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Recitation
ذوقِ نظر پیدا کر ۔ نظیر حسین صدیقی جنونؔ
۱
یارب اِس جذبِ محبت میں اثر پیدا کر
دل میں جو کیف اِدھر ہے وہ اُدھر پیدا کر
۲
حسن کو جو نگہِ حسن سے بھی دیکھ سکے
دیدۂ عشق میں وہ ذوق نظر پیدا کر
۳
رخ سے زلفوں کو ہٹا دے کبھی بکھرا دے کبھی
تو بھی اک سلسلۂ شام و سحر پیدا کر
۴
حسن و نظارہ بہم ہوں کہ ہے دستور یہی
جلوہ دکھلانا ہے تو جلوہ نگر پیدا کر
۵
اٹھ اور اک جذبِ جنوں عقل پہ طاری کر لے
عشق کارنگ بہ عنوان دگر پیدا کر
۶
چشمِ مشتاق مری دیکھ نہ لے جب ہی سہی
کوی جلوہ تو پسِ پردۂ در پیدا کر
۷
تجھ کو اپنے یدِ قدرت کی قسم اے قدرت
مجھ سا پھر داغ بہ دل خاک بسر پیدا کر
۸
دے غمِ ہجر کے برداشت کی طا قت یا رب
یا شبِ ہجر کے ہمراہ سحر پیدا کر
۹
آتشِ غم ہو کہ وہ صاعقۂ عشقِ جنوں
دل کی دنیا میں بھی کچھ برق و شرر پیدا کر
ज़ौक़-ए नज़र पैदा कर – नज़ीर हुसैन सिद्दीक़ी जुनून
१
यारब इस जज़्ब-ए मोहब्बत में असर पैदा कर
दिल में जो कैफ़ इधर है वो उधर पैदा कर
२
हुस्न को जो निगह-ए हुस्न से भी देख सके
दीदा-ए इश्क़ में वो ज़ौक़-ए नज़र पैदा कर
३
रुख़ से ज़ुल्फ़ौं को हटा दे कभी बिखरा दे कभी
तू भी एक सिलसिला-ए शाम ओ सहर पैदा कर
४
हुस्न ओ नज़्ज़ारा बहम हों के है दस्तूर यही
जल्वा दिखलाना है तो जल्वा-निगर पैदा कर
५
उठ और एक जज़्ब-ए जुनूं अक़्ल पे तारी कर ले
इश्क़ का रंग ब-उन्वान-ए दिगर पैदा कर
६
चश्म-ए मुश्ताक़ मेरी देख न ले जब हि सही
कोई जल्वा तो पस-ए परदा-ए दर पैदा कर
७
तुझ को अपने यद-ए क़ुदरत की क़सम अए क़ुदरत
मुझ सा फिर दाग़ ब दिल ख़ाक ब सर पैदा कर
८
दे ग़म-ए हिज्र के बरदाश्त की ताक़त यारब
या शब-ए हिज्र के हमराह सहर पैदा कर
९
आतिश-ए ग़म हो के वो सा’एक़ा-ए इश्क़-ए जुनूं
दिल की दुनिया में भी कुछ बर्क़ ओ शरर पैदा कर
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. nazeer hussain siddiqui (1891-1956) kaakori (near lukhnau) and hyderabad. Early education in arabi and faarsi as well as urdu, was traditional and at home. Orphaned early, he was brought up by an uncle who also passed away. He trained in accountancy and moved to hyderabad with the encouragement of his brother; progressed steadily to become Assistant Financial Secretary. With the early passing of his wife, he devoted himself to his children and their education and expressed his creative talent in writing urdu poetry. His Ghazal have layers of mystic/sufi thought intertwined with romantic and religious themes. After his passing in 1956 but his diivaan remained in the family for a long time, only as a collection organized by radeef. in his own handwriting. This collection was finally published in 2022 after four years of loving work by his grandchildren. This Ghazal is linked to other ham-radeef Ghazal on the Refrain page.
1
yaa rab1 is jazb2-e mohabaat meN asar3 paiidaa4 kar
dil meN jo kaif5 idhaar6 hae vo udhar7 paidaa kar 1.oh almighty 2.passion (short for jazba) 3.effect/impact 4.develop/create 5.ecstacy/intoxication 6.here 7.there
The poet/lover experiences the ecstacy of love and prays that his love have an effect on the beloved so that she feels the same ecstacy that he does.
2
husN1 ko jo nigaah2-e husN3 se bhii dekh sakay
diida4-e ishq5 meN vo zauq6-e nazar7 paidaa kar 1.beauty 2.sight 3.beautiful/refined 4.eye 5.love/passion 6.taste, appreciation 7.vision/sight
There is an interesting word play in this she’r. ‘husn’ means beauty but it also means ‘refined taste’. Thus, develop in the (discerning) eye of love, the taste/desire of looking at beauty with a refined sight.
