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Recitation
مُملکتِ لوح و قلم بانٹ رہا ہوں ۔ رگھوپتی سہائے فراقؔ گورکھپوری
۱
اے اہلِ طرب رنج و الم بانٹ رہا ہوں
خوشیاں بھی ہوں قربان وہ غم باںٹ رہا ہوں
۲
اِک شعلۂ اعجازِ رقم بانٹ رہا ہوں
ہے نوک پہ جادو وہ قلم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۳
ہے موت سے بھی ساز وہ ہوں زندۂ جاوید
امرت کے اُڑیں ہوش وہ سم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۴
چھیڑی وہ غزل میں نے کہ ہیں وجد میں کونین
اور یوں تو کوئی کیف نہ کم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۵
ہے مسکنِ آہوئے ختن ہر دلِ پُر کیف
جادو بھری آنکھوں کا بھرم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۶
پڑتی ہیں سرِ عالمِ اَسرار کمندیں
لہرائی ہوئی زلف کے خَم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۷
افکار مرے چیر گئے سینۂ آفاق
اشعار ہیں یا تیغِ دو دم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۸
اِس پردۂ آواز سے پَو پُھوٹ رہی ہے
فردا کے جلوسوں کے عَلم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۹
یہ مہر و وفا کے جو سُناتا ہوں ترانے
اے دوست ترے لطف و کرم بانٹ رہا ہوں
۱۰
کروٹ نئی لیتے ہیں زمانے کے اِرادے
دنیا میں نئے قول و قسم بانٹ رہا ہوں
मुमलिकत-ए लौह ओ क़लम बांट रहा हुं – रघुपति सहाए फ़िराक़ गोरखपूरी
१
अए अहल-ए तरब रंज ओ अलम बांट रहा हुं
ख़ुशियां भी हों क़ुर्बान वो ग़म बांट रहा हुं
२
एक शो’ला-ए एजाज़-ए रक़म बांट रहा हुं
है नोक पे जादू वो क़लम बांट रहा हुं
३
है मौत से भी साज़ वो हूं ज़िंदा-ए जावेद
अम्रित के उढें होश वो सम बांट रहा हुं
४
छेढी वो ग़ज़ल मैं ने के हैं वज्द में कौनैन
और यूं तो कोई कैफ़ न कम बांट रहा हुं
५
है मिस्कन-ए आहू-ए ख़ुतन हर दिल-ए पुर-कैफ़
जादू भरी आंखों का भरम बात रहा हूं
६
पढती है सर-ए आलम-ए अस्रार कमंदें
लहराई हुई ज़ुल्फ़ के ख़म बांट रहा हूं
७
अफ़्कार मेरे चीर गए सीना-ए आफ़ाक़
अश’आर हैं या तेग़-ए दो-दम बांट रहा हूं
८
इस पर्दा-ए आवाज़ से पौ फूट रही है
फ़र्दा के जुलूसौं के अलम बांट रहा हूं
९
ये मेहर ओ वफ़ा के जो सुनाता हूं तराने
अए दोस्त तेरे लुत्फ़ ओ करम बांट रहा हूं
१०
करवट नई लेते हैं ज़माने के इरादे
दुनिया में नए क़ौल ओ क़सम बांट रहा हूं
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. raghupati sahay firaq gorakhpuri (1896-1982) pre-eminent urdu shaa’er, scholar of farsi and sanskrit. Was nominated to Indian Civil Service but chose to participate in the freedom movement. After independence he chose an academic career, teaching English at Allahabad University. This Ghazal, in praise of his own composition, is posted in three parts and all three are linked to ‘suKhanvar o suKhanvari’ on the Theme Index page.
1
aye ahl1-e tarab2 ranj-o-alam3 baaNT4 raha huN
KhushiyaaN bhi hoN qurbaan5 voh Gham baaNT raha huN 1.people of 2.pleasure, merriment 3.pain and sorrow 4.distribute, give away 5.pay homage to
O people looking for joy, I am giving away pain and sorrow. I am giving away that pain to which happiness pays tribute. It is implied that he is doing this through his verse.
2
ek sho’la1-e e’jaaz2-e raqam3 baaNT raha huN
hai nok4 pe jaadu voh qalam5 baaNT raha huN 1.flame (of passion) 2.miracle 3.writing 4.tip, point 5.pen
I am giving away writing that is the miracle of fire/passion. I am giving away that pen which carries magic/enchantment on its tip.
