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Recitation
شری کرِشن ۔ سید عاشق حسین سیمابؔ اکبرآبادی
۱
ہوا طلوع ستاروں کی دل کشی لے کر
سُرور آنکھ میں نظروں میں زندگی لے کر
خودی کے ہوش اُڑانے بصد نیاز آیا
نئے پیالوں میں صہبائے بے خودی لے کر
فضائے دہر میں گاتا پھرا وہ پریت کے گیت
نشاط خیز و سکوں ریز بانسری لے کر
۲
جہانِ قلب سراپا گداز بن ہی گیا
ہر ایک ذرّہ محبت کا ساز بن ہی گیا
۳
جمال و حسن کے کافر نکھار سے کھیلا
ریاضِ عشق کی رنگیں بہار سے کھیلا
پیمبروں کی کبھی رسم کی اَدا اُس نے
گوالا بن کے کبھی سبزہ زار سے کھیلا
بہا دیے کبھی ٹھوکر سے پریم کے چشمے
کبھی جمن کبھی گنگا کی دھار سے کھیلا
۴
ہنسی ہنسی میں وہ دکھ درد جھیلتا ہی رہا
کرشمہ باز زمانے سے کھیلتا ہی رہا
۵
کیا زمانے کو معمور اپنے نغموں سے
سکھائے عشق کے دستور اپنے نغموں سے
صداقت اور محبت کی اُس نے دی تعلیم
اندھیریوں میں بھرا نور اپنے نغموں سے
لطافتوں سے کیا ارضِ ہند کو لبریز
کثافتوں کو کیا دور اپنے نغموں سے
۶
فلک کو یاد ہیں اُس عہدِ پاک کی باتیں
وہ بانسری وہ محبت کی سانولی راتیں
۷
دلوں میں رنگِ محبت کو اُستوار کیا
سوادِ ہند کو گیتا سے نغمہ بار کیا
جو راز کوششِ نطق و زباں سے کُھل نہ سکا
وہ راز اپنی نگاہوں سے آشکار کیا
اُداسیوں کو نئی زندگی عطا کر دی
ہر ایک ذرّے کو دل دے کے بیقرار کیا
۸
جو مشرب اُس کا نہ اِس طرح عام ہو جاتا
جہاں سے محو محبت کا نام ہو جاتا
श्री क्रिष्ण – सय्यद आशेक़ हुसैन सीमाब अक्बरआबादी
१
हुआ तुलू’ सितारों की दिलकशी ले कर
सुरूर आँख में नज़्रों में ज़िंदगी ले कर
ख़ुदी के होश उढाने ब-सद नियाज़ आया
नए पियालों में सहबा-ए बे-ख़ुदी ले कर
फ़ज़ा-ए दहर में गाता फिरा वो प्रीत के गीत
नशात-ख़ेज़-ओ-सुकूँ-रेज़ बाँसुरी ले कर
२
जहान-ए क़ल्ब सरापा-गुदाज़ बन ही गया
हर एक ज़र्रा मोहब्बत का साज़ बन ही गया
३
जमाल-ओ-हुस्न के काफ़िर निखार से खेला
रियाज़-ए इश्क़ की रंगीं बहार से खेला
पयम्बरों की कभी रस्म की अदा उस ने
ग्वाला बन के कभी सब्ज़ा-ज़ार से खेला
बहा दिए कभी ठोकर से प्रेम के चश्मे
कभी जमन कभी गंगा की धार से खेला
४
हँसी हँसी में वो दुख-दर्द झेलता ही रहा
करिश्मा-बाज़ ज़माने से खेलता ही रहा
५
किया ज़माने को मा’मूर अपने नग़्मों से
सिखाए इश्क़ के दस्तूर अपने नग़्मों से
सदाक़त और मोहब्बत की उस ने दी ता’लीम
अंधेरियों में भरा नूर अपने नग़्मों से
लताफ़तों से किया अर्ज़-ए हिन्द को लबरेज़
कसाफ़तों को किया दूर अपने नग़्मों से
६
फ़लक को याद हैं उस अहद-ए पाक की बातें
वो बाँसुरी वो मोहब्बत की साँवली रातें
७
दिलों में रंग-ए मोहब्बत को उस्तुवार किया
सवाद-ए हिन्द को गीता से नग़्मा-बार किया
जो राज़ कोशिश-ए नुत्क़-ओ-ज़बाँ से खुल न सका
वो राज़ अपनी निगाहों से आश्कार किया
उदासियों को नई ज़िंदगी अता कर दी
हर एक ज़र्रे को दिल दे के बे-क़रार किया
८
जो मशरब उस का न इस तरह ‘आम हो जाता
जहाँ से महव मोहब्बत का नाम हो जाता
