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Recitation
یادگار گزری ہے ۔ کرشن گوپال مغموم
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یہ رات آج جو یوں پیشِ یار گزری ہے
مری حیات میں کیا یادگار گزری ہے
۲
وہ گلستاں میں تقیناً یہیں کہیں ہونگے
بڑے ادب سے نسیمِ بہار گزری ہے
۳
قدم جمے نہ کسی کے بھی صحنِ گُلشن میں
کبھی خزاں کبھی فصلِ بہار گزری ہے
۴
وہ ہر گھڑی ہے مری زندگی کا حاصل جو
بہ زیرِ سایۂ گیسوئے یار گزری ہے
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کسے خبر کہ ہماری حیاتِ غم آلود
بہ یادِ یار و دلِ سوگوار گزری ہے
۶
چمن چمن میں پریشاں ہے بوئے زلف اُس کی
روش روش سے صبا مشک بار گزری ہے
۷
نہ راس تجھے بھی تو کیا ہوا مغمومؔ
ہوائے دہر کسے سازگار گزری ہے
यादगार गुज़्री है – क्रिष्ण गोपाल मग़्मूम
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ये रात आज जो यूं पेश-ए यार गुज़्री है
मेरी हयात में क्या यादगार गुज़्री है
२
वो गुल्सितां में यक़ीनन यहीं कहीं होंगे
बढे अदब से नसीम-ए बहार गुज़्री है
३
क़दम जमे न किसी के भी सहन-ए गुल्शन में
कभी ख़िज़ां कभी फ़स्ल-ए बहार गुज़्री है
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वो हर घढी है मेरी ज़िंदगी का हासिल जो
ब-ज़ेर-ए साया-ए गेसू-ए यार गुज़्री है
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किसे ख़बर के हमारी हयात-ए ग़म-आलूद
ब-याद-ए यार ओ दिल-ए सोगवार गुज़्री है
६
चमन चमन में परेशां है बू-ए ज़ुल्फ़ उस की
रविश रविश से सबा मुश्क-बार गुज़्री है
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न रास आई तुझे तो क्या हुआ मग़्मूम
हवा-ए दहर किसे साज़्गार गुज़्री है
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. krishn gopal baada maGhmum (1916-xxxx), aTak district (now in pakistan). His father was a scholar of urdu and faarsi and grandfather (tulsidas) was also an urdu shaa’er. Ill-treatment by his step-mother drove him to seclusion and reading. All the books at home including religious texts were in urdu. He read up all of them and learnt to write too. Interest in shaa’eri started from childhood. In college he was class fellow of jagan nath azad and through him became a disciple of tilok chand mahroom. Continued education incluing Public Service Commission exam. Worked for the government of panjab and later haryana, retiring in 1974. At least 10 collections of his shaa’eri including Ghazal, rubaaii and nazm. This is one of a collection under the same radeef ‘guzri hai’.
1
ye raat aaj jo yuN pesh1-e yaar2 guzri3 hai
meri hayaat4 meN kya yaadgaar5 guzri hai 1.in front of, in the presence of 2.beloved 3.passed 4.life 5.memorable
The night that I spent in the presence of the beloved, how memorable has it been in my life i.e., the most memorable part of my life.
2
vo gulsitaaN1 meN yaqeenan2 yahiN kahiN hoNge
baRe adab3 se nasiim4-e bahaar5 guzri hai 1.garden 2.certainly 3.respect 4.fragrant breeze 5.spring
Surely she is somewhere here in the garden. The fragrant spring breeze blows gently and respectfully.
3
qadam1 jame2 na kisi ke bhi sahn3-e gulshan4 meN
kabhi KhizaaN5 kabhi fasl6-e bahaar7 guzri hai 1.step, foot-hold 2.established, stayed 3.yard 4.garden 5.fall, autumn 6.season 7.spring
Here ‘sahn-e chaman’ is the earth/world. None could gain a foot-hold in this world. Everything is transient, passing through like the seasons.
4
vo har ghaRi1 hai meri zindagi ka haasil2 jo
ba-zer3-e saaya4-e gesu5-e yaar6 guzri hai 1.moment 2.result, essence 3.under 4.shadow 5.hair 6.beloved
Every moment that I have spent under the shadow of the beloved’s hair has been the essence of my life.
