, then how can refusal be meaningful. Denial itself is evidence of your being. That which I call “me” (my existence), if is not (a part of) “you”, then what is it. If you did not even come into my thoughts, how would I have been able to conceive that there is a god. You are one tricky business.

hairaan huN is baat pe, tum kaun ho kya ho
haath aao to but, haath na aao to Khuda ho
aql meN jo ghir gaya la-intiha1 kyuN kar hua
jo samajh meN aa gaya phir vo Khuda kyuN kar hua1.without limit, infinite
I am confused about what and who you are. If I can get my hands on you, you are an idol. If I cannot then you are god. If I could comprehend you (if my mind could encircle you) then how could you be infinite. If I could understand you, then how could you be god.

falsafi2 ko bahas3 ke andar Khuda milta nahiN
Dor ko suljha raha hai aur sira4 milta nahiN
pata yuN to bataa dete ho sub ko la-makaaN5 apna
ta’ajub6 hai magar rehtay ho tum TooTe7 hue dil meN
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho2.philosopher 3.argument, logic 4.head, beginning or end 5.not confined to one place 7.surprising, strange 8.broken (used to mean loving)
The philosopher does not find god in logical argument. He tries to untangle the string, but cannot find the beginning or end. You claim that you are not confined to one place but isn’t it strange that you reside in a loving heart. You are one tricky business.

jab ke tujh bin koii nahiN maujood1
phir ye haNgaama2 aye Khuda kya hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho1.present, existing 2.tumult, fuss
When none exists but you (unity of existence) then why all this fuss, o god. You are one tricky business.

chhuptay nahiN ho, saamne aate nahiN ho tum
jalwa1 dikha ke jalwa dikhate nahiN ho tum
dair2 o haram3 ke jhagRay miTaate nahiN ho tum
jo asl baat hai vo bataate nahiN ho tum1.face, beauty, manifestation 2.temple 3.mosque “harjaaii” is an interesting word here. Literally it means one who goes to all places – here and there. It is usually used for a lover who is unfaithful and goes to the “other”. iqbal too uses “harjaaii” in his “shikwa”.
Thus … you don’t quite hide and you don’t come out in the open. You are manifest yet you don’t show yourselves. You do not solve the conflicts of temple and mosque.

hairaaN huN mere dil meN samaaye4 ho kiss tarah
haaNlaaNke do jahaaN meN samatay nahiN to tum
ye maa’bad5 o haram3, ye kaleesa6-o-dair2 kyuN
harjaaii7 ho jabhi to bataate nahiN to tum
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho4.fit inside, contained within 5.place of worship 6.church 7.unfaithful
I am surprised that you are contained within my heart even though you cannot be contained within this universe (the here and the hereafter). Why these many places of worship – why the mosque, church and temple. You are not faithful, that is why you don’t tell us (don’t decide and keep all these places going/keep us guessing about your real intentions). You are one tricky business.

dil pe hairat1 ne ajab ruNg jama2 rakkha hai
aik uljhi3 hui tasveer banaa rakkha hai
kuchh samajh meN nahiN aata ke ye chakkar kya hai
khel kya tum ne azal4 se ye racha rakkha hai
rooh ko jism ke pinjray5 ka bana kar qaidee6
us pe phir maut ka pahraa7 bhi biThaa rakkha hai1.perplexity 2.coloured, influenced, taken hold of 3.confused 4.beginning (of creation) 5.cage 6.prisoner 7.watchman
Perplexity has taken a strange hold over my heart. It has made a confusing picture. I do not understand what this puzzle is. You have been playing this game ever since the beginning of creation. You have imprisoned the soul in the cage/prison of the body and made Death a watchman over it.