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. syed aashiq husain seemab akbarabadi (1880-1951) was a scholar of farsi and arabi in addition to urdu. A progressive poet of secular outlook who wrote nazm of socialist themes as well odes to krishn and buddh. He also did a poetic urdu translation of the whole qur’aan. His secular credentials are impeccable. He along with his contemporary hasrat mohani, participated in the freedom struggle and composed a collection of devotional poems to krishn, which was published as a book called ‘krishn geet’.
1
hua tuluu1 sitaaroN ki dilkashi2 le kar
suruur3 aaNkh meN nazroN meN zindagi le kar
Khudi4 ke hosh5 uRaane ba-sad6 niyaaz7 aaya
na’e piyaaloN meN sahba8-e be-Khudi9 le kar
faza10-e dahr11 meN gaata phira vo priit12 ke giit
nashaat-Khez13-o-sukuuN-rez14 baNsuri le kar 1.emerge, rise, born 2.heart conquering, pleasant, beautiful 3.ecstasy 4.ego, self-centred 5.senses 6.with a hundred 7.humble offerings 8.wine 9.trance, god-centred 10.atmosphere 11.world 12.love 13.joy increasing 14.tranquility/peace spreading
He rose carrying with him the gentle light of the stars. Ecstatic and joy focused on (the virtue of) life. To knock the senses out of selfishness, he came with a hundred offerings of the wine of love in new cups. Singing and spreading songs of love in the world; raising joy and spreading peace with the music of his flute.
2
jahaan-e-qalb1 saraapa2 gudaaz3 ban hi gaya
har ek zarra4 mohabbat ka saaz5 ban hi gaya 1.world of the heart 2.head to toe 3.soft, tender 4.particle, grain of dust 5.instrument, means, music
Because of his songs of love and his joyous flute, the heart of the world melted ‘head to toe’. Every grain of dust (the whole earth) turned into an instrument of love.
3
jamaal1-o-husn2 ke kaafir3 nikhaar4 se khela
riyaaz5-e ishq ki raNgiiN bahaar se khela
payambaroN6 ki kabhi rasm7 kii ada us ne
gavaala8 ban ke kabhi sabza-zaar9 se khela
baha diye kabhi Thokar se prem ke chashme10
kabhi jaman11 kabhi gaNga ki dhaar se khela 1.glory 2.beauty 3.used to mean mischievous 4.freshness 5.garden 6.(divine) messengers 7.traditions 8.cowherd 9.grassland, meadow 10.rivers 11.jamuna
He played with a fresh (innocent) mischief of glory and beauty. He played in the spring of the colourful garden of love. At times he fulfilled the traditions of a divine messenger; at times of a cowherd playing the meadow. He made rivers of love flow with the touch of his feet. At times he played with the flowing jamuna and at other times with the gaNga.
4
haNsi haNsi meN voh dukh-dard1 jhelta2 hi raha
karishma-baaz3 zamaane4 se khelta hi raha 1.pain and sorrow 2.bear, overcome 3.miracle performer 4.world
He bore pain and sorrow with a smile. The miracle worker, played with the world.
