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Recitation
سائنس – شاذؔ تمکنت
سبز گُنجان گھنی جھاڑیوں کی چھائوں میں
پَو پھٹے کہر کی مہکار میں ساگر تٹ پر
جانے کیا کوکتی ہے کوئی اکیلی کوئل
جانے کیا سوچ رہا ہے یہ رسیلا منظر
ایک سناّٹا ہے معمورۂ احساس و جمال
خوف آتا ہے کہ آواز نہ بن جائے کہیں
साइंस – शाज़ तम्कनत
सब्ज़ गुंजान घनी झाड़ियों की छाओं में
पौ फटे कोहर की महकार में सागर तट पर
जाने क्या कूकती है कोई अकेली कोयल
जाने क्या सोच रहा है ये रसीला मंज़र
एक सन्नाटा है मा’मूरा ए एहसास ओ जमाल
खौफ़ आता है के आवाज़ न बन जाए कहीं
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. syed maslahuddin shaz tamkanat (1933-1985), hyderabad. PhD from osmania university for his thesis on the life and works of a prominent progressive poet maKhdoom mohiuddin. Later, he taught at the university. The title of this poem is “science”. The poet/lover bemoans the encroachment of rationality on the world of beauty and feelings, the march of science.
sabz1 gunjaan ghani2 jhaaRiyoN ki chhaaoN meN
pau phaTe3 kohr4 ki mahkar5 meN saagar taT6 par
jaane kya kookti hai koi akeli koel
jaane kya soch raha hai ye raseela manzar7
ek sannaTa8 hai ma’moora9-e ehsaas10 o jamal11
Khauf12 aata hai ke aavaz13 na ban jaaye kahiN1. greenery, trees 2. thick and dense 3. at the break of dawn 4. mist 5. fragrance 6. lake shore 7. scene 8. silence, mystery 9. inhabited by, world of 10. feelings 11. beauty 12. fear 13. sound, words, awareness
In the shade of those verdant thick grove of trees, at the break of dawn in that fragrant mist, who knows what song that lone nightingale is singing, who knows what thoughts are behind this sweet scene. How mysterious is this world of beauty and feelings. I fear that rationality may end this enchantment.
syed maslahuddin shaz tamkanat (1933-1985), hyderabad. PhD from osmania university for his thesis on the life and works of a prominent progressive poet maKhdoom mohiuddin. Later, he taught at the university. The title of this poem is “science”. The poet/lover bemoans the encroachment of rationality on the world of beauty and feelings, the march of science.
sabz1 gunjaan ghani2 jhaaRiyoN ki chhaaoN meN
pau phaTe3 kohr4 ki mahkar5 meN saagar taT6 par
jaane kya kookti hai koi akeli koel
jaane kya soch raha hai ye raseela manzar7
ek sannaTa8 hai ma’moora9-e ehsaas10 o jamal11
Khauf12 aata hai ke aavaz13 na ban jaaye kahiN
1. greenery, trees 2. thick and dense 3. at the break of dawn 4. mist 5. fragrance 6. lake shore 7. scene 8. silence, mystery 9. inhabited by, world of 10. feelings 11. beauty 12. fear 13. sound, words, awareness
In the shade of those verdant thick grove of trees, at the break of dawn in that fragrant mist, who knows what song that lone nightingale is singing, who know what thoughts are behind this sweet scene. How mysterious is this world of beauty and feelings. I fear that rationality may end this enchantment.
