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Recitation
begam aKhtar
mahdi hasan
feroza begam
یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو ۔ مومن خاں مومنؔ
۱
وہ جو ہم میں تم میں قرار تھا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
وہی یعنی وعدہ نِباہ کا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۲
وہ جو لُطف مجھ پہ تھے بیشتر وہ کرم کہ تھا مرے حال پر
مجھے سب ہے یاد ذرا ذرا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۳
وہ نئے گلے وہ شکایتیں وہ مزے مزے کی حکایتیں
وہ ہر ایک بات پہ روٹھنا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۴
کبھی بیٹھے سب میں جو رُوبرُو تو اِشارتوں ہی سے گُفتگُو
وہ بیان شوق کا برملا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۵
ہوئے اِتّفاق سے گر بہم تو وفا جتانے کو دم بہ دم
گلۂ ملامتِ اقربا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۶
کوئی بات ایسی اگر ہوئی کہ تمہارے جی کو بری لگی
تو بیاں سے پہلے ہی بھولنا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۷
کبھی ہم میں تم میں بھی چاہ تھی کبھی ہم سے تم سے بھی راہ تھی
کبھی ہم بھی تم بھی تھے آشنا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۸
سنو ذکر ہے کئی سال کا کہ کیا اِک آپ نے وعدہ تھا
سو نِباہنے کا تو ذکر کیا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۹
کہا میں نے بات وہ کوٹھے کی مرے دل سے صاف اتر گئی
تو کہا کہ جانے مری بلا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۱۰
وہ بگڑنا وصل کی رات کا وہ نہ ماننا کسی بات کا
وہ نہیں نہیں کی ہر آں ادا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
۱۱
جسے آپ گنتے تھے آشنا جسے آپ کہتے تھے با وفا
میں وہی ہوں مومنؔ مبتلا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
याद हो के न याद हो – मोमिन ख़ां मोमिन
१
वो जो हम में तुम में क़रार था तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
वही या’नी वा’दा निबाह का तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
२
वो जो लुत्फ़ मुझ पे थे बेशतर वो करम कि था मिरे हाल पर
मुझे सब है याद ज़रा ज़रा तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
३
वो नए गिले वो शिकायतें वो मज़े मज़े की हिकायतें
वो हर एक बात पे रूठना तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
४
कभी बैठे सब में जो रू-ब-रू तो इशारतों ही से गुफ़्तुगू
वो बयान शौक़ का बरमला तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
५
हुए इत्तिफ़ाक़ से गर बहम तो वफ़ा जताने को दम-ब-दम
गिला-ए मलामत-ए अक़रिबा तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
६
कोई बात ऐसी अगर हुई कि तुम्हारे जी को बुरी लगी
तो बयाँ से पहले ही भूलना तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
७
कभी हम में तुम में भी चाह थी कभी हम से तुम से भी राह थी
कभी हम भी तुम भी थे आश्ना तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
८
सुनो ज़िक्र है कई साल का कि किया इक आप ने वा’दा था
सो निबाहने का तो ज़िक्र क्या तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
९
कहा मैं ने बात वो कोठे की मिरे दिल से साफ़ उतर गई
तो कहा कि जाने मिरी बला तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
१०
वो बिगड़ना वस्ल की रात का वो न मानना किसी बात का
वो नहीं नहीं की हर आन अदा तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
११
जिसे आप गिनते थे आश्ना जिसे आप कहते थे बा-वफ़ा
मैं वही हूँ मोमिन-ए मुब्तला तुम्हें याद हो के न याद हो
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. momin KhaaN momin (1800-1852), was a hakim following the profession of his father and grandfather. momin received education in arabi, faarsi, urdu and in medicine, mathematics, and astrology – which must have involved some study of astronomy, which he uses in his compositions. momin composed unabashedly about romantic themes with much witticism on his taKhallus. This is one of the most famous Ghazal of momin and has been sung by many singers.
1
vo jo ham meN tum meN qaraar1 tha tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
vahi y’aani2 v’aada3 nibaah4 ka tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.agreement 2.meaning 3.promise 4.keeping faith, constancy
The agreement that we had made, perhaps you remember, maybe you don’t. I mean the promise to keep faith, be steadfast in love, perhaps you remember.
