Recitation
قبر ۔ میر انیس
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مر مر کے مسافر نے بسایا ہے تجھے
رُخ سب سے پھرا کے منہ دکھایا ہے تجھے
کیونکر نہ تجھ کو لپٹ کر سوؤں اے قبر
میں نے بھی تو جان کھو کے پایا ہے تجھے
٢
خاموشی میں یاں لذّت گویائی ہے
آنکھیں جو ہیں بند عین بینائی ہے
نہ دوست کا جھگڑا ہے نہ دشمن کا فساد
مرقد بھی عجب گوشہ تنہائی ہے
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وہ موجِ حوادث کا تھپیڑا نہ رہا
کشتی ہوی غرق وہ بیڑا نہ رہا
سارے جھگڑے تھے زندگانی کے انیس
جب ہم نہ رہے تو کچھ بکھیڑا نہ رہا
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راحت آباد عدم ہے خوب جا
پھر نہ آۓ وہ جہاں سے جو گئے
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سینے میں یہ دم مثلِ سحر گاہی ہے
جو ہے اس کارواں میں وہ را ہی ہے
क़ब्र – मीर अनीस
1
मर मर के मुसाफ़िर ने बसाया है तुझे
रुख़ सब से फिरा के मुंह दिखाया है तुझे
क्यूंकर ना तुझ को लपट कर सो’ऊं आए क़बर
मैं ने भी तो जान खो के पाया है तुझे
2
ख़ामोशी में यां लज़्ज़त-ए-गोयाई है
आंखें जो हैं बंद अएन बीनाइ है
ना दोस्त का झगड़ा है ना दुश्मन का फ़साद
मर्क़द भी अजब गोशा-ए-तन्हाई है
3
वो मौज-ए-हवादिस का थपेड़ा ना रहा
किश्ती हुई ग़र्क़ वो बेड़ा ना रहा
सारे झगड़े थे ज़िंदगानी के अनीस
जब हम ना रहे तो कुच्छ बखेड़ा ना रहा
4
राहत-आबाद अदम है ख़ूब-जा
फिर ना आए वो जहां से जो गये
5
सीने में दुम मिस्ल ए सहर-गाही है
जो है इस कारवां में वो राही है
qabr – mir anis
Click on any passage for meanings and discussion.
1
mar mar ke musaafir ne basaaya hai tujhe
ruKh1 sub se phira2 ke muNh dikhaaya hai tujhe
kyuNkar3 na tujh ko lapaT kar so’uuN aye qabar4
maiN ne bhi to jaan kho ke paaya hai tujhe1.face 2.turn away 3.why 4.grave
The sojourner dies to inhabit you, turns his face away from everyone to look at you. Why should I not embrace you in my sleep, O Grave, after all I have given up my life, to acquire you.
2
Khaamoshi meN yaaN lazzat-e-goyaaii1 hai
aaNkheN jo haiN band ay’n2 beenaaii3 hai
na dost ka jhagRa hai na dushman ka fasaad4
marqad5 bhi ajab6 gosha-e-tanhaai7 hai1.pleasure of speech 2.essence 3.sight 4.disorder, rebellion, conspiracy 5.grave 6.strange, unusual 7.corner of solitude
Here, in silence is found the pleasure of speech. When eyes are closed, the essence of sight is revealed. No worry about friends, no conflict with the enemy, the grave is an uncommon corner of solitude.
3
vo mauj-e-havaadis1 ka thapeRa2 na raha
kishti hui Gharq3 vo beRa4 na raha
saare jhagRe the zindagaani ke anis
jab hum na rahe to kuchh bakheRa5 na raha1.wave of accidents/trouble 2.blast, gust 3.drowned 4.fleet 5.quarrel
No more that onslaught of troubles. With the boat sunk, no longer was there a fleet. All conflict was due to Life. When I was gone, there was conflict no more.
4
raahat-aabaad1 adam2 hai Khoob-ja3
phir na aae vo jahaaN4 se jo gaye1.abode of peace/tranquility 2.non-existence 3.beautiful place 4.world
The world beyond is an enchanting place of tranquility. Those who leave this world, never turn back.
5
seene meN dum1 misl2 e sahr-gaahi3 hai
jo hai is kaarvaaN meN vo raahi4 hai1.breath 2.like, similar to 3.moment of dawn (fleeting) 4.traveller, on his way
The breath in my bosom is but a fleeting moment. Whoever is in this caravan is but on his way somewhere else.
qabr – mir anis
1
mar mar ke musaafir ne basaaya hai tujhe
ruKh1 sub se phira2 ke muNh dikhaaya hai tujhe
kyuNkar3 na tujh ko lapaT kar so’uuN aye qabar4
maiN ne bhi to jaan kho ke paaya hai tujhe
1.face 2.turn away 3.why 4.grave
The sojourner dies to inhabit you, turns his face away from everyone to look at you. Why should I not embrace you in my sleep, O Grave, after all I have given up my life, to acquire you.
2
Khaamoshi meN yaaN lazzat-e-goyaaii1 hai
aaNkheN jo haiN band ay’n2 beenaaii3 hai
na dost ka jhagRa hai na dushman ka fasaad4
marqad5 bhi ajab6 gosha-e-tanhaai7 hai
1.pleasure of speech 2.essence 3.sight 4.disorder, rebellion, conspiracy 5.grave 6.strange, unusual 7.corner of solitude
Here, in silence is found the pleasure of speech. When eyes are closed, the essence of sight is revealed. No worry about friends, no conflict with the enemy, the grave is an uncommon corner of solitude.
3
vo mauj-e-havaadis1 ka thapeRa2 na raha
kishti hui Gharq3 vo beRa4 na raha
saare jhagRe the zindagaani ke anis
jab hum na rahe to kuchh bakheRa5 na raha
1.wave of accidents/trouble 2.blast, gust 3.drowned 4.fleet 5.quarrel
No more that onslaught of troubles. With the boat sunk, no longer was there a fleet. All conflict was due to Life. When I was gone, there was conflict no more.
4
raahat-aabaad1 adam2 hai Khoob-ja3
phir na aae vo jahaaN4 se jo gaye
1.abode of peace/tranquility 2.non-existence 3.beautiful place 4.world
The world beyond is an enchanting place of tranquility. Those who leave this world, never turn back.
5
seene meN dum1 misl2 e sahr-gaahi3 hai
jo hai is kaarvaaN meN vo raahi4 hai
1.breath 2.like, similar to 3.moment of dawn (fleeting) 4.traveller, on his way
The breath in my bosom is but a fleeting moment. Whoever is in this caravan is but on his way somewhere else.
Grave – Shakespeare
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In Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”, the protagonist, Claudio has been sentenced to death. His sister, visiting him in prison, tries to comfort him but Claudio is defiant using metaphors that sound very “Oriental”.
If I must die.
I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in my arms
2
In, “Titus Andronicus”, Titus is burying his sons and has this to say about their final resting place …
Here lurks no treason, here no envy swells,
Here grow no damned grudges; here no storms
No noise but silence and eternal sleep
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In the famous soliloquy – “to be or not to be” Hamlet ponders how all heartaches will be gone if he should die …
To die – to – sleep –
No more, and, by a sleep to say weend
The heart ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to; it is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished
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And yet again from the same soliloquy of Hamlet, we get this universal observation about no return from the hereafter …
But that the dread of something after death
The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveller returns.
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Pericles, the Prince of Tyre, acutely aware of his mortality says …
For death remembered should be like a mirror
Who tells us life is but breath, to trust it error