3
hai maut1 se bhi saaz2 voh huN zinda-e-jaaved3
amrit4 ke uReN hosh5 voh sum6 baaNT raha huN 1.death 2.secret agreement 3.alive forever, immortal 4.nectar of immortality 5.hosh uRna-get perplexed, dazzled 6.poison
I am the kind of immortal who has a secret agreement with death i.e., my words will live forever. I am giving away poison that will dazzle the nectar of immortality i.e., his words are painful, but they will live forever.
4
chheRi1 voh Ghazal maiN nay keh hai vajd2 meN kaunain3
aur yuN to koi kaif-na-kam4 baaNT raha huN 1.begin reading 2.trance 3.both worlds 4.neither more nor less
I have begun reading such a Ghazal that sends both worlds (this and the next) into a trance. Other than that, there is neither more nor less in what I am giving away.
5
hai miskan1-e aahu2-e Khutan3 har dil-e pur-kaif4
jaadu bhari aaNkhoN ka bharam5 baaNT raha huN 1.home 2.deer 3.hills of central asia – aahu-e Khutan is musk deer 4.full of intoxication 5.deception, illusion
Listening to my Ghazal every heart becomes the home of the musk deer. The musk deer is symbolic as a legend and is considered intoxicatingly fragrant. Thus that is the effect his Ghazal has on every heart. The eyes of the musk deer are supposed to large and magical. His Ghazal conveys the illusion of those eyes.
6
paRti haiN sar1-e aalam2-e asraar3 kamandeN4
lahraaii hui zulf5 ke Kham6 baaNT raha huN 1.head, top 2.world of 3.mysteries, mystic knowledge 4.noose 5.hair 6.curls
Unraveling the mysteries of mysticisms is one of the goals of shaa’eri. To throw a noose at something is to try capture it. Thus he is throwing nooses at the pinnacles of the world of mysticism. He is doing this with waves of curly hair. Writing about the beauty of the curls of the beloved’s hair with embedded mystical interpretations is a high art from of urdu poetics.
7
afkaar1 meray chiir2 gaye siina3-e aafaaq4
ash’aar haiN yaa teGh5-e do-dam6 baaNT raha huN 1.thoughts 2.tear, cut 3.bosom 4.horizons, sky 5.sword 6.double pointed
My thoughts tear through the bosom of the sky. These are not just my verses, they are double pointed swords that make deep and wide cuts. I am not sure what the tearing of the bosom of the sky signifies … maybe it is that the sky holds secrets and by tearing open its bosom he is revealing those secrets/mysteries.
8
iss parda-e-aavaaz1 se pau-phooT2 rahi hai
farda3 ke juloosoN4 ke alam5 baaNT raha huN 1.screen of sound/voice, sheet on which words are written 2.light of dawn breaking 3.future 4.processions 5.banners
His Ghazal are like sheets of music with words written on them. Th elight of knowledge emanates from them like dawn. They will be the banners unfurled in future processions of protest and resistance.
9
yeh mehr-o-vafa1 ke jo sunaata huN taraanay2
aye dost3 teray lutf-o-karam4 baaNT raha huN 1.kindness/love and fidelity/friendship 2.songs 3.friend, god 4.courtesy and kindness
The songs of love and friendship that I sing are the gifts of courtesy and kindness of god that I am distributing.
10
karvaT1 na’ii letay haiN zamaanay2 kay iraaday3
duniya meN naye qaul4 o qasam5 baaNT raha huN 1.turn sides, change 2.times, the world 3.intentions, goals 4. announcement, declaration 5.promise
The intentions/goals of the times are changing. I am distributing the new/changing declarations and promises of the emerging society.
raghupati sahay firaq gorakhpuri (1896-1982) pre-eminent urdu shaa’er, scholar of farsi and sanskrit. Was nominated to Indian Civil Service but chose to participate in the freedom movement. After independence he chose an academic career, teaching English at Allahabad University. This Ghazal, in praise of his own composition, is posted in three parts and all three are linked to ‘suKhanvar o suKhanvari’ on the Theme Index page.