5
kiya zamaane ko m’aamuur1 apne naGhmoN2 se
sikhaa’e ishq ke dastuur3 apne naGhmoN se
sadaaqat4 aur mohabbat ki uss ne dii t’aaliim5
andheriyoN meN bhara nuur6 apne naGhmoN se
lataafatoN7 se kiya arz8-e hind ko labrez9
kasaafatoN10 ko kiya duur apne naGhmoN se 1.full, abundant 2.songs 3.traditions 4.veracity, truth 5.teachings 6.light 7.elegance 8.land 9.overflowing 10.impurities
He filled the world with his songs. He taught the traditions of love through his songs. He gave lessons of love and truthfulness. He filled darkness with the light of his songs i.e., brought joy to overcome sorrow, making the land of hindostan overflow with elegance, he banished impurities of the heart and soul.
6
falak1 ko yaad haiN uss ahd2-e paak3 ki baateN
voh baaNsuri voh mohabbat ki saaNvli4 raateN 1.skies 2.age, era, period 3.pure 4.sallow colour, twilight
Here ‘falak’ is used to mean everything under the sky i.e., the world. The world remembers the stories of that pure era, that flute and those evenings of love.
7
diloN meN raNg1-e mohabbat ko ustuvaar2 kiya
savaad3-e hind ko giita se naGhma-baar4 kiya
jo raaz5 koshish6-e nutq7-o-zabaaN8 se khul na saka
vo raaz apni nigaahoN9 se aashkaar10 kiya
udaasiyoN ko naii zindagi ataa11 kar dii
har ek zarre12 ko dil de ke be-qaraar13 kiya 1.colour, quality 2.strong 3.dark heart 4.raining songs 5.secret, mystery 6.effort 7.sound 8.tongue, words 9.eyes 10.reveal 11.granted 12.grain/particle of sand 13.restless
He made the quality of love strong. He rained songs of love on the darkness of hindostan with his giita. The mystery that could not be resolved through words, he revealed through the eyes i.e., by actions/deed that can be seen. He granted a new life to those who were sorrowful. He gave feelings to every grain of sand and made it restless with love.
8
jo mashrab1 us ka na is tarah2 ‘aam3 ho jaata
jahaaN4 se mahv5 mohabbat ka naam ho jaata 1.way, tradition 2.like this 3.common, wide-spread 4.world 5.forgotten
If his traditions (of love) had not become wide-spread like this, then love would have disappeared from this world.
syed aashiq husain seemab akbarabadi (1880-1951) was a scholar of farsi and arabi in addition to urdu. A progressive poet of secular outlook who wrote nazm of socialist themes as well odes to krishn and buddh. He also did a poetic urdu translation of the whole qur’aan. His secular credentials are impeccable. He along with his contemporary hasrat mohani, participated in the freedom struggle and composed a collection of devotional poems to krishn, which was published as a book called ‘krishn geet’.
1
hua tuluu1 sitaaroN ki dilkashi2 le kar
suruur3 aaNkh meN nazroN meN zindagi le kar
Khudi4 ke hosh5 uRaane ba-sad6 niyaaz7 aaya
na’e piyaaloN meN sahba8-e be-Khudi9 le kar
faza10-e dahr11 meN gaata phira vo priit12 ke giit
nashaat-Khez13-o-sukuuN-rez14 baNsuri le kar
1.emerge, rise, born 2.heart conquering, pleasant, beautiful 3.ecstasy 4.ego, self-centred 5.senses 6.with a hundred 7.humble offerings 8.wine 9.trance, god-centred 10.atmosphere 11.world 12.love 13.joy increasing 14.tranquility/peace spreading
He rose carrying with him the gentle light of the stars. Ecstatic and joy focused on (the virtue of) life. To knock the senses out of selfishness, he came with a hundred offerings of the wine of love in new cups. Singing and spreading songs of love in the world; raising joy and spreading peace with the music of his flute.
