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Recitation
مرے یار کی ہے وہ گفتگو ۔ اجئے پانڈے سحابؔ
۱
ہے نفس نفس تری آرزو، ہے قدم قدم تری جستجو
میں جہاں رہوں میں کہیں چلوں، تری یاد ملتی ہے کُو بہ کُو
۲
ہے ہوا میں جیسے مہک تری، کسی ابر میں ہے جھلک تری
مری شام کے یہ نقوش بھی، ترے جیسے لگتے ہیں ہُو بہ ہُو
۳
کبھی اشک سے مری آنکھ نم، کبھی خوں سے جسم یہ تر بہ تر
ترے عشق کی یہ نماز بھی، پڑھوں کیسے دوست میں بے وضو
۴
ہے بدن میں تیری ہی آہٹیں، ترے نام کی ہیں یہ دھڑکنیں
مرا دل بھی کیسے یہ مان لے، کہ چلا گیا کہیں دور تو
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یوں لبوں پہ میرے ہنسی بھی ہے، وہیں آنکھ میں یہ نمی بھی ہے
میں امام کوئی ہوں درد کا، میں ہوں فطرتاً ہی اداس خو
۶
مرے لب پہ اس کا بیان ہے، مرے شعروں کی وہی جان ہے
جسے کہہ رہے ہو غزل مری، مرے یار کی ہے وہ گفتگو
मेरे यार की है वो गुफ़्तुगू – अजय पांडे सहाब
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है नफ़स नफ़स तेरी आरज़ू, है क़दम क़दम तेरी जुस्तुजू
मैं जहाँ रहूँ मैं कहीं चलूँ, तेरी याद मिलती है कू-ब-कू
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है हवा में जैसे महक तेरी, किसी अब्र में है झलक तेरी
मेरी शाम के ये नुक़ूश भी, तेरे जैसे लगते हैं हू-ब-हू
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कभी अश्क से मेरी आँख नम, कभी ख़ूँ से जिस्म ये तर-ब-तर
तेरे इश्क़ की ये नमाज़ भी, पढ़ूँ कैसे दोस्त मैं बे-वुज़ू
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है बदन में तेरी ही आहटें, तेरे नाम की हैं ये धढकनें
मेरा दिल भी कैसे ये मान ले, के चला गया कहीं दूर तू
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यूँ लबों पे मेरे हँसी भी है, वहीं आँख में ये नमी भी है
मैं इमाम कोई हूँ दर्द का, मैं हूँ फ़ितरतन ही उदास-ख़ू
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मेरे लब पे उस का बयान है, मेरे शे’रों की वही जान है
जिसे कह रहे हो ग़ज़ल मेरी, मेरे यार की है वो गुफ़्तुगू
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. ajay paanDay sahaab (1969-living) ICS officer, commisioner GST, jhaarkhanD. Grew up in surroundings completely devoid of urdu. Read sahir, firaq and faiz in devanagiri and fell in love with urdu. Taught himself reading and writing and started composing at 16-17. He writes …
seekha isi se dard ye hindostaan ka
bachpan se mujh pe qarz hai urdu zabaan ka
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hai nafas-nafas1 teri aarzu2, hai qadam-qadam3 teri justuju4
maiN jahaaN rahuN maiN kahiN chaluN, teri yaad milti hai ku-ba-ku5 1.every breath 2.desire 3.every step 4.search 5.street by street
With every breath, at every moment of my life, I long for you. Every step that I take is in search of you. Wherever I may be, wherever I may go, your memories linger in every street.
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hai hava meN jaise mahak1 teri, kisi abr2 meN hai jhalak3 teri
meri shaam ke ye nuqoosh4 bhi, teray jaise lagte haiN hu-ba-hu5 1.fragrance 2.cloud 3.glimpse, reflection 4.sketch, image 5.identical, exactly like
It is as if the air carries your fragrance. I see a glimpse of you in the clouds. Every image that forms as sundown, appears exactly like you.
3
kabhi ashk1 se meri aaNkh nam2, kabhi KhuN se jism3 ye tar-ba-tar4
teray ishq ki ye namaaz bhi, paRhuN kaise dost5 maiN be-vuzu6 1.tears 2.moist 3.body 4.dripping wet 5.friend, beloved 6.without ablutions, without ritual washing before namaaz
Sometimes my eyes are moist with tears. Sometimes my body drips in blood. My prayer of love for you, how can I perform, my beloved, without ritual cleansing.
