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Recitation
viTThal rao
dilrus beig
ؔجانے والوں کی یاد آتی ہے ۔ سکندر علی وجد
۱
خوش جمالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
بے مثالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
۲
باعثِ رشکِ مہر و ماه تھے جو
اُن ہلالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
۳
جن سے دنیائے دل منّور تھی
اُن اُجالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
۴
جِن کی آنکھوں میں تھا سرورِغزل
اُن غزالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
۵
سادگی لاجواب تھی جن کی
اُن سوالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
۶
ذکر سنتے ہی نوجوانی کا
کچھ خیالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
۷
جانے والے کبھی نہیں آتے
جانے والوں کی یاد آتی ہے
۸
وجدؔ لطف سخن مبارک ہو
با کمالوں کی یاد آتی ہے
जाने वालौं कि याद आती है – सिकन्दर अली वज्द
१
ख़ुश जमालों कि याद आती है
बे-मिसालौं कि याद आती है
२
बा’अस-ए रश्क-ए महर ओ माह थे जो
उन हिलालों कि याद आती है
३
जिन से दुनिया-ए दिल मुनव्वर थी
उन उजालौं कि याद आती है
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जिन कि आंखों में था सुरूर-ए ग़ज़ल
उन ग़ज़ालों कि याद आती है
५
सादगी लाजवाब थी जिन कि
उन सवालौं कि याद आती है
६
ज़िक्र सुनते ही नौजवानी का
कुछ ख़यालों कि याद आती है
७
जाने वाले कभी नहीं आते
जाने वालों कि याद आती है
८
वज्द लुत्फ़-ए सुख़न मुबारक हो
बा-कमालों कि याद आती है
Click here for overall comments and on any she’r for word meanings and discussion. sikandar ali vajd (1914-1983) was a progressive, thoughtful poet from hyderabad, and a contemporary of maKhdoom. He qualified for the Hyderabad Civil Service and served as munsif magistrate and later as sessions judge. He got absorbed into the maharashTra state service when auraNgabad was split away from the erstwhile hyderabad state into maharashTra. He was elected to the rajya sabha and awarded padma shri. Unlike my previous impression which was based on a reading of his political compositions, I have come to realize that there is a healthy sufiyaana content in vajd’s composition. This is a very simple Ghazal with great beauty in its simplicity and which brings on a flood of memories (at least for me). Oh, how much have we received! and all we can do is remember and miss them.
1
Khush-jamaalauN1 ki yaad aati hai
be-misaalauN2 ki yaad aati hai1.beautiful faces 2.without example
A poignant remembrance of beautiful ones who went before us and gave us so much and of their examplary love.
2
baa’as1-e rashk2-e mahr o maah3 the jo
un hilaalauN4 ke yaad aati hai1.basis of 2.envy 3.sun and moon, heavens 4.crescent moon
The crescent moon is often associated with heralding eid and/or bringing joy. Thus, I remember them who like the new moon, brought joy. They were the envy of heavens (they were so good).
3
jin se duniya-e-dil1 munawwar2 thi
un ujaalauN3 ki yaad aati hai1.world of the heart, realm of love 2.shining 3.bright lights
I remember those shining lights who lit up the world of love.
4
jin ki aaNkhauN meN tha suroor1-e Ghazal
un GhazaalauN2 ki yaad aati hai1.joy 2.Ghazal singers/poets
Ghazal here is a metaphor for refined taste whether of poetry/literature or customs/traditions … any refined taste. Thus I remember those who carried the joy of refined taste (of this or that) in their eyes and passed it on to us.
5
saadagi1 laajavaab2 thi jin ki
un savaalauN ki yaad aati hai1.simplicity 2.incomparable/unanswerable
This could possibly be simple/naïve questions that the poet/child asked of his elders or that the beloved used to ask the poet/lover. The questions were simple, the answers, perhaps not. Thus the poet/child/lover remembers those incomparable/unanswerable questions of yore.
6
zikr1 sunte hi naujavaani2 ka
kuchh KhayaalauN ki yaad aati hai1.mention 2.youth
Any conversation that brings up stories of youth gone by brings on long lost memories of this or that romance/encounter.
7
jaane vaale kabhi nahiN aate
jaane vaalauN ke yaad aati haiThe dear departed do not come back, only their memories return again and again.
8
vajd lutf-e-suKhan1 mubarak ho
ba-kamaalauN2 ki yaad aati hai1.refined/delicate poetic skill 2.experts
The poet congratulates himself on his skill/taste of writing poetry while acknowledging what he has received from the experts who went before him.
yaad aati hai – sikandar ali vajd
sikandar ali vajd (1914-1983) was a progressive, thoughtful poet from hyderabad, and a contemporary of maKhdoom. He qualified for the Hyderabad Civil Service and served as munsif magistrate and later as sessions judge. He got absorbed into the maharashTra state service when auraNgabad was split away from the erstwhile hyderabad state into maharashTra. He was elected to the rajya sabha and awarded padma shri. Unlike my previous impression which was based on a reading of his political compositions, I have come to realize that there is a healthy sufiyaana content in vajd’s composition. This is a very simple Ghazal with great beauty in its simplicity and which brings on a flood of memories (at least for me). Oh, how much have we received! and all we can do is remember and miss them.
1
Khush-jamaalauN1 ki yaad aati hai
be-misaalauN2 ki yaad aati hai
1.beautiful faces 2.without example
A poignant remembrance of beautiful ones who went before us and gave us so much and of their examplary love.
2
baa’as1-e rashk2-e mahr o maah3 the jo
un hilaalauN4 ke yaad aati hai
1.basis of 2.envy 3.sun and moon, heavens 4.crescent moon
The crescent moon is often associated with heralding eid and/or bringing joy. Thus, I remember them who like the new moon, brought joy. They were the envy of heavens (they were so good).
3
jin se duniya-e-dil1 munawwar2 thi
un ujaalauN3 ki yaad aati hai
1.world of the heart, realm of love 2.shining 3.bright lights
I remember those shining lights who lit up the world of love.
4
jin ki aaNkhauN meN tha suroor1-e Ghazal
un GhazaalauN2 ki yaad aati hai
1.joy 2.Ghazal singers/poets
Ghazal here is a metaphor for refined taste whether of poetry/literature or customs/traditions … any refined taste. Thus I remember those who carried the joy of refined taste (of this or that) in their eyes and passed it on to us.
5
saadagi1 laajavaab2 thi jin ki
un savaalauN ki yaad aati hai
1.simplicity 2.incomparable/unanswerable
This could possibly be simple/naïve questions that the poet/child asked of his elders or that the beloved used to ask the poet/lover. The questions were simple, the answers, perhaps not. Thus the poet/child/lover remembers those incomparable/unanswerable questions of yore.
6
zikr1 sunte hi naujavaani2 ka
kuchh KhayaalauN ki yaad aati hai
1.mention 2.youth
Any conversation that brings up stories of youth gone by brings on long lost memories of this or that romance/encounter.
7
jaane vaale kabhi nahiN aate
jaane vaalauN ke yaad aati hai
The dear departed do not come back, only their memories return again and again.
8
vajd lutf-e-suKhan1 mubarak ho
ba-kamaalauN2 ki yaad aati hai
1.refined/delicate poetic skill 2.experts
The poet congratulates himself on his skill/taste of writing poetry while acknowledging what he has received from the experts who went before him.
