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Recitation
محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے ۔ میر محمّد علی خاں میکشؔ حیدرآبادی
۱
جہاں سکون بھی ہنگامہ ساز ہوتا ہے
جہاں سُروُر میں سوز و گُداز ہوتا ہے
جہاں نیاز ہم آغوشِ ناز ہوتا ہے
وہیں کسی کی محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے
۲
جہاں نگاہ سے جادو جگائے جاتے ہیں
جہاں بہشت کے آثار پائے جاتے ہیں
جہاں چراغِ محبّت جلائے جاتے ہیں
وہیں کسی کی محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے
۳
جہاں کی زیست میں معراجِ نوجوانی ہے
جہاں کی زیست میں پوشیدہ زندگانی ہے
جہاں سکون بھی اقدامِ پرفشانی ہے
وہیں کسی کی محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے
۴
جہاں کے نور سے خورشید جگمگاتا ہے
جہاں کا رنگ ہر اِک گُلسِتاں پہ چھاتا ہے
جہاں کا حسن محبّت کے گیت گاتا ہے
وہیں کسی کی محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے
۵
جہاں تبسّمِ رنگیں میں پھول ہنستے ہیں
جہاں تکلّمِ شیریں میں راگ بستے ہیں
جہاں نگاہ سے انوارِ دل برستے ہیں
وہیں کسی کی محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے
۶
جہاں فلک کی ہے رفعت زمیں کی پستی میں
جہاں ہے زہد بھی مصروف مے پرستی میں
جہاں خدا کی عبادت ہے بُت پرستی میں
وہیں کسی کی محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے
۷
جہاں کی خاک پہ مہر اور ماہ رہتے ہیں
جہاں کی ارض پہ دریائے قدس بہتے ہیں
جسے زبانِ محبّت میں ‘طور’ کہتے ہیں
وہیں کسی کی محبّت کا خواب دیکھا ہے
मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है – मीर मोहम्मद अली ख़ां मैकश हैदराबादी
१
जहां सुकून भी हंगामा-साज़ होता है
जहां सुरूर में सोज़-ओ-गुदाज़ होता है
जहां नियाज़ हम-आग़ोश-ए नाज़ होता है
वहीं किसी कि मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है
२
जहां निगाह से जादू जगाए जाते हैं
जहां बेहिश्त के आसार पाए जाते हैं
जहां चराग़-ए मोहब्बत जलाए जाते हैं
वहीं किसी कि मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है
३
जहां कि ज़ीस्त में मे’राज-ए नौजवानी है
जहां कि ज़ीस्त में पोशीदा ज़िंदगानी है
जहां सुकून भी एक़्दाम-ए पर-फ़शानी है
वहीं किसी कि मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है
४
जहां के नूर से ख़ुर्शीद जगमगाता है
जहां का रंग हर एक गुल्सितां पे छाता है
जहां का हुस्न मोहब्बत के गीत गाता है
वहीं किसी कि मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है
५
जहां तबस्सुम-ए रंगीं में फूल हंस्ते हैं
जहां तकल्लुम-ए शीरीं में राग बस्ते हैं
जहां निगाह से अन्वार-ए दिल बरस्ते हैं
वहीं किसी कि मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है
६
जहां फ़लक कि है रफ़’अत ज़मीं कि पस्ती में
जहां है ज़ोहद भी है मस्रूफ़ मै-परस्ती में
जहां ख़ुदा कि इबादत है बुत-परस्ती में
वहीं किसी कि मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है
७
जहां कि ख़ाक पे महर और माह रहते हैं
जहां कि अर्ज़ पे दर्या-ए क़ुद्स बहते हैं
जिसे ज़बान-ए मोहब्बत में “तूर” कहते हैं
वहीं किसी कि मोहब्बत का ख़्वाब देखा है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. mir mohammed ali KhaaN maikash (1918-1948), a member of the nizam shaahi clan of hyderabad (the title sahabzaada-princeling was a prefix to his name), nevertheless seems to have been a committed socialist. Dropped out of the university degree program after two years and worked as editor, columnist and perhaps as a party worker. maKhdoom was about 10 years his senior but it is highly likely that they were close associates, since both were active in mushaa’ra circles and in the Communist Party. This nazm bears the same title as maKhdoom’s nazm – tuur. Both are in the same spirit and tone.