3
ruKh1 se zulfoN2 ko haTa3 de kahbii4 bikhra5 de kabhii
tu bhi ek silsila6-e shaam7 o sahar8 paidaa kar 1.face 2.tresses 3.move 4.sometime 5.scatter/spread 6.series/succession 7.evening 8.dawn of day
The beloved has long dark hair which is symbolic of the darkness of the night. Her face is bright which is symbolic of the brightness of the day. Thus, if she moves the hair away from the face it is like day and she spreads it over her face, it is like night. This way she can create a succession of her own day and night.
4
husN o nazzaara1 baham2 hoN keh hai dastuur3 yahii
jalva4 dikhlaana hai to jalva-nigar5 paidaa kar 1.witness, see 2.mutually 3.custom 4.appearances 5.one who can bear the splendour
It is a custom that beauty and the witnessing/seeing/sighting of the spectacle of beauty mutually co-exist. There cannot be one without the other. Thus, if you want to display your glory, then create one who can bear to see your glory. This might well have been addressed to god. Humans do not have the capacity to witness divine glory (per the story of moosa who went on mount tuur asking to see god). The poet wants god to give him this capacity.
5
uTTh1 aur ek jazb2-e junuuN3 aql4 pe taari4 kar le
ishq ka raNg5 ba-unvaan6-e digar7 paidaa kar 1.arise/get up 2.feeling, emotion 3.passion, frenzy 4.knowledge, intellect, senses 4.immerse/spreading 5.colour, style 6.by theme 7.different
This is a classical debate about knowledge of the material world vs experiencing the divine, spiritual or universal love. Knowledge can take you only so far. Beyond that you have to rely on passion/love. Thus, arise and spread over the mind, a feeling of passion. In this way, create a style of love by a different name/theme. Here, ‘spreading over’ implies making it more powerful and a different theme implies making it more respectable.
6
chashm1-e mushtaaq2 meri dekh na le jab3 hii sahii4
koii jalva5 to pas6-e parda-e dar7 paidaa kar 1.eye 2.eager 3.on condition 4.acceptable 5.glory 6.behind 7.door
The beloved does not want to display her glory/beauty before the poet/lover. He is resigned to that. Thus, if the only condition that is acceptable to you that my eager eye not be able to see your glory, then at least, display that glory behind the veil/curtain of the door. The implication is that some of it will filter through and he will be able to imagine the rest.
7
tujh ko apne yad1-e qudrat2 ki qasam3 aye qudrat4
mujh sa phir daaGh5 ba-dil Khaak ba-sar paidaa kar 1.hand 2.ability, miracle 3.swear by 4.nature, god 5.wounded
The poet considers himself to be the epitome of the ideal lover with dust on his head and wounds on his heart. I swear by the miraculous ability of your hand, O god, create another lover like me. The implication is that this is a challenge and there cannot be another lover like the poet.
8
de Gham-e hijr1 ke bardaasht2 ki taaqat3 yaa rab4
ya shab5-e hijr1 ke hamraah6 sahar7 paidaa kar 1.separation 2.endurance 3.ability/strength 4.god, almighty 5.night 6.along with 7.dawn
The sorrow of the night of separation is unbearable and it is long … never ends. Thus, O god, either give me the strength to endure the night of separation or along with this night create a dawn i.e., don’t let it last forever.
9
aatish1-e Gham2 ho keh vo saa’eqa3-e ishq4-e junuuN5
dil kii dunya meN bhii kuchh barq6 o sharar7 paidaa kar 1.flame/fire 2.sorrow 3.lightning 4.love 5.pen-name of the poet, frenzy 6.lightning 7.sparks
The junuuN is used with a double meaning … the traditional taKhallus and also meaning frenzy/passion. Thus, be it the fire of love/sorrow or the lightning flash of frenzy of love, in the world of your heart create some lightning and sparks i.e., liven up your heart with intense passion.
nazeer hussain siddiqui (1891-1956) kaakori (near lukhnau) and hyderabad. Early education in arabi and faarsi as well as urdu, was traditional and at home. Orphaned early, he was brought up by an uncle who also passed away. He trained in accountancy and moved to hyderabad with the encouragement of his brother; progressed steadily to become Assistant Financial Secretary. With the early passing of his wife, he devoted himself to his children and their education and expressed his creative talent in writing urdu poetry. His Ghazal have layers of mystic/sufi thought intertwined with romantic and religious themes. After his passing in 1956 but his diivaan remained in the family for a long time, only as a collection organized by radeef. in his own handwriting. This collection was finally published in 2022 after four years of loving work by his grandchildren. This Ghazal is linked to other ham-radeef Ghazal on the Refrain page.
