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Recitation
خواہ مخواہ کا مذاق ۔ خواہ مخواہ حیدرآبادی
۱
جب خواہ مخواہ پھنس گیا مقطعے کے جال میں
تب آیا غیب سے یہ تخلّص خیال میں
۲
سُن کے کچھ اشعار میرے خواہ مخواہ ہنستے ہیں لوگ
ہے کرم اللہ کا، میں کیا میری خدمات کیا
۳
ایک فیصد بھی نہیں سینس آف ہیومر جِن میں
خواہ مخواہ وہ بھی تخلّص پہ مرے ہنستے ہیں
۴
خواہ مخواہ بس وہی ہنسنے سے کرے گا پرہیز
قبض ہے جس کو یا جُلاب لیا ہے جِس نے
۵
مجھے تو لوگ سمجھتے ہیں خواہ مخواہ شاعر
میں دیکھنے میں تو شاعر نظر نہیں آتا
۶
جو روپ ہے میں کیوں نہ اُسی روپ میں نکلوں
میں خواہ مخواہ کِس لئے بہروپ میں نکلوں
۷
لوگوں کے پاس وقت کہاں ہے کہ خواہ مخواہ
تجھ کو وہ توجہ سے سُنیں اور ہنسیں بھی
۸
میری سُنتا ہی نہیں اپنی ہی کہے جاتا ہے
خواہ مخواہ اب نہیں آؤنگا تیری باتوں میں
۹
کوئی جب تک یہ نہ پوچھے منہ میں کِتّے دانت ہیں
منہ کو اُس وقت تک خواہ مخواہ نئیں کھولنا
۱۰
خواہ مخواہ کے باتاں چھوڑو، کھٹّے مٹّھے شعر سُنا کو
تم لوگوں کو میرے جیسا کون ہنساتئے میں بھی دیکھتؤں
۱۱
تیرے باتاں کون سُنینگا کِس کو اتنی فرصت ہے
خواہ مخواہ کی محنت ہے یہ شعراں لکھ کو کیا فئدہ
ख़्वाह मख़्वाह का मज़ाक़ – ख़्वाह मख़्वाह हैदराबादी
१
जब ख़्वाह मख़्वाह फँस गया मक़्ते के जाल में
तब आया ग़ैब से ये तख़ल्लुस ख़याल में
२
सुन के कुछ अश’आर मेरे ख़्वाह मख़्वाह हँसते हैं लोग
है करम अल्लाह का मैं क्या मेरी ख़िदमात क्या
३
एक फ़ीसद भी नहीं सेन्स ऑफ़ ह्यूमर जिन में
ख़्वाह मख़्वाह वो भी तख़ल्लुस पे मेरे हँसते हैं
४
ख़्वाह मख़्वाह बस वही हंसने से करेगा परहेज़
क़ब्ज़ है जिस को या जुल्लाब लिया है जिस ने
५
मुझे तो लोग समझते हैं ख़्वाह मख़्वाह शाएर
मैं देखने में तो शाएर नज़र नहीं आता
६
जो रूप है मैं क्यूं न उसी रूप में निकलूं
मैं ख़्वाह मख़्वाह किस लिए बहरूप में निकलूँ
७
लोगों के पास वक़्त कहां है के ख़्वाह मख़्वाह
तुझ को वो तवज्जोह से सुनें और हंसें भी
८
मेरी सुनता नहीं अपनी ही कहे जाता है
ख़्वाह मख़्वाह अब नहीं आऊँगा तेरी बातों में
९
कोई जब तक ये न पूछे मुंह में कित्ते दांत हैं
मुंह को उस वक़्त तक ख़्वाह मख़्वाह नईं खोलना
१०
ख़्वाह मख़्वाह के बातां छोड़ो, खट्टे मिट्ठे शे’र सुनाओ
तुम लोगों कु मेरे जैसा कौन हन्सातै मैं भी देखतौं
११
तेरे बातां कौन सुनिंगा किस कु इत्ती फ़ुर्सत है
ख़्वाह मख़्वाह कि मेहनत है ये शे’रां लिख को क्या फ़ैदा
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. The pen-name/taKhallus that the poet has adopted “Khwaah maKhwaah” is commonly used to mean “for no reason at all”, “unjustified”, “useless” and any number of such variations. The poet uses it very effectively and humorously in all these variations.
1
jab Khwaah maKhwaah phaNs gaya maqte1 ke jaal meN
tab aaya Ghaib2 se ye taKhallus3 Khayaal meN 1.last she’r of a Ghazal, sometimes containing the taKhallus of the poet 2.unknown, god, inspiration 3.pen-name
When Khwaah maKhwaah the poet got stuck OR when the poet got stuck for no reason at all, in trying to compose the last she’r of his Ghazal, then mysteriously this pen-name came into his mind.
2
sun ke kuchh ash’aar mere Khwaah maKhwaah haNste haiN log
hai karam1 allah ka, maiN kya meri Khidmaat2 kya 1.benevolence, blessing 2.services
Hearing some of my couplets/ash’aar people laugh for no good reason. It is because of the blessings of god, otherwise who am I, of what value is my work.
3
ek feesad1 bhi nahiN sense of humour jin meN
Khwaah maKhwaah vo bhi taKhallus2 pe mere haNste haiN 1.percent 2.pen-name
Even those who do not have any sense of humour laugh at my pen-name for no reason at all.
4
Khwaah maKhwaah bus1 vahi haNsne se karega parhez2
qabz3 hai jis ko ya jullaab4 liya hai jis ne 1.only 2.abstain, not participate 3.constipation 4.purgative, laxative
O Khwaah maKhwaah, only he will abstain from laughing (upon hearing my ash’aar), who is either constipated or taken a laxative.