1
aye ahl1-e tarab2 ranj-o-alam3 baaNT4 raha huN
KhushiyaaN bhi hoN qurbaan5 voh Gham baaNT raha huN
1.people of 2.pleasure, merriment 3.pain and sorrow 4.distribute, give away 5.pay homage to
O people looking for joy, I am giving away pain and sorrow. I am giving away that pain to which happiness pays tribute. It is implied that he is doing this through his verse.
2
ek sho’la1-e e’jaaz2-e raqam3 baaNT raha huN
hai nok4 pe jaadu voh qalam5 baaNT raha huN
1.flame (of passion) 2.miracle 3.writing 4.tip, point 5.pen
I am giving away writing that is the miracle of fire/passion. I am giving away that pen which carries magic/enchantment on its tip.
3
hai maut1 se bhi saaz2 voh huN zinda-e-jaaved3
amrit4 ke uReN hosh5 voh sum6 baaNT raha huN
1.death 2.secret agreement 3.alive forever, immortal 4.nectar of immortality 5.hosh uRna-get perplexed, dazzled 6.poison
I am the kind of immortal who has a secret agreement with death i.e., my words will live forever. I am giving away poison that will dazzle the nectar of immortality i.e., his words are painful, but they will live forever.
4
chheRi1 voh Ghazal maiN nay keh hai vajd2 meN kaunain3
aur yuN to koi kaif-na-kam4 baaNT raha huN
1.begin reading 2.trance 3.both worlds 4.neither more nor less
I have begun reading such a Ghazal that sends both worlds (this and the next) into a trance. Other than that, there is neither more nor less in what I am giving away.
5
hai miskan1-e aahu2-e Khutan3 har dil-e pur-kaif4
jaadu bhari aaNkhoN ka bharam5 baaNT raha huN
1.home 2.deer 3.hills of central asia – aahu-e Khutan is musk deer 4.full of intoxication 5.deception, illusion
Listening to my Ghazal every heart becomes the home of the musk deer. The musk deer is symbolic as a legend and is considered intoxicatingly fragrant. Thus that is the effect his Ghazal has on every heart. The eyes of the musk deer are supposed to large and magical. His Ghazal conveys the illusion of those eyes.
6
paRti haiN sar1-e aalam2-e asraar3 kamandeN4
lahraaii hui zulf5 ke Kham6 baaNT raha huN
1.head, top 2.world of 3.mysteries, mystic knowledge 4.noose 5.hair 6.curls
Unraveling the mysteries of mysticisms is one of the goals of shaa’eri. To throw a noose at something is to try capture it. Thus he is throwing nooses at the pinnacles of the world of mysticism. He is doing this with waves of curly hair. Writing about the beauty of the curls of the beloved’s hair with embedded mystical interpretations is a high art from of urdu poetics.
7
afkaar1 meray chiir2 gaye siina3-e aafaaq4
ash’aar haiN yaa teGh5-e do-dam6 baaNT raha huN
1.thoughts 2.tear, cut 3.bosom 4.horizons, sky 5.sword 6.double pointed
My thoughts tear through the bosom of the sky. These are not just my verses, they are double pointed swords that make deep and wide cuts. I am not sure what the tearing of the bosom of the sky signifies … maybe it is that the sky holds secrets and by tearing open its bosom he is revealing those secrets/mysteries.
8
iss parda-e-aavaaz1 se pau-phooT2 rahi hai
farda3 ke juloosoN4 ke alam5 baaNT raha huN
1.screen of sound/voice, sheet on which words are written 2.light of dawn breaking 3.future 4.processions 5.banners
His Ghazal are like sheets of music with words written on them. Th elight of knowledge emanates from them like dawn. They will be the banners unfurled in future processions of protest and resistance.
9
yeh mehr-o-vafa1 ke jo sunaata huN taraanay2
aye dost3 teray lutf-o-karam4 baaNT raha huN
1.kindness/love and fidelity/friendship 2.songs 3.friend, god 4.courtesy and kindness
The songs of love and friendship that I sing are the gifts of courtesy and kindness of god that I am distributing.
10
karvaT1 na’ii letay haiN zamaanay2 kay iraaday3
duniya meN naye qaul4 o qasam5 baaNT raha huN
1.turn sides, change 2.times, the world 3.intentions, goals 4. announcement, declaration 5.promise
The intentions/goals of the times are changing. I am distributing the new/changing declarations and promises of the emerging society.
