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Recitation
واہ وا کرے کوئی ۔ درشن دیال پروازؔ
۱
کِیا کرے یا نہ کِیا کرے کوئی
چپ رہے یا گلہ کرے کوئی
۲
کس کا شکوہ گلہ کرے کوئی
کوئی داؤد، ٹھاکرے کوئی
۳
آئے کیا کیا مرے تصور میں
کچھ نہ سمجھے خدا کرے کوئی
۴
اس قدر ہیں بھرشٹ سرکاریں
کیوں نہ محشر بپا کرے کوئی
۵
رونے بھی چین سے نہیں دیتے
غم گساروں کا کیا کرے کوئی
۶
کوئی امید ہے نہ امکاں ہے
ایسی صورت میں کیا کرے کوئی
۷
تو نے پروازؔ کیا کسی کا کِیا
کیوں تری واہ وا کرے کوئی
वाह वा करे कोई – दरशन सिंघ पर्वाज़
१
किया करे या न किया करे कोई
चुप रहे या गिला करे कोई
२
किस का शिक्वा गिला करे कोई
कोई दाऊद, ठाकरे कोई
३
आए क्या क्या मेरे तसव्वुर में
कुछ न समझे ख़ुदा करे कोई
४
इस क़दर हैं भ्रष्ट सरकारें
क्यों न महशर बपा करे कोई
५
रोने भी चैन से नहीं देते
ग़म-गुसारों का क्या करे कोई
६
कोई उम्मीद है न इम्काँ है
ऐसी सूरत में क्या करे कोई
७
तू ने पर्वाज़ क्या किसी का किया
क्यों तिरी वाह वा करे कोई
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. darshan dayal parvaaz (1935-xxxx), shaiKhupura, pakistan. He settled in jalandhar district after 1947. shaagird of rajendra nath rahbar. I could not figure out what he did for a living. He lived in a small village, noor mahal. My guess is that he had lands and engaged in agriculture.
1
kiya1 kare ya na kiya kare koii
chup rahe ya gila2 kare koii 1.do (something) 2.complain
Should I do something or should I not do something. Should I be quiet or complain.
2
kis ka shikva1 gila2 kare koii
koii daa’ood, Thaakre koii 1.protest 2.complain
I am not sure, but some years ago there was a notorious gangster named daa’ood and a cartoonist turned politician named baal Thaakre. baal Thaakre was strongly and publicly anti-muslim but in order to embed his own gangs into labour unions he secretly joined forces with daa’ood. This she’r is probably referring to them. Who do I protest against, who do I complain about, there is daa’ood and then there is baal Thaakare. Probably used to suggest that both communities are going mad.
3
aaye kya kya mere tasavvur1 meN
kuchh na samjhe Khuda kare koii 1.imagination
The poet thinks up some unusual (perhaps even weird) thoughts which find their way into his ash’aar. He hopes … by god, may no one understand them.
4
is qadar1 haiN bhrashT2 sarkaareN3
kyuN na mahshar4 bapaa5 kare koii 1.so much 2.corrupt 3.governments 4.tumult (like doomsday) 5.begin, promulgate
All governments are so corrupt, why should someone not raise great tumult/disturbance/protest like the tumult of doomsday.
5
rone bhi chain1 se nahiN dete
Gham-gusaaroN2 ka kya kare koii 1.in peace 2.grief-stricken
They don’t even let them weep/cry in peace. What can we do for the grief-stricken (lovers).
6
koii ummiid1 hai na imkaaN2 hai
aisi soorat3 meN kya kare koii 1.hope 2.possiblity 3.condition
There is neither any hope nor do we see any possibilities (of improvement). Under such conditions, what is one to do.
7
tu ne parvaaz1 kya kisi ka kiya
kyuN teri vaah-va2 kare koii 1.pen-name of the poet 2.applause, praise
O parvaaz, what did you ever do for anyone. Why should anyone praise/applaud you.
darshan dayal parvaaz (1935-xxxx), shaiKhupura, pakistan. He settled in jalandhar district after 1947. shaagird of rajendra nath rahbar. I could not figure out what he did for a living. He lived in a small village, noor mahal. My guess is that he had lands and engaged in agriculture.
1
kiya1 kare ya na kiya kare koii
chup rahe ya gila2 kare koii
1.do (something) 2.complain
Should I do something or should I not do something. Should I be quiet or complain.
2
kis ka shikva1 gila2 kare koii
koii daa’ood, Thaakre koii
1.protest 2.complain
I am not sure, but some years ago there was a notorious gangster named daa’ood and a cartoonist turned politician named baal Thaakre. baal Thaakre was strongly and publicly anti-muslim but in order to embed his own gangs into labour unions he secretly joined forces with daa’ood. This she’r is probably referring to them. Who do I protest against, who do I complain about, there is daa’ood and then there is baal Thaakare. Probably used to suggest that both communities are going mad.
3
aaye kya kya mere tasavvur1 meN
kuchh na samjhe Khuda kare koii
1.imagination
The poet thinks up some unusual (perhaps even weird) thoughts which find their way into his ash’aar. He hopes … by god, may no one understand them.
4
is qadar1 haiN bhrashT2 sarkaareN3
kyuN na mahshar4 bapaa5 kare koii
1.so much 2.corrupt 3.governments 4.tumult (like doomsday) 5.begin, promulgate
All governments are so corrupt, why should someone not raise great tumult/disturbance/protest like the tumult of doomsday.
5
rone bhi chain1 se nahiN dete
Gham-gusaaroN2 ka kya kare koii
1.in peace 2.grief-stricken
They don’t even let them weep/cry in peace. What can we do for the grief-stricken (lovers).
6
koii ummiid1 hai na imkaaN2 hai
aisi soorat3 meN kya kare koii
1.hope 2.possiblity 3.condition
There is neither any hope nor do we see any possibilities (of improvement). Under such conditions, what is one to do.
7
tu ne parvaaz1 kya kisi ka kiya
kyuN teri vaah-va2 kare koii
1.pen-name of the poet 2.applause, praise
O parvaaz, what did you ever do for anyone. Why should anyone praise/applaud you.
