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Recitation
پیدا کر ۔ سیماب اکبر آبادی
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جو سالِک ہے تو اپنے نفس کا عرفان پیدا کر
حقیقت تیری کیا ہے پہلے یہ پہچان پیدا کر
۲
جہاں جانے کو سب دشوار ہی دشوار کہتے ہیں
وہاں جانے کا کوئی راستہ آسان پیدا کر
۳
حقیقت کا کہے جو حال کر ایسی زباں پیدا
محبت کے سُنیں جو گیت ایسے کان پیدا کر
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حدود عالم تکویں میں سب ممکن ہی ممکن ہے
تو نا ممکن کے جھگڑے میں نہ پڑ امکان پیدا کر
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الٰہی بھید تیرے اس نے ظاہر کر دیئے سب پر
کہا تھا کس نے تو سیمابؔ کو انسان پیدا کر
पैदा कर -सीमाब अक्बराबादी
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जो सालिक है तो अपने नफ़्स का इरफ़ान पैदा कर
हक़ीक़त तेरी क्या है पहले ये पहचान पैदा कर
२
जहाँ जाने को सब दुश्वार ही दुश्वार कहते हैं
वहाँ जाने का कोई रास्ता आसान पैदा कर
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हक़ीक़त का कहे जो हाल कर ऐसी ज़बाँ पैदा
मोहब्बत के सुनें जो गीत ऐसे कान पैदा कर
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हुदूद-ए-आलम-ए-तकवीं में सब मुमकिन ही मुमकिन है
तू ना-मुम्किन के झगड़े में न पड़ इम्कान पैदा कर
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इलाही भेद तेरे उस ने ज़ाहेर कर दिए सब पर
कहा था किस ने तू सीमाब को इंसान पैदा कर
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. syed aashiq husain seemab akbarabadi (1880-1951) was a progressive poet and worked energetically in the independence movement. He composed a versified translation of the qur’aan and also composed odes to buddha and krishn. saigal has put several of his Ghazal to music.
1
jo saalik1 hai to apne nafs2 ka irfaan3 paida kar
haqiqat teri kya hai pahle ye pahchaan paida kar 1.traveler, seeker (of truth) 2.soul 3.mystic knowledge
If you seek the truth, develop mystic knowledge of your soul. First of all understand your own reality.
2
jahaaN jaane ko sab dushwar1 hi dushwar kahte hain
vahaaN jaane ka koi raasta aasan paida kar 1.difficult
The place where everyone says is difficult to get to, find an easy way to get to that very place.
3
haqiqat1 ka kahe jo haal kar aisi zabaaN paida
mohabbat ke suneN jo giit aise kaan paida kar 1.truth
Develop a tongue/language/words that speak the truth and ears that hear/listen to the music of love.
4
hudood1-e aalam2-e takviN3 meN sab mumkin hi mumkin hai
tu na-mumkin ke jhagRe meN na paR imkaan4 paida kar 1.boundaries, domain 2.world 3.creation 4.possibility
Everything is possible in the domain of creation. Leave aside this useless discussion of the impossible and develop possibilities.
5
ilaahi bhed1 tere us ne zaahir2 kar diye sab par
kaha tha kis ne tu seemab3 ko insaan paida kar 1.hidden purpose 2.show, reveal 3.pen-name of the poet
O, god, he has revealed all your secrets to everyone. Whoever asked you to make seemab in human form.
syed aashiq husain seemab akbarabadi (1880-1951) was a progressive poet and worked energetically in the independence movement. He composed a versified translation of the qur’aan and also composed odes to buddha and krishn. saigal has put several of his Ghazal to music.
1
jo saalik1 hai to apne nafs2 ka irfaan3 paida kar
haqiqat teri kya hai pahle ye pahchaan paida kar
1.traveler, seeker (of truth) 2.soul 3.mystic knowledge
If you seek the truth, develop mystic knowledge of your soul. First of all understand your own reality.
2
jahaaN jaane ko sab dushwar1 hi dushwar kahte hain
vahaaN jaane ka koi raasta aasan paida kar
1.difficult
The place where everyone says is difficult to get to, find an easy way to get to that very place.
3
haqiqat1 ka kahe jo haal kar aisi zabaaN paida
mohabbat ke suneN jo giit aise kaan paida kar
1.truth
Develop a tongue/language/words that speak the truth and ears that hear/listen to the music of love.
4
hudood1-e aalam2-e takviN3 meN sab mumkin hi mumkin hai
tu na-mumkin ke jhagRe meN na paR imkaan4 paida kar
1.boundaries, domain 2.world 3.creation 4.possibility
Everything is possible in the domain of creation. Leave aside this useless discussion of the impossible and develop possibilities.
5
ilaahi bhed1 tere us ne zaahir2 kar diye sab par
kaha tha kis ne tu seemab3 ko insaan paida kar
1.hidden purpose 2.show, reveal 3.pen-name of the poet
O, god, he has revealed all your secrets to everyone. Whoever asked you to make seemab in human form.
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