1
jahaaN sukoon1 bhi haNgaama-saaz2 hota hai
jahaaN suroor3 meN soz-o-gudaaz4 hota hai
jahaaN niyaaz5 ham-aaGhosh6-e naaz7 hota hai
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai 1.peace, tranquility 2.tumult, uproar, frenzy creating 3.happiness, joy 4.fire/pain and sorrow 5.offering (of love) – used for the lover 6.embracing 7.coquetry – used for the beloved
Where even tranquility creates a frenzy (of love); where joy blends with pain and sorrow; where lover and beloved and intertwined in graceful embrace, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
2
jahaaN nigaah1 se jaadoo jagaaye jaate haiN
jahaaN behisht2 ke aasaar3 paaye jaate haiN
jahaaN charaaGh4-e mohabbat jalaaye jaate haiN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai 1.glance 2.heaven 3.clue, hints 4.lamp
Where the beloved’s glance creates a magical enchantment; where there are hints of heaven all around; where lamps of love are lit, shining bright, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
3
jahaaN ki ziist1 meN me’raaj2-e naujavaani3 hai
jahaaN ki ziist4 meN poshiida5 zindagaani6 hai
jahaaN sukoon7 bhi eqdaam8-e par-fashaani9 hai
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai 1.life 2.apex, height 3.youth 4.used here to mean existence 5.hidden 6.life/energy 7.peace, tranquility 8.determination, resolve 9.spreading wings
Where life is the climax of youth; where hidden in everyday existence is throbbing life; where tranquility creates a resolve to spread wings and fly, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
4
jahaaN ke noor1 se Khurshiid2 jagmagaata hai
jahaaN ka raNg har ek gulsitaaN3 pe chhaata hai
jahaaN ka husn4 mohabbat ke geet gaata hai
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai 1.light, brilliance 2.sun 3.garden 4.beauty
Where there is such brilliance that the sun goes to get its light; where there is such colour that it spreads over all gardens; where beauty sings songs of love, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
5
jahaaN tabassum1-e raNgiiN meN phool haNste haiN
jahaaN takallum2-e shiiriiN3 meN raag baste4 haiN
jahaaN nigaah5 se anvaar6-e dil baraste haiN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai 1.smile 2.conversation, words 3.sweet 4.prosper, live 5.glance 6.rays of light
Where flowers bloom in colourful smile; where music rings out in sweet words; where sidelong glances of the beloved rain rays of the light of love, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
6
jahaaN falak1 ki hai raf’at2 zamiiN ki pasti3 meN
jahaaN zohad4 bhi hai masroof5 mai-parasti6 meN
jahaaN Khuda ki ibaadat7 hai but-parasti8 meN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai 1.sky 2.height, rising 3.depths, low 4.abstinence, rituals 5.busy 6.wine-worshipping 7.worship, obedience 8.idol/beloved-worshipping
Where the lowly earth rivals the sky in reaching heights; where even the abstemious are engrossed in worshipping wine; where prayers to god are offered as idol/beloved worship, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
7
jahaaN ki Khaak1 pe mahr2 aur maah3 rahte haiN
jahaaN ki arz4 pe darya5-e quds6 bahte haiN
jise zabaan7-e mohabbat meN “tuur8” kahte haiN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai 1.dust, soil, earth 2.sun 3.moon 4.land 5.rivers 6.heaven 7.language 8.mount tuur where moosa/Moses is supposed to have gone asking to see god – used as a symbol of achieving union with the divine
The land where the sun and move live; the land where rivers of milk and honey flow; the land where the language of love grants union with the divine, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
mir mohammed ali KhaaN maikash (1918-1948), a member of the nizam shaahi clan of hyderabad (the title sahabzaada-princeling was a prefix to his name), nevertheless seems to have been a committed socialist. Dropped out of the university degree program after two years and worked as editor, columnist and perhaps as a party worker. maKhdoom was about 10 years his senior but it is highly likely that they were close associates, since both were active in mushaa’ra circles and in the Communist Party. This nazm bears the same title as maKhdoom’s nazm – tuur. Both are in the same spirit and tone.