de ke tadbeer1 ke panchhi2 ko uRaaneN tum ne
daam3-e taqdeer4 bhi har simt5 bichha rakkha hai
kar ke aaraisheN6 kaunain7 ki barsauN tum ne
Khatm karne ka bhi mansooba8 bana rakkha hai
la-makaani9 ka ba-har-haal10 hai daawa11 bhi tumheN
nahn-o-aqrab12 ka bhi paiGhaam13 suna rakha hai1.plan, ambition 2.bird 3.netb 4.fate 5.direction 6,beautification 7.both worlds 8.scheme 9.not confined to one place 10.in any case 11.claim 12.this has reference to a quranic verse which says “we are closer to you than your jugular vein” meaning “we/god can see everything you do” 13.message
You give the bird of ambition the power of flight and then spread the net of fate in all directions (all our plans are to naught – is it fate or free will?). You have this beautiful world and have plans to destroy it all. You claim that you are not confined to one place, yet you send a message that you are so close to us that watch everything we do.

ye buraaii, vo bhalaaii, ye jahannum, vo bahisht
is ulaT pher meN farmaao1 to kya rakkha hai
jurm2 aadam3 ne kya aur saza4 beTauN ko
adl5 o insaaf6 ka me’aar7 bhi kya rakkha hai1.say, speak 2.crime, sin 3.Adam (as in Adam and Eve) 4.punishment 5.justice 6.justice 7.standard
This is good, that is bad, this is hell, that is heaven, pray do tell me what is the use of all this nonsense. Adam committed the first sin (of eating the forbidden fruit) and you punish his progeny. What kind of justice is this.

de ke insaan ko dunya meN Khilaafat8 apni
ek tamasha sa zamaane meN banaa rakkha hai
apni pehchaan ki Khaatir9 hai banaya sub ko
sub ki nazaruN say magar Khud ko chhupa rakkha hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho8.representative 9.for the sake of
You made man your representative on earth, yet he has no real powers. What kind of a game is this. You made everyone so that they may know you, yet you have hidden yourselves from everyone’s eyes. You are one tricky business.

gorakh dhanda – naz Khialvi
Part 1

I could not find any authentic written version.  This has been compiled from sources that wrote it down from nusrat fateh ali Khan’s qawwali performance.  There were many errors, some serious.  I have attempted to correct them (perhaps commit some of my own in the process).  Typically in a qawwali, peripherally related asha’ar of other poets are inserted by the singer.  Some of those may still be in here.  Overall – a highly enjoyable sufi composition, even if not exactly a chaste urdu classical literary structure.

kabhi yahaaN tumheN DhoonDa, kabhi vahaaN pahuNcha
tumhaari deed1 ki Khaatir2 kahaaN kahaaN pahuNcha
Ghareeb3 miT gaye, paamaal4 ho gaye laikin
kisi talak na tera aaj tak nishaaN5 pahuNcha
tum ek gorakh dhanda6 ho

1.sight 2.for the sake of 3.away from home, traveler, seeker 4.trampled underfoot 5.mark, proof 6.tricky business, mystery

Sometimes I looked for you here, sometimes I went there.  For the sake of a sight of you, Oh, how many places have I not looked.  (All) seekers have vanished, ground into dust but still no one could find any evidence of you.  You are one tricky business.

ho bhi nahi aur har jaa1 ho, tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

1.place

You are not, yet you are everywhere.  You are one tricky business.

har zarre1 meN kiss shaan2 say tu jalwa-numa3 hai
hairaaN4 hai magar aql ke kaisa hai tu kya hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

1.particle (of dust) 2.grandeur 3.manifest 4.puzzled

You are manifest in every particle in all your grandeur yet the mind is puzzled (not knowing) what you are and what you look like.  You are one tricky business.

tujhay dayr1-o-haram2 meN maiN ne DhoonDa tu nahi milta
magar tashreef-farma3 tujhko apne dil meN dekha hai
DhoonDay nahi milay ho na-DhoonDay say kahiN tum
aur phir ye tamasha4 hai, jahaaN hum haiN vahiN tum
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

1.temple 2.mosque 3.resident, enthroned 4.show/trick

I have searched for you in temple and mosque, but you are not to be found there.  But I have seen you enthroned in my heart (so you must be real).  Searching does not lead to you, no amount of searching helps and the puzzle is that you are right where we are.  You are one tricky business.

