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Recitation
تیرا فیصلہ کیا ہے ۔ من موہن شکلا تلخؔ
۱
مجھے بتا تو سہی، تیرا فیصلہ کیا ہے
میں خود کو روک رہا ہوں، معاملہ کیا ہے
۲
یہ کس نے میری صدا میں مجھے جواب دیا
مری صدا کا پھر اب اگلا مرحلہ کیا ہے
۳
ٹھہر رہے ہیں جو لمحے بدل کے صدیوں میں
سمجھ میں کچھ نہیں آتا کہ مرحلہ کیا ہے
۴
نہ پہلے ساتھ مرے تھا کوئی نہ اب ہے مگر
جو میرے حق میں ہوا ہے وہ فیصلہ کیا ہے
۵
یہ کون ہے مرے اندر جو مجھ پہ ہنستا ہے
جو چھوڑتا نہیں مجھ کو، یہ زلزلہ کیا ہے
۶
اسی میں تلخؔ کوئی ڈھونڈ لو جوازِ وجود
خبر کسی کو نہیں ہے کہ مسلہ کیا ہے
तेरा फ़ैस्ला क्या है – मनमोहन तल्ख़
१
मुझे बता तो सही तेरा फ़ैस्ला क्या है
मैं ख़ुद को रोक रहा हूं, मो’आमला क्या है
२
ये किस ने मेरी सदा में मुझे जवाब दिया
मेरी सदा का फिर अब अग्ला मरहला क्या है
३
ठहर रहे हैं जो लम्हे बदल के सदियौं में
समझ में कुछ नहीं आता के मरहला क्या है
४
न पहले साथ मेरे था कोई न अब है मगर
जो मेरे हक़ में हुआ है वो फ़ैस्ला क्या है
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ये कौन है मेरे अंदर जो मुझ पे हंस्ता है
जो छोढता नहीं मुझ को ये ज़ल्ज़ला क्या है
६
इसी में तल्ख़ कोई ढूंड लो जवाज़-ए वुजूद
ख़बर किसी को नहीं है के मस’अला क्या है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. manmohan shukla talKh (1931-2001), naagpur, maharashtra. There are at least six books of his collections of verse. He started composing in 1950 with his first collection published in 1958. The final collection was published with a loving foreword (translated from English by a friend) by his widow, says that he tried to get her interested in learning urdu all their married life. But there is no word in any of the collections about how he came to urdu or about a day job he might have had. My guess is that he was an academic.
1
mujhe bata to sahi tera faisla1 kya hai
maiN Khud ko rok raha huN, mo’aamela2 kya hai 1.judgement, decision 2.problem, unresolved question
This sounds like it is addressed to the beloved. At least tell me clearly what your decision is, don’t keep me hanging. I have been holding myself, waiting for your answer, what is the problem, what is holding you back.
2
ye kis ne meri sadaa1 meN mujhe javaab2 diya
meri sadaa ka phir agla3 marhala4 kya hai 1.sound, voice 2.answer 3.next 4.obstable, problem
shukla talKh often uses his verse as a tool of introspection. Who is it that has answered me in my own voice (introspection). What will be the next step/next issue that my voice will address. What will it criticize me about next.
3
Thahr rahe haiN jo lamhe1 badal ke sadiyoN2 meN
samajh meN kuchh nahiN aata keh marhala3 kya hai 1.moments 2.centuries 3.problem
It is as if moments have become centuries and have stopped – time has stopped. He does not understand why this is happening, what the problem is.
4
na pahle saath mere tha koii na ab hai magar1
jo mere haq2 meN hua hai vo faisla3 kya hai 1.but 2.about my rights/justice 3.judgement
No judgement before now was made in my favour nor is it going to be now. I know that, but tell me anyway what judgement has been made about me.
5
ye kaun hai mere andar jo mujh pe haNsta hai
jo chhtoRta nahiN mujh ko ye zalzala1 kya hai 1.earthquake, tremors, shaking up
There is strong introspection again. Who is it inside me who is leaving laughing at me (my foolishness). What is this constant shaking that never leaves me alone.
6
isi meN talKh1 koii DhoonD lo juvaaz2-e vujood3
Khabar4 kisi ko nahiN hai keh mas’ala5 kya hai 1.pen-name of poet, bitter 2.justification 3.existence, life 4.knowledge, awareness 5.problem, mystery
It is very common for people to think of a justification/purpose of life often stating it as ‘god made us to do xxxxx’. O talKh, search for a purpose of life in this or it could mean search for a purpose in the bitterness of this life. Nobody knows what the real mystery is.
manmohan shukla talKh (1931-2001), naagpur, maharashtra. There are at least six books of his collections of verse. He started composing in 1950 with his first collection published in 1958. The final collection was published with a loving foreword (translated from English by a friend) by his widow, says that he tried to get her interested in learning urdu all their married life. But there is no word in any of the collections about how he came to urdu or about a day job he might have had. My guess is that he was an academic.
1
mujhe bata to sahi tera faisla1 kya hai
maiN Khud ko rok raha huN, mo’aamela2 kya hai
1.judgement, decision 2.problem, unresolved question
This sounds like it is addressed to the beloved. At least tell me clearly what your decision is, don’t keep me hanging. I have been holding myself, waiting for your answer, what is the problem, what is holding you back.
2
ye kis ne meri sadaa1 meN mujhe javaab2 diya
meri sadaa ka phir agla3 marhala4 kya hai
1.sound, voice 2.answer 3.next 4.obstable, problem
shukla talKh often uses his verse as a tool of introspection. Who is it that has answered me in my own voice (introspection). What will be the next step/next issue that my voice will address. What will it criticize me about next.
3
Thahr rahe haiN jo lamhe1 badal ke sadiyoN2 meN
samajh meN kuchh nahiN aata keh marhala3 kya hai
1.moments 2.centuries 3.problem
It is as if moments have become centuries and have stopped – time has stopped. He does not understand why this is happening, what the problem is.
4
na pahle saath mere tha koii na ab hai magar1
jo mere haq2 meN hua hai vo faisla3 kya hai
1.but 2.about my rights/justice 3.judgement
No judgement before now was made in my favour nor is it going to be now. I know that, but tell me anyway what judgement has been made about me.
5
ye kaun hai mere andar jo mujh pe haNsta hai
jo chhtoRta nahiN mujh ko ye zalzala1 kya hai
1.earthquake, tremors, shaking up
There is strong introspection again. Who is it inside me who is leaving laughing at me (my foolishness). What is this constant shaking that never leaves me alone.
6
isi meN talKh1 koii DhoonD lo juvaaz2-e vujood3
Khabar4 kisi ko nahiN hai keh mas’ala5 kya hai
1.pen-name of poet, bitter 2.justification 3.existence, life 4.knowledge, awareness 5.problem, mystery
It is very common for people to think of a justification/purpose of life often stating it as ‘god made us to do xxxxx’. O talKh, search for a purpose of life in this or it could mean search for a purpose in the bitterness of this life. Nobody knows what the real mystery is.