1
jahaaN sukoon1 bhi haNgaama-saaz2 hota hai
jahaaN suroor3 meN soz-o-gudaaz4 hota hai
jahaaN niyaaz5 ham-aaGhosh6-e naaz7 hota hai
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai
1.peace, tranquility 2.tumult, uproar, frenzy creating 3.happiness, joy 4.fire/pain and sorrow 5.offering (of love) – used for the lover 6.embracing 7.coquetry – used for the beloved
Where even tranquility creates a frenzy (of love); where joy blends with pain and sorrow; where lover and beloved and intertwined in graceful embrace, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
2
jahaaN nigaah1 se jaadoo jagaaye jaate haiN
jahaaN behisht2 ke aasaar3 paaye jaate haiN
jahaaN charaaGh4-e mohabbat jalaaye jaate haiN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai
1.glance 2.heaven 3.clue, hints 4.lamp
Where the beloved’s glance creates a magical enchantment; where there are hints of heaven all around; where lamps of love are lit, shining bright, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
3
jahaaN ki ziist1 meN me’raaj2-e naujavaani3 hai
jahaaN ki ziist4 meN poshiida5 zindagaani6 hai
jahaaN sukoon7 bhi eqdaam8-e par-fashaani9 hai
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai
1.life 2.apex, height 3.youth 4.used here to mean existence 5.hidden 6.life/energy 7.peace, tranquility 8.determination, resolve 9.spreading wings
Where life is the climax of youth; where hidden in everyday existence is throbbing life; where tranquility creates a resolve to spread wings and fly, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
4
jahaaN ke noor1 se Khurshiid2 jagmagaata hai
jahaaN ka raNg har ek gulsitaaN3 pe chhaata hai
jahaaN ka husn4 mohabbat ke geet gaata hai
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai
1.light, brilliance 2.sun 3.garden 4.beauty
Where there is such brilliance that the sun goes to get its light; where there is such colour that it spreads over all gardens; where beauty sings songs of love, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
5
jahaaN tabassum1-e raNgiiN meN phool haNste haiN
jahaaN takallum2-e shiiriiN3 meN raag baste4 haiN
jahaaN nigaah5 se anvaar6-e dil baraste haiN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai
1.smile 2.conversation, words 3.sweet 4.prosper, live 5.glance 6.rays of light
Where flowers bloom in colourful smile; where music rings out in sweet words; where sidelong glances of the beloved rain rays of the light of love, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
6
jahaaN falak1 ki hai raf’at2 zamiiN ki pasti3 meN
jahaaN zohad4 bhi hai masroof5 mai-parasti6 meN
jahaaN Khuda ki ibaadat7 hai but-parasti8 meN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai
1.sky 2.height, rising 3.depths, low 4.abstinence, rituals 5.busy 6.wine-worshipping 7.worship, obedience 8.idol/beloved-worshipping
Where the lowly earth rivals the sky in reaching heights; where even the abstemious are engrossed in worshipping wine; where prayers to god are offered as idol/beloved worship, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
7
jahaaN ki Khaak1 pe mahr2 aur maah3 rahte haiN
jahaaN ki arz4 pe darya5-e quds6 bahte haiN
jise zabaan7-e mohabbat meN “tuur8” kahte haiN
vahiiN kisi ki mohabbat ka Khwaab dekha hai
1.dust, soil, earth 2.sun 3.moon 4.land 5.rivers 6.heaven 7.language 8.mount tuur where moosa/Moses is supposed to have gone asking to see god – used as a symbol of achieving union with the divine
The land where the sun and move live; the land where rivers of milk and honey flow; the land where the language of love grants union with the divine, it is there that I first dreamt of love.