2
vo jo lutf1 mujh pe the beshtar2 vo karam3 keh tha meray haal4 par
mujhe sab hai yaad zara-zara5 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.favours 2.many 3.kindness 4.condition 5.little by little
The many favours that you bestowed me, the kindness/pity you felt on my condition, I remember it all bit by bit, maybe you recall, perhaps you don’t.
3
vo na’e gil’e1 vo shikaa’eteN2 vo maz’e-maz’e3 ki hikaa’eteN4
vo har ek baat pe rooThna tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.reproach 2.complaint 3.pleasurable, enjoyable 4.stories
Fresh complaints and reproach, those pleasant made-up stories (the implication is that the beloved made up stories to complain about); taking offence at every little thing (feigned offences so that the lover may fawn upon her to make up); perhaps you remember, maybe you don’t.
4
kabhi baiThe sab meN jo ruu-ba-ruu1 to ishaaratoN2 hi se guftugu3
vo bayaan4 shauq5 ka barmala6 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.face to face 2.signs, gestures 3.conversation, talking 4.narration, expression 5.desire, love 6.openly, in front of everyone
When sitting face to face in company, our conversation in gestures; the open, unabashed expression of desire, perhaps you remember. It is not clear who is expressing their desire – the beloved or the lover.
5
hu’e ittefaaq1 se gar2 baham3 to vafa4 jataan’e5 ko dam-ba-dam6
gila7-e malaamat8-e aqriba9 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.by chance 2.if 3.together 4.faith, fidelity, loyalty 5.assert, declare 6.minute by minute 7.complaint 8.reproach, rebuke 9.near and dear, kith and kin
If by chance we were together, then your constant demands that I declare my fidelity and your complaints about friends and relatives reproaching you (about me), perhaps you remember.
6
koi baat aisi agar hui keh tumhaare jii ko buri lagi
to bayaaN1 se pahle hi bhoolna tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.narrating, expressing
A word or act of mine that offended your feelings, forgetting/forgiving it even before expressing it, you may, may not recall.
7
kabhi ham meN tum meN bhi chaah1 thi, kabhi ham se tum se bhi raah2 thi
kabhi ham bhi tum bhi the aashna3 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.love, understanding 2.path, connnection 3.familiar, intimate
A time there was when we had an understanding, a connection between us. At one time we were intimate, you may, may not recall.
8
suno zikr1 hai ka’ii saal ka keh kiya ek aap ne v’aada2 tha
so nibaahn’e3 ka to zikr4 kya tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.narrative, story 2.promise 3.fulfill 4.talk, mention
This is a story of some years ago, you had made a promise; now what is the use of talking about fulfilling it, it appears that you may or may not even remember it.
9
kaha maiN ne baat vo koThe1 ki mere dil se saaf utar2 ga’ii
to kaha keh jaane3 meri balaa4 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.studio of a dancing girl 2.forgotten, given up 3.know/remember 4.an expression meaning – let bygones be bygones
Perhaps we can surmise a background. There was a time when the poet/lover patronized the studio of a dancing girl. Perhaps word of that traveled to the beloved and the poet/lover explained that that was a long time ago and he had forgotten/completely give up any association with that. The beloved reacted meri balaa jaane – let only my cursed alter-ego remember i.e., I overlook that. The poet/lover was in the clear – does she remember or does she not.
10
vo bigaRna1 vasl2 ki raat ka vo na maan’na3 kisi baat ka
vo nahiN nahiN ki har aaN4 adaa5 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.annoyance 2.union 3.reconciliation 4.moment 5.gesture
The annoyance on the night of union, refusing to forgive no matter what I say, that refusal and gesture of (feigned) rejection at every moment, perhaps you may, may not recall.
11
jise aap ginte1 the aashna2 jise aap kahte the baa-vafa3
maiN vahi huuN momin4-e mubtala5 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho 1.counted, believed 2.familiar, intimate 3.faithful, steafast (in love) 4.pen-name 5.inovled, confined, caught
The one you used to count as intimate, the one you used to consider as faithful, I am the same helpless momin, perhaps you remember.
momin KhaaN momin (1800-1852), was a hakim following the profession of his father and grandfather. momin received education in arabi, faarsi, urdu and in medicine, mathematics, and astrology – which must have involved some study of astronomy, which he uses in his compositions. momin composed unabashedly about romantic themes with much witticism on his taKhallus. This is one of the most famous Ghazal of momin and has been sung by many singers.