1
yaa rab1 is jazb2-e mohabaat meN asar3 paiidaa4 kar
dil meN jo kaif5 idhaar6 hae vo udhar7 paidaa kar
1.oh almighty 2.passion (short for jazba) 3.effect/impact 4.develop/create 5.ecstacy/intoxication 6.here 7.there
The poet/lover experiences the ecstacy of love and prays that his love have an effect on the beloved so that she feels the same ecstacy that he does.
2
husN1 ko jo nigaah2-e husN3 se bhii dekh sakay
diida4-e ishq5 meN vo zauq6-e nazar7 paidaa kar
1.beauty 2.sight 3.beautiful/refined 4.eye 5.love/passion 6.taste, appreciation 7.vision/sight
There is an interesting word play in this she’r. ‘husn’ means beauty but it also means ‘refined taste’. Thus, develop in the (discerning) eye of love, the taste/desire of looking at beauty with a refined sight.
3
ruKh1 se zulfoN2 ko haTa3 de kahbii4 bikhra5 de kabhii
tu bhi ek silsila6-e shaam7 o sahar8 paidaa kar
1.face 2.tresses 3.move 4.sometime 5.scatter/spread 6.series/succession 7.evening 8.dawn of day
The beloved has long dark hair which is symbolic of the darkness of the night. Her face is bright which is symbolic of the brightness of the day. Thus, if she moves the hair away from the face it is like day and she spreads it over her face, it is like night. This way she can create a succession of her own day and night.
4
husN o nazzaara1 baham2 hoN keh hai dastuur3 yahii
jalva4 dikhlaana hai to jalva-nigar5 paidaa kar
1.witness, see 2.mutually 3.custom 4.appearances 5.one who can bear the splendour
It is a custom that beauty and the witnessing/seeing/sighting of the spectacle of beauty mutually co-exist. There cannot be one without the other. Thus, if you want to display your glory, then create one who can bear to see your glory. This might well have been addressed to god. Humans do not have the capacity to witness divine glory (per the story of moosa who went on mount tuur asking to see god). The poet wants god to give him this capacity.
5
uTTh1 aur ek jazb2-e junuuN3 aql4 pe taari4 kar le
ishq ka raNg5 ba-unvaan6-e digar7 paidaa kar
1.arise/get up 2.feeling, emotion 3.passion, frenzy 4.knowledge, intellect, senses 4.immerse/spreading 5.colour, style 6.by theme 7.different
This is a classical debate about knowledge of the material world vs experiencing the divine, spiritual or universal love. Knowledge can take you only so far. Beyond that you have to rely on passion/love. Thus, arise and spread over the mind, a feeling of passion. In this way, create a style of love by a different name/theme. Here, ‘spreading over’ implies making it more powerful and a different theme implies making it more respectable.
6
chashm1-e mushtaaq2 meri dekh na le jab3 hii sahii4
koii jalva5 to pas6-e parda-e dar7 paidaa kar
1.eye 2.eager 3.on condition 4.acceptable 5.glory 6.behind 7.door
The beloved does not want to display her glory/beauty before the poet/lover. He is resigned to that. Thus, if the only condition that is acceptable to you that my eager eye not be able to see your glory, then at least, display that glory behind the veil/curtain of the door. The implication is that some of it will filter through and he will be able to imagine the rest.
7
tujh ko apne yad1-e qudrat2 ki qasam3 aye qudrat4
mujh sa phir daaGh5 ba-dil Khaak ba-sar paidaa kar
1.hand 2.ability, miracle 3.swear by 4.nature, god 5.wounded
The poet considers himself to be the epitome of the ideal lover with dust on his head and wounds on his heart. I swear by the miraculous ability of your hand, O god, create another lover like me. The implication is that this is a challenge and there cannot be another lover like the poet.
8
de Gham-e hijr1 ke bardaasht2 ki taaqat3 yaa rab4
ya shab5-e hijr1 ke hamraah6 sahar7 paidaa kar
1.separation 2.endurance 3.ability/strength 4.god, almighty 5.night 6.along with 7.dawn
The sorrow of the night of separation is unbearable and it is long … never ends. Thus, O god, either give me the strength to endure the night of separation or along with this night create a dawn i.e., don’t let it last forever.
9
aatish1-e Gham2 ho keh vo saa’eqa3-e ishq4-e junuuN5
dil kii dunya meN bhii kuchh barq6 o sharar7 paidaa kar
1.flame/fire 2.sorrow 3.lightning 4.love 5.pen-name of the poet, frenzy 6.lightning 7.sparks
The junuuN is used with a double meaning … the traditional taKhallus and also meaning frenzy/passion. Thus, be it the fire of love/sorrow or the lightning flash of frenzy of love, in the world of your heart create some lightning and sparks i.e., liven up your heart with intense passion.
