Recitation
لختِ جگر – مخدوم محی الدین
محبّت کو تم لاکھ پھینک آؤ گہرے کنوے میں
مگر ایک آواز پیچھا کرے گی
کبھی چاندنی رات کا گیت بن کر
کبھی گُھپ اندھیرے کی پگلی ہنسی بن کے
پیچھا کرے گی
مگر ایک آواز پیچھاکرے گی
وہ آواز
ناخواستہ طفلکِ بے پدر
سولیوں کے سہارے
بنی نوع انساں کی ہادی بنی
پھر خدا بن گئی
کوئی ماں
کئی سال پہلے
زمانے کے ڈر سے
سرِ رہگذر
اپنا لختِ جگر چھوڑ آئی
وہ ناخواستہ طفلکِ بے پدر
ایک دن
سولیوں کے سہارے
بنی نوع اِنساں کا ہادی بنا
پھر خدا بن گیا
लख़्त-ए जिगर – मख़दूम मोहिउद्दीन
मुहब्बत को तुम लाख फेंक आओ गहरे कुएँ में
मगर एक आवाज़ पीछा करेगी
कभी चाँदनी रात का गीत बनकर
कभी घुप अँधेरे की पगली हँसी बन के
पीछा करेगी
मगर एक आवाज़ पीछा करेगी
वो आवाज़
नाख़्वास्ता तिफ़्लक-ए बेपिदर
एक दिन
सूलियों के सहारे
बनी नौ-ए इन्साँ की हादी बनी
फिर ख़ुदा बन गई
कोई माँ
कई साल पहले
ज़माने के डर से
सर-ए रहगुज़र
अपना लख़्त-ए जिगर छोड़ आई
वो नाख़्वास्ता तिफ़्लक-ए-बेपिदर
एक दिन
सूलियों के सहारे
बनी नौ-ए इन्साँ का हादी बना
फिर ख़ुदा बन गया ।
laKht-e jigar – maKhdoom mohiuddin
Click here for overall comments and on any passage for word meanings and discussion. maKhdoom’s father died when he was still an infant. His mother married again but gave up her child (don’t know the reason, could be due to the insistence of the new husband). maKhdoom was brought up by his paternal uncle, not even aware that he had a mother living somewhere. He became aware of this much later in life. This composition (I think) reflects that new found knowledge.
muhabbat ko tum laakh phaiNk aao gahre kueN meN
magar ek aavaz peechha karegi
kabhi chaandni raat ka geet ban kar
kabhi ghup andhere ki paglee haNsi ban ke
peechha karegi
magar ek aavaaz peechha karegiLove cannot be abandoned. It comes back, chases you, doesn’t give up and tickles memories on moonlit nights or even on dark nights like a wild scream and speaks to you.
vo aavaz
naKhvaasta1 tiflak2-e bepidar3
ek din
sooliyauN4 ke sahaare
bani5 nau-e insaaN6 ki haadi7 banee
phir Khudaa ban gaii1.unwanted 2.infant 3.fatherless 4.cross, gallows 5.progeny of 6.human species 7.guide
The cry of love that was an unwanted, fatherless child, claws its way up the very gallows erected to hang it and becomes a guide to humanity and onwards to become god! (Seemingly the story of Jesus of Virgin Birth!)
koii maaN
kaii saal pahle
zamaane1 ke Dar se
sar-e rahguzar2
apna laKht-e jigar3 chhoR aaii1.present times, society 2.roadside 3.piece of the liver, a term of love
A mother, many years ago, fearful of social pressure, abandoned her beloved infant, her throbbing heart, by the side of the road.
vo naaKhvasta tiflak-e-bepidar
ek din
sooliyauN ke sahaare
bani nau-e insaaN ka haadi banaa
phir Khudaa ban gayaThat unwanted, fatherless infant, one day, clawed up the gallows and became a guide to mankind and then became god.
laKht-e jigar – maKhdoom mohiuddin
maKhdoom’s father died when he was still an infant. His mother married again but gave up her child (don’t know the reason, could be due to the insistence of the new husband). maKhdoom was brought up by his paternal uncle, not even aware that he had a mother living somewhere. He became aware of this much later in life. This composition (I think) reflects that new found knowledge.
muhabbat ko tum laakh phaiNk aao gahre kueN meN
magar ek aavaz peechha karegi
kabhi chaandni raat ka geet ban kar
kabhi ghup andhere ki paglee haNsi ban ke
peechha karegi
magar ek aavaaz peechha karegi
Love cannot be abandoned. It comes back, chases you, doesn’t give up and tickles memories on moonlit nights or even on dark nights like a wild scream and speaks to you.
vo aavaz
naKhvaasta1 tiflak2-e bepidar3
ek din
sooliyauN4 ke sahaare
bani5 nau-e insaaN6 ki haadi7 banee
phir Khudaa ban gaii
1.unwanted 2.infant 3.fatherless 4.cross, gallows 5.progeny of 6.human species 7.guide
The cry of love that was an unwanted, fatherless child, claws its way up the very gallows erected to hang it and becomes a guide to humanity and onwards to become god! (Seemingly the story of Jesus of Virgin Birth!)
koii maaN
kaii saal pahle
zamaane1 ke Dar se
sar-e rahguzar2
apna laKht-e jigar3 chhoR aaii
1.present times, society 2.roadside 3.piece of the liver, a term of love
A mother, many years ago, fearful of social pressure, abandoned her beloved infant, her throbbing heart, by the side of the road.
vo naaKhvasta tiflak-e-bepidar
ek din
sooliyauN ke sahaare
bani nau-e insaaN ka haadi banaa
phir Khudaa ban gaya
That unwanted, fatherless infant, one day, clawed up the gallows and became a guide to mankind and then became god.
