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Recitation
قبلۂ خاصانِ بہار ۔ جوشؔ ملیح آبادی
۱
اے بہ رخ مصحفِ گلزار و چراغِ حرمِ غنچگی و آیۂ گل باری و قرآنِ بہار
اے بہ قد موجِ رواں برقِ تپاں سروِ سہی شاخِ گلِ تازہ و الہام خرامانِ بہار
۲
پئے گل گشت ذرا اس قدِ بالائے فلک تاب و چمن ساز کو دے اذنِ خرام
کہ ترے ہجر میں بے کیف ہے بے روح ہے بے تاب ہے بے خواب ہے لیلائے خیابانِ بہار
۳
بزم کی بزم ہے پژمردہ و افسردہ و دل بستہ و خاموش و ملول و غم ناک
کھول دے کاکل ژولیدہ و شب رنگ و جہاں صید و گہر بیز کہ ہے چشمۂ حیوانِ بہار
۴
آ بھی جنبش میں کہ ہیں گوش بر آواز ادیبان و حریفان و گل و لالہ و سرو
اے لب لعل فسوں بار و دل آویز شکر ریز کہ ہے تجھ پہ فدا لرزشِ دامانِ بہار
۵
بربط و عود و شراب و دف و افسانہ و افسون و شبِ ماہ و رباب و ساغر
آ کہ مشتاق ہیں اے جانِ چمن زہرہ جبیں ہوش ربا ماہ لقا شمع شبستانِ بہار
۶
دہر ہے خفتہ و آشفتہ و آزردہ و غم دیدہ و ناشاد و زبوں حال و تباہ
ہاں اٹھا نرگس مخمور و گہر تاب و جنوں خیز کہ ہے محبسِ مے خانہ و زندانِ بہار
۷
آج ہے حافظِ شیرازیؔ و خیامؔ و نظیریؔ و فغانیؔ و ظہوریؔ کا جواب
یہ ترا جوشؔ کہ ہے مست و خراباتی و سر حلقۂ رندانِ جہاں قبلۂ خاصانِ بہار
क़िबला-ए ख़ासान-ए बहार – जोश मलीहअबादी
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अए ब-रुख़ मुसहफ़-ए गुलज़ार ओ चराग़-ए हरम-ए ग़ुन्चगी ओ आया-ए गुल-बारी ओ क़ुर’आन-ए बहार
अए ब-क़द मौज-ए रवाँ बर्क़-ए तपाँ सर्व-ए सही शाख़-ए गुल-ए ताज़ा ओ इल्हाम-ए ख़िरामान-ए बहार
२
प’ए गुल-गश्त ज़रा उस क़द-ए बाला-ए फ़लक-ताब ओ चमन-साज़ को दे इज़्न-ए ख़िराम
के तेरे हिज्र में बे-कैफ़ है बे-रूह है बे-ताब है बे-ख़्वाब है लैला-ए ख़याबान-ए बहार
३
बज़्म की बज़्म है पज़्शमुर्दा ओ अफ़्सुर्दा ओ दिल-बस्ता ओ ख़ामोश ओ मलूल ओ ग़मनाक
खोल दे काकुल-ए ज़्शोलीदा ओ शब-रंग ओ जहाँ-सैद ओ गुहर-बेज़ के है चश्मा-ए हैवान-ए बहार
४
आ भी जुम्बिश में के हैं गोश-बर-आवाज़ अदीबान ओ हरीफ़ान ओ गुल ओ लाला ओ सर्व
अए लब-ए लाल-ए फ़ुसूँ-बार ओ दिल-आवेज़ शकर-रेज़ के है तुझ पे फ़िदा लर्ज़िश-ए दामान-ए बहार
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बरबत ओ ऊद ओ शराब ओ दफ़ ओ अफ़्साना ओ अफ़्सून ओ शब-ए माह ओ रबाब ओ साग़र
आ कि मुश्ताक़ हैं अए जान-ए चमन ज़ोहरा-जबीं होश-रुबा माह-लक़ा शम-ए शबिस्तान-ए बहार
६
दहर है ख़ुफ़्ता ओ आशुफ़्ता ओ आज़ुर्दा ओ ग़म-दीदा ओ नाशाद ओ ज़बूँ-हाल ओ तबाह
हाँ उठा नर्गिस-ए मख़मूर ओ गुहर-ताब ओ जुनूँ-ख़ेज़ के है महबस-ए मय-ख़ाना ओ ज़िंदान-ए बहार
७
आज है हाफ़िज़-ए शीराज़ी ओ ख़य्याम ओ नज़ीरी ओ फ़ुग़ानी ओ ज़ुहूरी का जवाब
ये तेरा जोश के है मस्त ओ ख़राबाती ओ सर-हल्क़ा-ए रिंदान-ए जहाँ क़िब्ला-ए ख़ासान-ए बहार
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. josh malihabadi (1898-1982) is known as – shaa’er-e inqelaab – poet of revolution. His nazm are fiery, passionate, and full of energy. His Ghazal and rubaaii are equally good. He was a secular humanist writing sharply and irreverently against colonialism, abuse of power, injustice and orthodoxy. This Ghazal/nazm is an excellent illustration of his total command over language. In this nazm he addresses the beloved, describing her beauty in exotic imagery and language, asking her to come and witness something. Witness what? That is revealed as the climax in the final she’r
1
aye ba-ruKh1 mus’haf2-e gulzaar3 o charaaGh-e haram4-e Ghunchagi5 o aaya6-e gul-baari7 o qur’aan-e bahaar8