jab bajuz1 teray koi doosra maujood2 nahiN
phir samajh meN nahiN aata tera purdah karna
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

1.except for 2.present, existing

When except for you there is no other (lord, creator) then I don’t understand why you hide from us.  You are one tricky business.

haram1 o dayr2 meN hai jalwa3-e purfan4 tera
do gharauN ka hai charaaGh ek ruKh5-e raushan6 tera
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

1.mosque 2.temple 3.manifestation 4.full of qualities/attributes 5.face 6.shining, resplendent

All your powers are on display/manifest in the mosque and temple.  Your resplendent face is the lamp in both houses.  You are one tricky business.

jo ulfat1 meN tumhaari kho2 gaya hai
usi khoye huey ko kuchh mila hai
na but-Khaane3, na kaabe4 meN mila hai
magar TooTe5 huey dil meN mila hai
adam6 bun kar kahiN tu chhup gaya hai
kahiN tu hast7 bun kar aa gaya hai

1.love 2.lost, engrossed, immersed 3.house of idols, temple 4.Kaaba, house of god 5.broken (heart) used here to mean the heart that feels pain/love 6.non-existence 7.existence, life

He/she who is immerserd in love, only such a one has achieved something.  You are not to be found either in the house of idols nor in the house of god but in the heart that has love.  You become “non-existent” and disappear somewhere then you become manifest and appear somewhere else.

nahiN hai tu to phir inkaar1 kaisa
nafi2 bhi terey honay ka pata hai
maiN jiss ko kah raha huN apni hasti3
agar vo tu nahiN to aur kya hai
nahiN aaya KhayalauN meN agar tu
to phir maiN kaisay samjha tu Khuda hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

1.refusal 2.denial 3.life, existence

If you are not, then how can refusal be meaningful.  Denial itself is evidence of your being.  That which I call “me” (my existence), if is not (a part of) “you”, then what is it.  If you did not even come into my thoughts, how would I have been able to conceive that there is a god.  You are one tricky business.

hairaan huN is baat pe, tum kaun ho kya ho
haath aao to but, haath na aao to Khuda ho
aql meN jo ghir gaya la-intiha1 kyuN kar hua
jo samajh meN aa gaya phir vo Khuda kyuN kar hua

1.without limit, infinite

I am confused about what and who you are.  If I can get my hands on you, you are an idol.  If I cannot then you are god.  If I could comprehend you (if my mind could encircle you) then how could you be infinite.  If I could understand you, then how could you be god.

falsafi2 ko bahas3 ke andar Khuda milta nahiN
Dor ko suljha raha hai aur sira4 milta nahiN
pata yuN to bataa dete ho sub ko la-makaaN5 apna
ta’ajub6 hai magar rehtay ho tum TooTe7 hue dil meN
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

2.philosopher 3.argument, logic 4.head, beginning or end 5.not confined to one place 7.surprising, strange 8.broken (used to mean loving)

The philosopher does not find god in logical argument.  He tries to untangle the string, but cannot find the beginning or end.  You claim that you are not confined to one place but isn’t it strange that you reside in a loving heart.  You are one tricky business.

jab ke tujh bin koii nahiN maujood1
phir ye haNgaama2 aye Khuda kya hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

1.present, existing 2.tumult, fuss

When none exists but you (unity of existence) then why all this fuss, o god.  You are one tricky business.

chhuptay nahiN ho, saamne aate nahiN ho tum
jalwa1 dikha ke jalwa dikhate nahiN ho tum
dair2 o haram3 ke jhagRay miTaate nahiN ho tum
jo asl baat hai vo bataate nahiN ho tum

1.face, beauty, manifestation 2.temple 3.mosque

“harjaaii” is an interesting word here.  Literally it means one who goes to all places – here and there.  It is usually used for a lover who is unfaithful and goes to the “other”.  iqbal too uses “harjaaii” in his “shikwa”.  Thus … you don’t quite hide and you don’t come out in the open.  You are manifest yet you don’t show yourselves.  You do not solve the conflicts of temple and mosque.

