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Recitation
ذوقِ تجسُّس جواب میں ۔ کرشن موہن لال بھاٹیا موہنؔ
۱
رہ رہ کے پھر مچلنے لگی ہے شباب میں
رُسوائی کی ہوس دلِ خانہ خراب میں
۲
بیداریٔ جنوں کے طفیل اِضطراب میں
ہر شب گذر رہی ہے تمنّائے خواب میں
۳
ہے نشّۂ شرابِ محبّت شباب میں
کیفِ و سرور تیرے غمِ بے حساب میں
۴
لازم ہے زندگی کے لئے دل کی روشنی
رکّھا ہے کیا علومِ حساب و کتاب میں
۵
اِک عشرتِ حیات ہے اِک راحتِ ممات
بس اِس قدر ہے فرق گناہ و ثواب میں
۶
وہ سوزِ انحطاط ہے، یہ سازِ انبساط
پیری کا ذکر چھیڑ نہ عہدِ شباب میں
۷
ہے کینہ سوز اُس کا جمالِ نظر فروز
بغض و عناد غرق ہوئے ہیں شراب میں
۸
رزّاقِ بے نیاز سے مانگا تھا وصلِ دوست
لیکن ملا ہے ذوقِ تجسُّس جواب میں
ज़ौक़-ए तजस्सुस जवाब में – क्रिष्ण मोहन लाल भाटिया मोहन
१
रह रह के फिर मचलने लगी है शबाब में
रुस्वाई की हवस दिल-ए ख़ाना-ख़राब में
२
बेदारी-ए जुनूं के तुफ़ैल इज़्तेराब में
हर शब गुज़र रही है तमन्ना-ए ख़्वाब में
३
है नश्शा-ए शराब-ए मोहब्बत शबाब में
कैफ़ ओ सुरूर तेरे ग़म-ए बे-हिसाब में
४
लाज़िम है ज़िन्दगी के लिये दिल कि रौश्नी
रक्खा है क्या उलूम-ए हिसाब ओ किताब में
५
एक इश्रत-ए हयात है एक राहत-ए ममात
बस इस क़दर है फ़र्क़ गुनाह ओ सवाब में
६
वो सोज़-ए इन्हतात है, ये साज़-ए इन्बसात
पीरि का ज़िक्र छेढ न अहद-ए शबाब में
७
है कीना-सोज़ उस का जमाल-ए नज़र फ़रोज़
बोग़्ज़ ओ ‘अनाद ग़र्क़ हुए हैं शराब में
८
रज़्ज़ाक़-ए बे-नियाज़ से मांगा था वस्ल-ए दोस्त
लैकिन मिला है ज़ौक़-ए तजस्सुस जवाब में
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. krishn mohan lal bhaaTia mohan (1922-2004) was born in sialkoT. BA (Hons) in English and faarsi, followed by MA in English. Family migrated to India upon partition. Consider his love for his homeland …
maiN jis dharti ka beTa huN, naamvaroN ki dharti hai
paida is dharti se hue haiN, faiz kaii, iqbal kaii
Editor of “aavaaz” at lucknow and dehli, and later in the Indian Government Revenue Department. There 28 books of collections of his nazm and Ghazal. One is named, ‘dil-e naadaaN’. Considering the date of publication of his book and historical markers in Ghalib’s life, I place this Ghazal in 1947.
1
rah rah ke phir machalne1 lagi hai shabaab2 meN
rusvaaii3 ki havas4 dil-e Khaana-Kharaab5 meN 1.eagerly restless 2.youth 3.disrepute 4.lust 5.used here ‘devil may care’
The poet/lover is young and daring, not caring for consequences. In his youth, lust for disrepute i.e. loss of reputation because he is mad in love, rises again and again in his fearless heart.