aye ba-qad9 mauj10-e ravaaN11 barq12-e tapaaN13 sarv-e-sahi14 shaaKh-e gul15-e taaza16 o ilhaam17-e Khiraamaan18-e bahaar 1.by face/looks 2.book, page 3.garden 4.sanctuary 5.budding, blossoming 6.sign, verse 7.rose-showering 8.spring 9.by stature 10.wave 11.flowing 12.lightning 13.hot, burning 14.slender tall cypress 15.rose 16.fresh 17.premonition, revelation 17.graceful walk
The first misra speaks of the beloved’s beautiful face by comparing it to a page out of the folio of a blooming garden, to the lamp of the sanctuary where buds bloom, to a (verse in the qur’aan of spring) sign of raining rose petals. The second misra compares her stature to an undulating wave, a blinding light like a flash of lightning, a slender tall swaying cypress, a bough of fresh roses and the message of the graceful arrival of spring.
2
pa’e1 gul-gasht2 zara us qad3-e baala4-e falak-taab5 o chaman-saaz6 ko de izn7-e Khiraam8
keh teray hijr9 meN be-kaif10 hai, be-rooh11 hai, be-taab12 hai, be-Khwaab13 hai, laila14-e Khayabaan15-e bahaar 1.with the intent of 2.garden walk among flowers 3.stature 4.tall 5.brilliance of the sky 6.garden creating 7.permission 8.graceful walk/saunter 9.separation 10.joyless 11.dispirited 12.restless 13.sleepless 14.damsel 15.garden walks
The subject in the second misra is the ‘damsel of the walkways of the garden’. This damsel is depondent, joyless, dispirited, restless and sleepless because of separation from the poet/lover’s beloved. So he begs her (to give permission to her tall stature) to come out with the intent of a liesurely walk among the flowers, displaying her skylike brilliance and (garden creating) making flowers bloom.
3
bazm1 ki bazm hai pazshmurda2 o afsurda3 o dil-basta4 o Khaamosh o malool5 o Ghamnaak6
khol de kaakul7-e zsholida8 o shab-raNg9 o jahaaN-sa’ed10 o guhar-bez11 keh hai chashma-e-haivaan12-e bahaar 1.gathering, assembly 2.wilted, crestfallen 3.sorrowful 4.broken hearted 5.dejected 6.melancholy 7.forelocks 8.curly, tangled 9.dark as night 10.world conquering 11.pearl scattering 12.spring/source/river of the water of life
The whole gathering is sorrowful and crestfallen, heart-broken, silent, dejected and melancholy. Spread out your world conquering, pearl scattering, dark, curly hair for that is the source of the water of life for spring.
4
aa bhi jumbish1 meN keh haiN gosh-bar-aavaaz2 adibaan3 o harifaan4 o gul5 o laala6 o sarv7
aye lab8-e laal-e fusooN-baar9 o dil-aavez10 shakar-rez11 keh hai tujh pe fida12 larzish13-e daamaan14-e bahaar 1.movement, action 2.ears trained to sound/voice 3.wise people, writers 4.rivals 5.rose 6.tulip 7.cypress 8.lips 9.magic/enchantment causing 10.heart pleasing, captivating 11.sweetness spreading, sweet-spoken 12.devoted 13.undulating 14.hem of the robe
Come out in action for all the wise people and even the fools, as well as the rose, tulip and cypress have their ears tuned to hear you. O you with enchanting lips, captivating and sweet speech, the undulating hem of spring offers its devotion to you.
