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Recitation
کمر خم ہوتی جاتی ہے ۔ سکھدیو شرما رشکؔ
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اُدھر شِدّت محبّت کی اگر کم ہوتی جاتی ہے
اِدھر بھی زندگی افسانۂ غم ہوتی جاتی ہے
۲
صُبُورِ دل بڑا مشکل ہے جب کہ دل ہو دیوانہ
زہے دیوانگی فکرِ جہاں کم ہوتی جاتی ہے
۳
مری آشفتگی حاصل ہے میرے جذبۂ دل کا
تبھی تو ہر خوشی میں آنکھ پُرنم ہوتی جاتی ہے
۴
نئی تہذیب شاہد ہے کہ اب آہستہ آہستہ
مروّت دوستوں میں کس قدر کم ہوتی جاتی ہے
۵
کہاں تک رشکؔ جھیلے گی یہ آخر ٹوٹ جائے گی
اُٹھا کر بوجھ پیری کا کمر خم ہوتی جاتی ہے
कमर ख़म होती जाती है – सुखदेव शर्मा रश्क
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उधर शिद्दत मोहब्बत की अगर कम होती जाती है
इघर भी ज़िंदगी अफ़्साना-ए ग़म होती जाती है
२
सुबूर-ए दिल बढा मुश्किल है जब के दिल हो दीवाना
ज़हे दीवानगी, फ़िक्र-ए जहां कम होती जाती है
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मेरी आशुफ़्तगी हासिल है मेरे जज़्बा-ए दिल का
तभी तो हर ख़ुशी में आंख पुर-नम होती जाती है
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नई तहज़ीब शाहेद है के अब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
मुरव्वत दोस्तौं में किस क़दर कम होती जाती है
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कहां तक रश्क झेलेगी ये आख़ेर टूट जाएगी
उठा कर बोझ पीरी का कमर ख़म होती जाती है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. sukhdev sharma rashk (1935-????) was from a rural area of punjab, now in pakistan. He was the headmaster of a local school, having completed an MA in urdu. His ustaad was raghubirdas sahir sialkoTi. I found only one book of nazm/Ghazal composed by him. The compliments presented to him in his book by dozens of other shu’ara indicate the widespread education in urdu among all communities – hindu, muslim and sikh. This is a part of series on ‘hoti jaati hai’ which contains Ghazals of the same radiif by many poets on the Refrain page.
1
udhar shiddat1 mohabbat ki agar kam hoti jaati hai
idhar bhi zindagi afsaana2-e Gham hoti jaati hai 1.intensity 2.fable, story
Normally ‘idhar’ and ‘udhar’ refers to the lover and beloved, but here it seems it is two different sides of the poet himself. Thus, even as the intensity of love reduces on one side, on the other side his life is becoming a story of pain. If the intensity of love is reducing you would expect pain to reduce, but the opposite seems to be happening.
2
suboor1-e dil baRa mushkil2 hai jab keh dil ho diivaana
zahe3 diivaanagi, fikr4-e jahaaN5 kam hoti jaati hai 1.patience, forbearance 2.difficult 3.praise be to 4.worry 5.world
When the heart is passionate, it is very difficult to be patient, but praise be to my madness, I keep getting more and more indifferent to what the world thinks. Thus, he is not worried about the world and does not need to be patient; he can let his passion play fully in the open.
3
meri aashuftagi1 haasil2 hai mere jazba3-e dil ka
tabhi to har Khushi meN aaNkh pur-nam4 hoti jaati hai 1.madness, passion 2.net result, benefit 3.emotions 4.tear filled
My madness is the result of feelings in my heart. That is why even in happiness I shed tears.
4
naii tahziib1 shaahed2 hai keh ab aahista aahista
muravvat3 dostoN meN kis qadar4 kam hoti jaati hai 1.culture, traditions 2.witness 3.regard, friendship 4.so much
The new culture bears witness how much regard for friends is getting reduced day by day.
5
kahaaN tak rashk1 jhelegi2 ye aaKhir TooT jaa’egi
uTha kar bojh3 piiri4 ka kamar Kham5 hoti jaati hai 1.pen-name of the poet 2.bear 3.burden 4.old age 5.bent
O rashk, how long can it bear; one day it will surely break; lifting the burden of old age, the back keeps getting bent. Here ‘rashk’ has a pleasant double meaning – pen-name of the poet and bearing the burden of envy. Said qamar jalalavi …
baRha baRha ke jafaa’eN jhuka hi do ge kamar
ghaTa ghaTa ke qamar ko hilaal kar do ge
sukhdev sharma rashk (1935-????) was from a rural area of punjab, now in pakistan. He was the headmaster of a local school, having completed an MA in urdu. His ustaad was raghubirdas sahir sialkoTi. I found only one book of nazm/Ghazal composed by him. The compliments presented to him in his book by dozens of other shu’ara indicate the widespread education in urdu among all communities – hindu, muslim and sikh. This is a part of series on ‘hoti jaati hai’ which contains Ghazals of the same radiif by many poets on the Refrain page.
1
udhar shiddat1 mohabbat ki agar kam hoti jaati hai
idhar bhi zindagi afsaana2-e Gham hoti jaati hai
1.intensity 2.fable, story
Normally ‘idhar’ and ‘udhar’ refers to the lover and beloved, but here it seems it is two different sides of the poet himself. Thus, even as the intensity of love reduces on one side, on the other side his life is becoming a story of pain. If the intensity of love is reducing you would expect pain to reduce, but the opposite seems to be happening.
2
suboor1-e dil baRa mushkil2 hai jab keh dil ho diivaana
zahe3 diivaanagi, fikr4-e jahaaN5 kam hoti jaati hai
1.patience, forbearance 2.difficult 3.praise be to 4.worry 5.world
When the heart is passionate, it is very difficult to be patient, but praise be to my madness, I keep getting more and more indifferent to what the world thinks. Thus, he is not worried about the world and does not need to be patient; he can let his passion play fully in the open.
3
meri aashuftagi1 haasil2 hai mere jazba3-e dil ka
tabhi to har Khushi meN aaNkh pur-nam4 hoti jaati hai
1.madness, passion 2.net result, benefit 3.emotions 4.tear filled
My madness is the result of feelings in my heart. That is why even in happiness I shed tears.
4
naii tahziib1 shaahed2 hai keh ab aahista aahista
muravvat3 dostoN meN kis qadar4 kam hoti jaati hai
1.culture, traditions 2.witness 3.regard, friendship 4.so much
The new culture bears witness how much regard for friends is getting reduced day by day.
5
kahaaN tak rashk1 jhelegi2 ye aaKhir TooT jaa’egi
uTha kar bojh3 piiri4 ka kamar Kham5 hoti jaati hai
1.pen-name of the poet 2.bear 3.burden 4.old age 5.bent
O rashk, how long can it bear; one day it will surely break; lifting the burden of old age, the back keeps getting bent. Here ‘rashk’ has a pleasant double meaning – pen-name of the poet and bearing the burden of envy. Said qamar jalalavi …
baRha baRha ke jafaa’eN jhuka hi do ge kamar
ghaTa ghaTa ke qamar ko hilaal kar do ge
Keep up your good work and keep us educated on a faded language called Urdu.