2
bedaari1-e junooN2 ke tufail3 izteraab4 meN
har shab5 guzar6 rahi hai tamanna7-e Khwaab8 meN 1.wakefulness, increase 2.passion 3.basis/means 4.restlessness, eagerness 5.night 6.passing 7.yearning 8.sleep
The poet/lover’s passion (either for romantic love or for the love of composing verse) is ‘awake/active’. Because of this he is restless and all night is spent yearning for sleep i.e. he is unable to sleep because of his passion.
3
hai nashsha-e sharaab-e mohabbat shabaab1 meN
kaif2 o suroor3 tere Gham4-e be-hisaab5 meN 1.youth 2.happiness, satisfaction 3.elation, joy 4.sorrow/pain 5.innumerable, immeasurable
The beloved has given immeasurable pain to the poet/lover. He is quite happy to have this ‘wealth’ i.e. he values the pain he gets. Because of this his youth is spent is the intoxication of the wine of love.
4
laazim1 hai zindagi ke liye dil2 ki raushni3
rakkha hai kya uloom4-e hisaab5 o kitaab6 meN 1.essential 2.heart/love/faith 3.light/enlightenment/belief/faith 4.knowledge 5.mathematics, logic 6.bookish knowledge, philosophy
This is another one I have difficulty swallowing. (Blind) faith is necessary for a (good) life. What is there in worldly/material book knowledge!
5
ek ishrat1-e hayaat2 hai, ek raahat3-e mamaat4
bas is qadar5 hai farq6 gunaah o savaab7 meN 1.pleasure 2.life (material) 3.comfort 4.death/after-life 5.this much 6.difference 7.blessing, virtue
The difference between sin/transgression and goodness/virtue is that the former might give you pleasure in this life but the latter is needed for comfort in your after-life.
6
vo soz1-e inhetaat2 hai, ye saaz3-e inbesaat4
piiri5 ka zikr6 chheR na ahd7-e shabaab8 meN 1.fire, pain 2.downfall, decline 3.instrumentality, means 4.pleasure, joy 5.old age 6.mention, story 7.period, age, times 8.youth
The poet/lover is young and considers youth to be the means of pleasure. He does not want to be reminded of coming old age because that is a painful decline.
7
hai kiina-soz1 us ka jamaal2-e nazar-faroz3
boGhz4 o ‘anaad5 Gharq6 hue haiN sharaab meN 1.enmity/dispute/rivalry causing 2.glory, beauty 3.bedazzling the eyes 4.vengefulness 5.enmity, opposition 6.drowned, dipped
Poetic convention is that the poet/lover loves the torment visited upon him by the beloved and all her characteristics of cruelty are admired. Also, for something to be dipped in wine is to make it very tasty and desirable. Her glorious beauty that dazzles the eyes causes rivalry, vengefulness and enmity. It is as if all these characteristics are dipped in wine.
8
razzaaq1-e be-niyaaz2 se maaNga tha vasl-e-dost3
laikin mila hai zauq4-e tajassus5 javaab meN 1.provider of sustenance, god 2.one who does not need anything (has everything), god 3.union with th beloved, reaching goals 4.taste, desire 5.searching, trying
This is a dynamic thought – ‘vasl’ is not the goal but ‘zauq-e tajassus’ is. I prayed for, asked god for granting me union with the beloved (getting me to my goal). In response, I received the desire to try (work for it myself) i.e. god considers this a better reward.
krishn mohan lal bhaaTia mohan (1922-2004) mohan was born in sialkoT. BA (Hons) in English and faarsi, followed by MA in English. Family migrated to India upon partition. Consider his love for his homeland …
maiN jis dharti ka beTa huN, naamvaroN ki dharti hai
paida is dharti se hue haiN, faiz kaii, iqbal kaii
Editor of “aavaaz” at lucknow and dehli, and later in the Indian Government Revenue Department. There 28 books of collections of his nazm and Ghazal. One is named, ‘dil-e naadaaN’. Considering the date of publication of his book and historical markers in Ghalib’s life, I place this Ghazal in 1947.