5
barbat1 o ood2 o sharaab o daf3 o afsaana4 o afsoon5 o shab-e-maah6 o rabaab7 o saaGhar8
aa keh mushtaaq9 haiN aye jaan-e chaman zohra-jabiiN10 hosh-ruba11 maah-laqa12 sham’13-e shabistaan14-e bahaar 1.lute 2.stringed instrument, ukelele 3.tambourine, cymbals 4.fable 5.magic 6.full moon night 7.sitar 8.cup, goblet 9.desirous 10.bright browed 11.senses stealing, stunning 12.moon faced 13.candle 14.bedchamber
You are like the pleasure of music, the pleasure and enchantment of nightime fables, moonlight, and wine. Come O life of the garden, bright-browed, moon-faced, stunning beauty. You are the gentle light of the bedchamber of spring.
6
dahr1 hai Khufta2 o aashufta3 o aazurda4 o Gham-dida5 o naashaad6 o zabooN-haal7 o tabaah8
haaN uTha nargis9-e maKhmoor10 o guhar-taab11 o junooN-Khez12 keh hai mahbas13-e mai-Khaana14 o zindaan15-e bahaar 1.world 2.asleep, unaware 3.confused, perplexed 4.heart-broken, gloomy 5.teary eyes 6.unhappy 7.weakened 8.destroyed 9.eyes 10.intoxicating 11.pearly bright 12.passion raising 13.suffocating 14.tavern 15.confining
The world is unaware, perplexed, gloomy, teary eyed, unhappy, weakened and destroyed. Come, look at us with your intoxicating eyes and passion raising pearly brilliance, because the tavern has become suffocating and the spring confining.
7
aaj hai haafiz-e-shiraazi1 o Khayyaam2 o naziri2 o fuGhaani2 o zuhoori2 ka javaab3
ye tera josh4 keh hai mast o Kharaabaati5 o sar-halqa6-e rindaan7-e jahaaN8 qibla9-e Khaasaan10-e bahaar 1.haafiz of shiraaz, a faarsi poet 2.other notable faarsi poets 3.answer, equal 4.pen-name of the poet 5.drunk 6.centre of the circle 7.wine-lovers 8.world 9.focus 10.special, selected
Come (O beloved) for today your josh is the equal of haafiz, Khayyaam, naziri, fuGhanni and zuhoori. He is the centre of the circle of wine-lovers (free thinkers) of the world, the focus of the selected of spring.
josh malihabadi (1898-1982) is known as – shaa’er-e inqelaab – poet of revolution. His nazm are fiery, passionate, and full of energy. His Ghazal and rubaaii are equally good. He was a secular humanist writing sharply and irreverently against colonialism, abuse of power, injustice and orthodoxy. This Ghazal/nazm is an excellent illustration of his total command over language. In this nazm he addresses the beloved, describing her beauty in exotic imagery and language, asking her to come and witness something. Witness what? That is revealed as the climax in the final she’r
1
aye ba-ruKh1 mus’haf2-e gulzaar3 o charaaGh-e haram4-e Ghunchagi5 o aaya6-e gul-baari7 o qur’aan-e bahaar8
aye ba-qad9 mauj10-e ravaaN11 barq12-e tapaaN13 sarv-e-sahi14 shaaKh-e gul15-e taaza16 o ilhaam17-e Khiraamaan18-e bahaar
1.by face/looks 2.book, page 3.garden 4.sanctuary 5.budding, blossoming 6.sign, verse 7.rose-showering 8.spring 9.by stature 10.wave 11.flowing 12.lightning 13.hot, burning 14.slender tall cypress 15.rose 16.fresh 17.premonition, revelation 17.graceful walk
The first misra speaks of the beloved’s beautiful face by comparing it to a page out of the folio of a blooming garden, to the lamp of the sanctuary where buds bloom, to a (verse in the qur’aan of spring) sign of raining rose petals. The second misra compares her stature to an undulating wave, a blinding light like a flash of lightning, a slender tall swaying cypress, a bough of fresh roses and the message of the graceful arrival of spring.