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kise Khabar1 keh hamaari hayaat2-e Gham-aalood3
ba-yaad4-e yaar5 o dil-e sogvaar6 guzri hai 1.awareness, knowledge 2.life 3.mixed/flooded/drowned in sorrow 4.in remembering 5.beloved 6.mourning
The poet/lover has spent all his life pining away and remembering the beloved. But because of the conventions of love, he hides his pain so as not to malign the beloved’s reputation. So, nobody is aware that his life has been spent drowned in sorrow.
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chaman chaman meN pareshaaN1 hai buu-e zulf2 us ki
ravish-ravish3 se saba4 mushk-baar5 guzri hai 1.scattered 2.hair 3.every walkway 4.breeze 5.musk-laden, fragrant
The fragrance of her hair is scattered all over the garden. The breeze blowing across every walkway is fragrant/musk-laden.
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na raas1 aaii tujhe to kya hua maGhmum2
havaa3-e dahr4 kise saazgaar5 guzri hai 1.compatible, profitable 2.pen-name of poet, sorrowful 3.ways, workings 4.world 5.harmonious, peaceful, profitable
What if the ways of the world have not been good/suitable for you, O maGhmum. It has not been profitable for anyone else either i.e., why cry about yourselves, think of everyone else or this world is supposed to be a bad place, it will be better in the next!
krishn gopal baada maGhmum (1916-xxxx), aTak district (now in pakistan). His father was a scholar of urdu and faarsi and grandfather (tulsidas) was also an urdu shaa’er. Ill-treatment by his step-mother drove him to seclusion and reading. All the books at home including religious texts were in urdu. He read up all of them and learnt to write too. Interest in shaa’eri started from childhood. In college he was class fellow of jagan nath azad and through him became a disciple of tilok chand mahroom. Continued education incluing Public Service Commission exam. Worked for the government of panjab and later haryana, retiring in 1974. At least 10 collections of his shaa’eri including Ghazal, rubaaii and nazm. This is one of a collection under the same radeef ‘guzri hai’.
1
ye raat aaj jo yuN pesh1-e yaar2 guzri3 hai
meri hayaat4 meN kya yaadgaar5 guzri hai
1.in front of, in the presence of 2.beloved 3.passed 4.life 5.memorable
The night that I spent in the presence of the beloved, how memorable has it been in my life i.e., the most memorable part of my life.
2
vo gulsitaaN1 meN yaqeenan2 yahiN kahiN hoNge
baRe adab3 se nasiim4-e bahaar5 guzri hai
1.garden 2.certainly 3.respect 4.fragrant breeze 5.spring
Surely she is somewhere here in the garden. The fragrant spring breeze blows gently and respectfully.
3
qadam1 jame2 na kisi ke bhi sahn3-e gulshan4 meN
kabhi KhizaaN5 kabhi fasl6-e bahaar7 guzri hai
1.step, foot-hold 2.established, stayed 3.yard 4.garden 5.fall, autumn 6.season 7.spring
Here ‘sahn-e chaman’ is the earth/world. None could gain a foot-hold in this world. Everything is transient, passing through like the seasons.
4
vo har ghaRi1 hai meri zindagi ka haasil2 jo
ba-zer3-e saaya4-e gesu5-e yaar6 guzri hai
1.moment 2.result, essence 3.under 4.shadow 5.hair 6.beloved
Every moment that I have spent under the shadow of the beloved’s hair has been the essence of my life.
5
kise Khabar1 keh hamaari hayaat2-e Gham-aalood3
ba-yaad4-e yaar5 o dil-e sogvaar6 guzri hai
1.awareness, knowledge 2.life 3.mixed/flooded/drowned in sorrow 4.in remembering 5.beloved 6.mourning
The poet/lover has spent all his life pining away and remembering the beloved. But because of the conventions of love, he hides his pain so as not to malign the beloved’s reputation. So, nobody is aware that his life has been spent drowned in sorrow.
6
chaman chaman meN pareshaaN1 hai buu-e zulf2 us ki
ravish-ravish3 se saba4 mushk-baar5 guzri hai
1.scattered 2.hair 3.every walkway 4.breeze 5.musk-laden, fragrant
The fragrance of her hair is scattered all over the garden. The breeze blowing across every walkway is fragrant/musk-laden.
7
na raas1 aaii tujhe to kya hua maGhmum2
havaa3-e dahr4 kise saazgaar5 guzri hai
1.compatible, profitable 2.pen-name of poet, sorrowful 3.ways, workings 4.world 5.harmonious, peaceful, profitable
What if the ways of the world have not been good/suitable for you, O maGhmum. It has not been profitable for anyone else either i.e., why cry about yourselves, think of everyone else or this world is supposed to be a bad place, it will be better in the next!