1
rah rah ke phir machalne1 lagi hai shabaab2 meN
rusvaaii3 ki havas4 dil-e Khaana-Kharaab5 meN
1.eagerly restless 2.youth 3.disrepute 4.lust 5.used here ‘devil may care’
The poet/lover is young and daring, not caring for consequences. In his youth, lust for disrepute i.e. loss of reputation because he is mad in love, rises again and again in his fearless heart.
2
bedaari1-e junooN2 ke tufail3 izteraab4 meN
har shab5 guzar6 rahi hai tamanna7-e Khwaab8 meN
1.wakefulness, increase 2.passion 3.basis/means 4.restlessness, eagerness 5.night 6.passing 7.yearning 8.sleep
The poet/lover’s passion (either for romantic love or for the love of composing verse) is ‘awake/active’. Because of this he is restless and all night is spent yearning for sleep i.e. he is unable to sleep because of his passion.
3
hai nashsha-e sharaab-e mohabbat shabaab1 meN
kaif2 o suroor3 tere Gham4-e be-hisaab5 meN
1.youth 2.happiness, satisfaction 3.elation, joy 4.sorrow/pain 5.innumerable, immeasurable
The beloved has given immeasurable pain to the poet/lover. He is quite happy to have this ‘wealth’ i.e. he values the pain he gets. Because of this his youth is spent is the intoxication of the wine of love.
4
laazim1 hai zindagi ke liye dil2 ki raushni3
rakkha hai kya uloom4-e hisaab5 o kitaab6 meN
1.essential 2.heart/love/faith 3.light/enlightenment/belief/faith 4.knowledge 5.mathematics, logic 6.bookish knowledge, philosophy
This is another one I have difficulty swallowing. (Blind) faith is necessary for a (good) life. What is there in worldly/material book knowledge!
5
ek ishrat1-e hayaat2 hai, ek raahat3-e mamaat4
bas is qadar5 hai farq6 gunaah o savaab7 meN
1.pleasure 2.life (material) 3.comfort 4.death/after-life 5.this much 6.difference 7.blessing, virtue
The difference between sin/transgression and goodness/virtue is that the former might give you pleasure in this life but the latter is needed for comfort in your after-life.
6
vo soz1-e inhetaat2 hai, ye saaz3-e inbesaat4
piiri5 ka zikr6 chheR na ahd7-e shabaab8 meN
1.fire, pain 2.downfall, decline 3.instrumentality, means 4.pleasure, joy 5.old age 6.mention, story 7.period, age, times 8.youth
The poet/lover is young and considers youth to be the means of pleasure. He does not want to be reminded of coming old age because that is a painful decline.
7
hai kiina-soz1 us ka jamaal2-e nazar-faroz3
boGhz4 o ‘anaad5 Gharq6 hue haiN sharaab meN
1.enmity/dispute/rivalry causing 2.glory, beauty 3.be-dazzling the eyes 4.vengefulness 5.enmity, opposition 6.drowned, dipped
Poetic convention is that the poet/lover loves the torment visited upon him by the beloved and all her characteristics of cruelty are admired. Also for something to be dipped in wine is to make it very tasty and desirable. Her glorious beauty that dazzles the eyes causes rivalry, vengefulness and enmity. It is as if all these characteristics are dipped in wine.
8
razzaaq1-e be-niyaaz2 se maaNga tha vasl-e-dost3
laikin mila hai zauq4-e tajassus5 javaab meN
1.provider of sustenance, god 2.one who does not need anything (has everything), god 3.union with th beloved, reaching goals 4.taste, desire 5.searching, trying
This is a dynamic thought – ‘vasl’ is not the goal but ‘zauq-e tajassus’ is. I prayed for, asked god for granting me union with the beloved (getting me to my goal). In response, I received the desire to try (work for it myself) i.e. god considers this a better reward.
