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Recitation
جئے جا رہا ہوں میں ۔ سردار اُدے سنگھ شائقؔ
۱
غم کی شرابِ تلخ پئے جا رہا ہوں میں
ہے زندگی یہی تو جئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۲
موہوم آرزوؤں کے جلوؤں میں ڈوب کر
ہستی کو اک فریب دئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۳
پُر درد ہے حقیقتِ ہستی کی داستاں
تقدیر سے نباہ کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۴
کس درجہ دردناک ہے انجامِ آرزو
مرنے کا اہتمام کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
۵
شائقؔ جہاں نہ دیر و حرم میں ہو امتیاز
اُس دہر کی تلاش کئے جا رہا ہوں میں
जिये जा रहा हुं मैं – सरदार उदय सिंघ शा’एक़
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ग़म की शराब-ए तल्ख़ पिये जा रहा हुं मैं
है ज़िंदगी यही हो जिये जा रहा हुं मैं
२
मौहूम आर्ज़ूऔं के जल्वौं में डूब कर
हस्ती को एक फ़रेब दिये जा रहा हुं मैं
३
पुर-दर्द है हक़ीक़त-ए हस्ती कि दास्तां
तक़्दीर से निबाह किये जा रहा हुं मैं
४
किस दर्जा दर्द-नाक है अंजाम-ए आर्ज़ू
मरने का एहतेमाम किये जा रहा हुं मैं
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शा’एक़ जहां न दैर ओ हरम में हो इम्तियाज़
उस दहर कि तलाश किये जा रहा हुं मैं
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. sardar uday siNgh shaa’eq (1895-1987) fariidkoT. He practiced as a lawyer in fariidkoT, home of sufi baba fariid, and was active in the mushaa’era circuit around paTiala, amritsar and dehli. His collection was published in 1968. This Ghazal is linked to other ham-radeef Ghazal on the Refrain page.
1
Gham ki sharaab-e talKh1 piye jaa raha huN maiN
hai zindagi yahi to jiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.bitter
I keep drinking the bitter wine of sorrow (that is served up to me by ill-fate). If this is what is called life then you can consider that I keep living.
2
mauhoom1 aarzuoN2 ke jalvoN3 meN Doob kar
hasti4 ko ek fareb5 diye jaa raha huN maiN 1.illusory, imaginary, beyond reach 2.desires 3.manifestation, image 4.being, existence, life 5.deception
I keep deceiving life drowned in illusionary/unrealizable desires (which rationally I know that cannot be fulfilled).
3
pur-dard1 hai haqiiqat2-e hasti3 ki daastaaN4
taqdiir5 se nibaah6 kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.full of pain 2.reality, truth 3.life 4.story 5.fate 6.get along, accept
The reality of life is very painful (that is the result of bad faith). I keep trying to get along with fate.
4
kis darja1 dard-naak2 hai anjaam3-e aarzu4
marne ka ehtemaam5 kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.level, extent 2.painful 3.result 4.desire, longing 5.arrangement
O, to what extent the result of (unfulfilled) desire is painful. Life is so painful that I keep making arrangements of dying.
5
shaa’eq1 jahaaN2 na dair3 o haram4 meN ho imtiaaz5
us dahr6 ki talaash7 kiye jaa raha huN maiN 1.pen-name of the poet 2.where 3.temple 4.mosque 5.discrimination, difference 6.world 7.search
O shaa’eq, where is no difference between temple and mosque, I keep searching for such a world.
sardar uday siNgh shaa’eq (1895-1987) fariidkoT. He practiced as a lawyer in fariidkoT, home of sufi baba fariid, and was active in the mushaa’era circuit around paTiala, amritsar and dehli. His collection was published in 1968. This Ghazal is linked to other ham-radeef Ghazal on the Refrain page.
1
Gham ki sharaab-e talKh1 piye jaa raha huN maiN
hai zindagi yahi to jiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.bitter
I keep drinking the bitter wine of sorrow (that is served up to me by ill-fate). If this is what is called life then you can consider that I keep living.
2
mauhoom1 aarzuoN2 ke jalvoN3 meN Doob kar
hasti4 ko ek fareb5 diye jaa raha huN maiN
1.illusory, imaginary, beyond reach 2.desires 3.manifestation, image 4.being, existence, life 5.deception
I keep deceiving life drowned in illusionary/unrealizable desires (which rationally I know that cannot be fulfilled).
3
pur-dard1 hai haqiiqat2-e hasti3 ki daastaaN4
taqdiir5 se nibaah6 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.full of pain 2.reality, truth 3.life 4.story 5.fate 6.get along, accept
The reality of life is very painful (that is the result of bad faith). I keep trying to get along with fate.
4
kis darja1 dard-naak2 hai anjaam3-e aarzu4
marne ka ehtemaam5 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.level, extent 2.painful 3.result 4.desire, longing 5.arrangement
O, to what extent the result of (unfulfilled) desire is painful. Life is so painful that I keep making arrangements of dying.
5
shaa’eq1 jahaaN2 na dair3 o haram4 meN ho imtiaaz5
us dahr6 ki talaash7 kiye jaa raha huN maiN
1.pen-name of the poet 2.where 3.temple 4.mosque 5.discrimination, difference 6.world 7.search
O shaa’eq, where is no difference between temple and mosque, I keep searching for such a world.