2
pa’e1 gul-gasht2 zara us qad3-e baala4-e falak-taab5 o chaman-saaz6 ko de izn7-e Khiraam8
keh teray hijr9 meN be-kaif10 hai, be-rooh11 hai, be-taab12 hai, be-Khwaab13 hai, laila14-e Khayabaan15-e bahaar
1.with the intent of 2.garden walk among flowers 3.stature 4.tall 5.brilliance of the sky 6.garden creating 7.permission 8.graceful walk/saunter 9.separation 10.joyless 11.dispirited 12.restless 13.sleepless 14.damsel 15.garden walks
The subject in the second misra is the ‘damsel of the walkways of the garden’. This damsel is depondent, joyless, dispirited, restless and sleepless because of separation from the poet/lover’s beloved. So he begs her (to give permission to her tall stature) to come out with the intent of a liesurely walk among the flowers, displaying her skylike brilliance and (garden creating) making flowers bloom.
3
bazm1 ki bazm hai pazshmurda2 o afsurda3 o dil-basta4 o Khaamosh o malool5 o Ghamnaak6
khol de kaakul7-e zsholida8 o shab-raNg9 o jahaaN-sa’ed10 o guhar-bez11 keh hai chashma-e-haivaan12-e bahaar
1.gathering, assembly 2.wilted, crestfallen 3.sorrowful 4.broken hearted 5.dejected 6.melancholy 7.forelocks 8.curly, tangled 9.dark as night 10.world conquering 11.pearl scattering 12.spring/source/river of the water of life
The whole gathering is sorrowful and crestfallen, heart-broken, silent, dejected and melancholy. Spread out your world conquering, pearl scattering, dark, curly hair for that is the source of the water of life for spring.
4
aa bhi jumbish1 meN keh haiN gosh-bar-aavaaz2 adibaan3 o harifaan4 o gul5 o laala6 o sarv7
aye lab8-e laal-e fusooN-baar9 o dil-aavez10 shakar-rez11 keh hai tujh pe fida12 larzish13-e daamaan14-e bahaar
1.movement, action 2.ears trained to sound/voice 3.wise people, writers 4.rivals 5.rose 6.tulip 7.cypress 8.lips 9.magic/enchantment causing 10.heart pleasing, captivating 11.sweetness spreading, sweet-spoken 12.devoted 13.undulating 14.hem of the robe
Come out in action for all the wise people and even the fools, as well as the rose, tulip and cypress have their ears tuned to hear you. O you with enchanting lips, captivating and sweet speech, the undulating hem of spring offers its devotion to you.
5
barbat1 o ood2 o sharaab o daf3 o afsaana4 o afsoon5 o shab-e-maah6 o rabaab7 o saaGhar8
aa keh mushtaaq9 haiN aye jaan-e chaman zohra-jabiiN10 hosh-ruba11 maah-laqa12 sham’13-e shabistaan14-e bahaar
1.lute 2.stringed instrument, ukelele 3.tambourine, cymbals 4.fable 5.magic 6.full moon night 7.sitar 8.cup, goblet 9.desirous 10.bright browed 11.senses stealing, stunning 12.moon faced 13.candle 14.bedchamber
You are like the pleasure of music, the pleasure and enchantment of nightime fables, moonlight, and wine. Come O life of the garden, bright-browed, moon-faced, stunning beauty. You are the gentle light of the bedchamber of spring.
6
dahr1 hai Khufta2 o aashufta3 o aazurda4 o Gham-dida5 o naashaad6 o zabooN-haal7 o tabaah8
haaN uTha nargis9-e maKhmoor10 o guhar-taab11 o junooN-Khez12 keh hai mahbas13-e mai-Khaana14 o zindaan15-e bahaar
1.world 2.asleep, unaware 3.confused, perplexed 4.heart-broken, gloomy 5.teary eyes 6.unhappy 7.weakened 8.destroyed 9.eyes 10.intoxicating 11.pearly bright 12.passion raising 13.suffocating 14.tavern 15.confining
The world is unaware, perplexed, gloomy, teary eyed, unhappy, weakened and destroyed. Come, look at us with your intoxicating eyes and passion raising pearly brilliance, because the tavern has become suffocating and the spring confining.
7
aaj hai haafiz-e-shiraazi1 o Khayyaam2 o naziri2 o fuGhaani2 o zuhoori2 ka javaab3
ye tera josh4 keh hai mast o Kharaabaati5 o sar-halqa6-e rindaan7-e jahaaN8 qibla9-e Khaasaan10-e bahaar
1.haafiz of shiraaz, a faarsi poet 2.other notable faarsi poets 3.answer, equal 4.pen-name of the poet 5.drunk 6.centre of the circle 7.wine-lovers 8.world 9.focus 10.special, selected
Come (O beloved) for today your josh is the equal of haafiz, Khayyaam, naziri, fuGhanni and zuhoori. He is the centre of the circle of wine-lovers (free thinkers) of the world, the focus of the selected of spring.