1
vo jo ham meN tum meN qaraar1 tha tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
vahi y’aani2 v’aada3 nibaah4 ka tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.agreement 2.meaning 3.promise 4.keeping faith, constancy
The agreement that we had made, perhaps you remember, maybe you don’t. I mean the promise to keep faith, be steadfast in love, perhaps you remember.
2
vo jo lutf1 mujh pe the beshtar2 vo karam3 keh tha meray haal4 par
mujhe sab hai yaad zara-zara5 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.favours 2.many 3.kindness 4.condition 5.little by little
The many favours that you bestowed me, the kindness/pity you felt on my condition, I remember it all bit by bit, maybe you recall, perhaps you don’t.
3
vo na’e gil’e1 vo shikaa’eteN2 vo maz’e-maz’e3 ki hikaa’eteN4
vo har ek baat pe rooThna tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.reproach 2.complaint 3.pleasurable, enjoyable 4.stories
Fresh complaints and reproach, those pleasant made-up stories (the implication is that the beloved made up stories to complain about); taking offence at every little thing (feigned offences so that the lover may fawn upon her to make up); perhaps you remember, maybe you don’t.
4
kabhi baiThe sab meN jo ruu-ba-ruu1 to ishaaratoN2 hi se guftugu3
vo bayaan4 shauq5 ka barmala6 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.face to face 2.signs, gestures 3.conversation, talking 4.narration, expression 5.desire, love 6.openly, in front of everyone
When sitting face to face in company, our conversation in gestures; the open, unabashed expression of desire, perhaps you remember. It is not clear who is expressing their desire – the beloved or the lover.
5
hu’e ittefaaq1 se gar2 baham3 to vafa4 jataan’e5 ko dam-ba-dam6
gila7-e malaamat8-e aqriba9 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.by chance 2.if 3.together 4.faith, fidelity, loyalty 5.assert, declare 6.minute by minute 7.complaint 8.reproach, rebuke 9.near and dear, kith and kin
If by chance we were together, then your constant demands that I declare my fidelity and your complaints about friends and relatives reproaching you (about me), perhaps you remember.
6
koi baat aisi agar hui keh tumhaare jii ko buri lagi
to bayaaN1 se pahle hi bhoolna tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.narrating, expressing
A word or act of mine that offended your feelings, forgetting/forgiving it even before expressing it, you may, may not recall.
7
kabhi ham meN tum meN bhi chaah1 thi, kabhi ham se tum se bhi raah2 thi
kabhi ham bhi tum bhi the aashna3 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.love, understanding 2.path, connnection 3.familiar, intimate
A time there was when we had an understanding, a connection between us. At one time we were intimate, you may, may not recall.
8
suno zikr1 hai ka’ii saal ka keh kiya ek aap ne v’aada2 tha
so nibaahn’e3 ka to zikr4 kya tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.narrative, story 2.promise 3.fulfill 4.talk, mention
This is a story of some years ago, you had made a promise; now what is the use of talking about fulfilling it, it appears that you may or may not even remember it.
9
kaha maiN ne baat vo koThe1 ki mere dil se saaf utar2 ga’ii
to kaha keh jaane3 meri balaa4 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.studio of a dancing girl 2.forgotten, given up 3.know/remember 4.an expression meaning – let bygones be bygones
Perhaps we can surmise a background. There was a time when the poet/lover patronized the studio of a dancing girl. Perhaps word of that traveled to the beloved and the poet/lover explained that that was a long time ago and he had forgotten/completely give up any association with that. The beloved reacted meri balaa jaane – let only my cursed alter-ego remember i.e., I overlook that. The poet/lover was in the clear – does she remember or does she not.
10
vo bigaRna1 vasl2 ki raat ka vo na maan’na3 kisi baat ka
vo nahiN nahiN ki har aaN4 adaa5 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.annoyance 2.union 3.reconciliation 4.moment 5.gesture
The annoyance on the night of union, refusing to forgive no matter what I say, that refusal and gesture of (feigned) rejection at every moment, perhaps you may, may not recall.
11
jise aap ginte1 the aashna2 jise aap kahte the baa-vafa3
maiN vahi huuN momin4-e mubtala5 tumheN yaad ho keh na yaad ho
1.counted, believed 2.familiar, intimate 3.faithful, steafast (in love) 4.pen-name 5.inovled, confined, caught
The one you used to count as intimate, the one you used to consider as faithful, I am the same helpless momin, perhaps you remember.