hairaaN huN mere dil meN samaaye4 ho kiss tarah
haaNlaaNke do jahaaN meN samatay nahiN to tum
ye maa’bad5 o haram3, ye kaleesa6-o-dair2 kyuN
harjaaii7 ho jabhi to bataate nahiN to tum
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

4.fit inside, contained within 5.place of worship 6.church 7.unfaithful

I am surprised that you are contained within my heart even though you cannot be contained within this universe (the here and the hereafter).  Why these many places of worship – why the mosque, church and temple.  You are not faithful, that is why you don’t tell us (don’t decide and keep all these places going/keep us guessing about your real intentions).  You are one tricky business.

dil pe hairat1 ne ajab ruNg jama2 rakkha hai
aik uljhi3 hui tasveer banaa rakkha hai
kuchh samajh meN nahiN aata ke ye chakkar kya hai
khel kya tum ne azal4 se ye racha rakkha hai
rooh ko jism ke pinjray5 ka bana kar qaidee6
us pe phir maut ka pahraa7 bhi biThaa rakkha hai

1.perplexity 2.coloured, influenced, taken hold of 3.confused 4.beginning (of creation) 5.cage 6.prisoner 7.watchman

Perplexity has taken a strange hold over my heart.  It has made a confusing picture.  I do not understand what this puzzle is.  You have been playing this game ever since the beginning of creation.  You have imprisoned the soul in the cage/prison of the body and made Death a watchman over it.

de ke tadbeer1 ke panchhi2 ko uRaaneN tum ne
daam3-e taqdeer4 bhi har simt5 bichha rakkha hai
kar ke aaraisheN6 kaunain7 ki barsauN tum ne
Khatm karne ka bhi mansooba8 bana rakkha hai
la-makaani9 ka ba-har-haal10 hai daawa11 bhi tumheN
nahn-o-aqrab12 ka bhi paiGhaam13 suna rakha hai

1.plan, ambition 2.bird 3.netb 4.fate 5.direction 6,beautification 7.both worlds 8.scheme 9.not confined to one place 10.in any case 11.claim 12.this has reference to a quranic verse which says “we are closer to you than your jugular vein” meaning “we/god can see everything you do” 13.message

You give the bird of ambition the power of flight and then spread the net of fate in all directions (all our plans are to naught – is it fate or free will?).  You have this beautiful world and have plans to destroy it all.  You claim that you are not confined to one place, yet you send a message that you are so close to us that watch everything we do.

ye buraaii, vo bhalaaii, ye jahannum, vo bahisht
is ulaT pher meN farmaao1 to kya rakkha hai
jurm2 aadam3 ne kya aur saza4 beTauN ko
adl5 o insaaf6 ka me’aar7 bhi kya rakkha hai

1.say, speak 2.crime, sin 3.Adam (as in Adam and Eve) 4.punishment 5.justice 6.justice 7.standard

This is good, that is bad, this is hell, that is heaven, pray do tell me what is the use of all this nonsense.  Adam committed the first sin (of eating the forbidden fruit) and you punish his progeny.  What kind of justice is this.

de ke insaan ko dunya meN Khilaafat8 apni
ek tamasha sa zamaane meN banaa rakkha hai
apni pehchaan ki Khaatir9 hai banaya sub ko
sub ki nazaruN say magar Khud ko chhupa rakkha hai
tum ek gorakh dhanda ho

8.representative 9.for the sake of

You made man your representative on earth, yet he has no real powers.  What kind of a game is this.  You made everyone so that they may know you, yet you have hidden yourselves from everyone’s eyes.  You are one tricky business.

9 comments:

    1. Thank you. I was hoping for a written version. It is tough to transcribe, but I will try. Thanks.

    1. Thanks for your interest. I have not been able to find a written version. I painstakingly wrote it down from various audio recordings. If you find a complete version, I would appreciate getting it. Thanks.

        1. I am sorry, I don’t have a handwritten or print version. I am looking for one. I transcribed it painstakingly from recordings.

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