5
mujhe to log samajhte haiN Khwaah maKhwaah shaa’er
maiN dekhne meN to shaa’er nazar1 nahiN aata 1.to be seen as, appear as
People, for no reason at all, think that I am a shaa’er. Otherwise I don’t look like a shaa’er.
6
jo roop1 hai, maiN kyuN na usi roop meN nikluN
maiN Khwaah maKhwaah kis liye bahroop2 meN nikluN 1.looks, appearance 2.disguise
Why should I not come out displaying the face that I have. Why should I, for no reason at all, come out in a disguise.
7
logoN ke paas vaqt kahaaN hai ke Khwaah maKhwaah
tujh ko jo tavajjoh1 se suneN aur haNseN bhi 1.carefully, with attention
Who has time O Khwaah maKhwaah OR who has useless/surplus time, that they will listen to you carefully and also laugh.
8
meri sunta hi nahiN apni hi kahe jaata hai
Khwaah maKhwaah ab nahiN aauuNga teri baatauN meN He doesn’t listen to me at all, just keeps prattling his own thing. O Khwaah maKhwaah OR for no good reason, I am not going to be taken in by what you have to say.
9
koii jab tak ye na poochhe muNh meN kitte daaNt haiN
muNh ko us vaqt tak Khwaah maKhwaah naiiN kholna Unless someone asks you how many teeth you have, you should not uselessly open your mouth.
10
Khwaah maKhwaah ke bataaN chhoRo, khaTTe miTThe she’r sunaao
tum logauN ku mere jaisa kaun haNsaatai maiN bhi dekhtauN Leave aside/get beyond this useless talk, recite some funny she’r. I will see how you can make people laugh (like I do).
11
tere baataaN kaun suniNga, kis ku itti fursat1 hai
Khwaah maKhwaah ki mehnat hai ye she’raaN likh ko kya faida2 1.leisure, free time 2.profit, use
Who has time to listen to you. This is a useless effort, what is the use of writing poetry.
The pen-name/taKhallus that the poet has adopted “Khwaah maKhwaah” is commonly used to mean “for no reason at all”, “unjustified”, “useless” and any number of such variations. The poet uses it very effectively and humorously in all these variations.
1
jab Khwaah maKhwaah phaNs gaya maqte1 ke jaal meN
tab aaya Ghaib2 se ye taKhallus3 Khayaal meN
1.last she’r of a Ghazal, sometimes containing the taKhallus of the poet 2.unknown, god, inspiration 3.pen-name
When Khwaah maKhwaah the poet got stuck OR when the poet got stuck for no reason at all, in trying to compose the last she’r of his Ghazal, then mysteriously this pen-name came into his mind.
2
sun ke kuchh ash’aar mere Khwaah maKhwaah haNste haiN log
hai karam1 allah ka, maiN kya meri Khidmaat2 kya
1.benevolence, blessing 2.services
Hearing some of my couplets/ash’aar people laugh for no good reason. It is because of the blessings of god, otherwise who am I, of what value is my work.
3
ek feesad1 bhi nahiN sense of humour jin meN
Khwaah maKhwaah vo bhi taKhallus2 pe mere haNste haiN
1.percent 2.pen-name
Even those who do not have any sense of humour laugh at my pen-name for no reason at all.
4
Khwaah maKhwaah bus1 vahi haNsne se karega parhez2
qabz3 hai jis ko ya jullaab4 liya hai jis ne
1.only 2.abstain, not participate 3.constipation 4.purgative, laxative
O Khwaah maKhwaah, only he will abstain from laughing (upon hearing my ash’aar), who is either constipated or taken a laxative.
5
mujhe to log samajhte haiN Khwaah maKhwaah shaa’er
maiN dekhne meN to shaa’er nazar1 nahiN aata
1.to be seen as, appear as
People, for no reason at all, think that I am a shaa’er. Otherwise I don’t look like a shaa’er.
6
jo roop1 hai, maiN kyuN na usi roop meN nikluN
maiN Khwaah maKhwaah kis liye bahroop2 meN nikluN
1.looks, appearance 2.disguise
Why should I not come out displaying the face that I have. Why should I, for no reason at all, come out in a disguise.
7
logoN ke paas vaqt kahaaN hai ke Khwaah maKhwaah
tujh ko jo tavajjoh1 se suneN aur haNseN bhi
1.carefully, with attention
Who has time O Khwaah maKhwaah OR who has useless/surplus time, that they will listen to you carefully and also laugh.
8
meri sunta hi nahiN apni hi kahe jaata hai
Khwaah maKhwaah ab nahiN aauuNga teri baatauN meN
He doesn’t listen to me at all, just keeps prattling his own thing. O Khwaah maKhwaah OR for no good reason, I am not going to be taken in by what you have to say.
9
koii jab tak ye na poochhe muNh meN kitte daaNt haiN
muNh ko us vaqt tak Khwaah maKhwaah naiiN kholna
Unless someone asks you how many teeth you have, you should not uselessly open your mouth.
10
Khwaah maKhwaah ke bataaN chhoRo, khaTTe miTThe she’r sunaao
tum logauN ku mere jaisa kaun haNsaatai maiN bhi dekhtauN
Leave aside/get beyond this useless talk, recite some funny she’r. I will see how you can make people laugh (like I do).
11
tere baataaN kaun suniNga, kis ku itti fursat1 hai
Khwaah maKhwaah ki mehnat hai ye she’raaN likh ko kya faida2
1.leisure, free time 2.profit, use
Who has time to listen to you. This is a useless effort, what is the use of writing poetry.
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