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hai badan meN teri hi aahaTeN1, teray naam ki haiN ye dhaRkaneN2
mera dil bhi kaise ye maan3 le, keh chala gaya kahiN duur tu 1.footsteps 2.throbbing heart 3.agree
In every sound of my body, I hear your footsteps. My heart throbs sounding like your name. How can I agree, that you have gone far away.
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yuN laboN1 pe meray haNsi bhi hai, vahiN aaNkh meN ye nami2 bhi hai
maiN imaam3 koi huN dard ka, maiN huN fitratan4 hi udaas-Khu5 1.lips 2.moisture, tears 3.leader 4.by nature 5.sorrowful
While my lips may smile, but there are tears in my eyes. I am a leader among those feeling pain (of love). I have become naturally sorrowful.
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meray lab1 pe us ka bayaan2 hai, meray she’roN3 kii vahi jaan hai
jise kah rahe ho Ghazal meri, mere yaar4 ki hai vo guftugu5 1.lips 2.narrative, story, description 3.couplets 4.friend, beloved 5.conversation
The classical definition of Ghazal is – conversation with the beloved. Thus, the narrative on my lips is about her. She is the soul of my verse. That which you call my Ghazal, is a conversation with my beloved.
ajay paanDay sahaab (1969-living) ICS officer, commisioner GST, jhaarkhanD. Grew up in surroundings completely devoid of urdu. Read sahir, firaq and faiz in devanagiri and fell in love with urdu. Taught himself reading and writing and started composing at 16-17. He writes …
seekha isi se dard ye hindostaan ka
bachpan se mujh pe qarz hai urdu zabaan ka
1
hai nafas-nafas1 teri aarzu2, hai qadam-qadam3 teri justuju4
maiN jahaaN rahuN maiN kahiN chaluN, teri yaad milti hai ku-ba-ku5
1.every breath 2.desire 3.every step 4.search 5.street by street
With every breath, at every moment of my life, I long for you. Every step that I take is in search of you. Wherever I may be, wherever I may go, your memories linger in every street.
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hai hava meN jaise mahak1 teri, kisi abr2 meN hai jhalak3 teri
meri shaam ke ye nuqoosh4 bhi, teray jaise lagte haiN hu-ba-hu5
1.fragrance 2.cloud 3.glimpse, reflection 4.sketch, image 5.identical, exactly like
It is as if the air carries your fragrance. I see a glimpse of you in the clouds. Every image that forms as sundown, appears exactly like you.
3
kabhi ashk1 se meri aaNkh nam2, kabhi KhuN se jism3 ye tar-ba-tar4
teray ishq ki ye namaaz bhi, paRhuN kaise dost5 maiN be-vuzu6
1.tears 2.moist 3.body 4.dripping wet 5.friend, beloved 6.without ablutions, without ritual washing before namaaz
Sometimes my eyes are moist with tears. Sometimes my body drips in blood. My prayer of love for you, how can I perform, my beloved, without ritual cleansing.
4
hai badan meN teri hi aahaTeN1, teray naam ki haiN ye dhaRkaneN2
mera dil bhi kaise ye maan3 le, keh chala gaya kahiN duur tu
1.footsteps 2.throbbing heart 3.agree
In every sound of my body, I hear your footsteps. My heart throbs sounding like your name. How can I agree, that you have gone far away.
5
yuN laboN1 pe meray haNsi bhi hai, vahiN aaNkh meN ye nami2 bhi hai
maiN imaam3 koi huN dard ka, maiN huN fitratan4 hi udaas-Khu5
1.lips 2.moisture, tears 3.leader 4.by nature 5.sorrowful
While my lips may smile, but there are tears in my eyes. I am a leader among those feeling pain (of love). I have become naturally sorrowful.
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meray lab1 pe us ka bayaan2 hai, meray she’roN3 kii vahi jaan hai
jise kah rahe ho Ghazal meri, mere yaar4 ki hai vo guftugu5
1.lips 2.narrative, story, description 3.couplets 4.friend, beloved 5.conversation
The classical definition of Ghazal is – conversation with the beloved. Thus, the narrative on my lips is about her. She is the soul of my verse. That which you call my Ghazal, is a conversation with my beloved.