2
jahaan-e-qalb1 saraapa2 gudaaz3 ban hi gaya
har ek zarra4 mohabbat ka saaz5 ban hi gaya
1.world of the heart 2.head to toe 3.soft, tender 4.particle, grain of dust 5.instrument, means, music
Because of his songs of love and his joyous flute, the heart of the world melted ‘head to toe’. Every grain of dust (the whole earth) turned into an instrument of love.
3
jamaal1-o-husn2 ke kaafir3 nikhaar4 se khela
riyaaz5-e ishq ki raNgiiN bahaar se khela
payambaroN6 ki kabhi rasm7 kii ada us ne
gavaala8 ban ke kabhi sabza-zaar9 se khela
baha diye kabhi Thokar se prem ke chashme10
kabhi jaman11 kabhi gaNga ki dhaar se khela
1.glory 2.beauty 3.used to mean mischievous 4.freshness 5.garden 6.(divine) messengers 7.traditions 8.cowherd 9.grassland, meadow 10.rivers 11.jamuna
He played with a fresh (innocent) mischief of glory and beauty. He played in the spring of the colourful garden of love. At times he fulfilled the traditions of a divine messenger; at times of a cowherd playing the meadow. He made rivers of love flow with the touch of his feet. At times he played with the flowing jamuna and at other times with the gaNga.
4
haNsi haNsi meN voh dukh-dard1 jhelta2 hi raha
karishma-baaz3 zamaane4 se khelta hi raha
1.pain and sorrow 2.bear, overcome 3.miracle performer 4.world
He bore pain and sorrow with a smile. The miracle worker, played with the world.
5
kiya zamaane ko m’aamuur1 apne naGhmoN2 se
sikhaa’e ishq ke dastuur3 apne naGhmoN se
sadaaqat4 aur mohabbat ki uss ne dii t’aaliim5
andheriyoN meN bhara nuur6 apne naGhmoN se
lataafatoN7 se kiya arz8-e hind ko labrez9
kasaafatoN10 ko kiya duur apne naGhmoN se
1.full, abundant 2.songs 3.traditions 4.veracity, truth 5.teachings 6.light 7.elegance 8.land 9.overflowing 10.impurities
He filled the world with his songs. He taught the traditions of love through his songs. He gave lessons of love and truthfulness. He filled darkness with the light of his songs i.e., brought joy to overcome sorrow, making the land of hindostan overflow with elegance, he banished impurities of the heart and soul.
6
falak1 ko yaad haiN uss ahd2-e paak3 ki baateN
voh baaNsuri voh mohabbat ki saaNvli4 raateN
1.skies 2.age, era, period 3.pure 4.sallow colour, twilight
Here ‘falak’ is used to mean everything under the sky i.e., the world. The world remembers the stories of that pure era, that flute and those evenings of love.
7
diloN meN raNg1-e mohabbat ko ustuvaar2 kiya
savaad3-e hind ko giita se naGhma-baar4 kiya
jo raaz5 koshish6-e nutq7-o-zabaaN8 se khul na saka
vo raaz apni nigaahoN9 se aashkaar10 kiya
udaasiyoN ko naii zindagi ataa11 kar dii
har ek zarre12 ko dil de ke be-qaraar13 kiya
1.colour, quality 2.strong 3.dark heart 4.raining songs 5.secret, mystery 6.effort 7.sound 8.tongue, words 9.eyes 10.reveal 11.granted 12.grain/particle of sand 13.restless
He made the quality of love strong. He rained songs of love on the darkness of hindostan with his giita. The mystery that could not be resolved through words, he revealed through the eyes i.e., by actions/deed that can be seen. He granted a new life to those who were sorrowful. He gave feelings to every grain of sand and made it restless with love.
8
jo mashrab1 us ka na is tarah2 ‘aam3 ho jaata
jahaaN4 se mahv5 mohabbat ka naam ho jaata
1.way, tradition 2.like this 3.common, wide-spread 4.world 5.forgotten
If his traditions (of love) had not become wide-spread like this, then love would have disappeared from this world.
