POST 26: Koi yeh kah de gulshan gulshan
कोई ये कह दे गुलशन गुलशन
This ghazal was written by Ali Sikandar, under his nom de plume, Jigar Moradabadi. He was a very well decorated Indian poet. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection ‘Ateish -e-Gul’ , in1958. He was also awarded D. Litt. by the Aligarh Muslim University. He died in 1960, at the age of 70.
I am also including here, some of the more popular shers of Jigar Moradabadi .
नज़र मिला के, मिरे पास आ के लूट लिया
नज़र हटी थी कि फिर मुस्कुरा के लूट लिया
रग रग में इस तरह वो समा कर चले गए
जैसे मुझी को मुझ से चुरा कर चले गए
वो लाख सामने हों मगर इस का क्या इलाज
दिल मानता नहीं कि नज़र कामयाब है
निगाहों का मरकज़ बना जा रहा हूँ
मोहब्बत के हाथों लुटा जा रहा हूँ
Now for the featured Ghazal for this week…
This ghazal was sung by Jagjit Singh, long back. Somehow the video got corrupted and the ghazal has been retrieved, digitally restored and remastered. That is technology for you! Fans of Jagjit Singh will be able to notice that the restoration is a good attempt but the beauty of his singing can not be matched!
Important Words:
गुलशन: Garden; नशेमन: nest; दामन :hem, part of kurta which is hanging loose, tail, may be used for character also.; हिज्र: Separation;कामिल: expert, talented; रेहज़न: robber, highway man; कार-ए-शीशा-ओ-आहन: work of glass and steel; मिज़ाज-ए-हुस्न; temperament of beauty; मदफ़न: grave; बर्क-ए-हवादिस: lightening of calamities,गेसू-ए-जानाँ: tresses of the,पाकिए-दामन: purity of the loose hanging part of the dress, hem; beloved; तालिब-ए-इस्याँ: one demanding rebellion; मुजस्सम: incarnate; मस्कन:Adobe, home; सहरा: desert, wilderness;
कोई ये कह दे गुलशन गुलशन
लाख बलाएँ एक नशेमन
Let someone go from garden to garden and proclaim!
There are thousands and thousands of problems for the single nest.
फूल खिले हैं गुलशन गुलशन
लेकिन अपना अपना दामन
Flowers are in bloom in every garden,
But each flower has its own peculiar character, fate,
आज न जाने राज़ ये क्या है
हिज्र की रात और इतनी रोशन
Today I do not know what is the mystery?
It is the night of separation but still it is so well illuminated!
काँटों का भी कुछ हक़ है आखि़र
कौन बचाए अपना दामन
Even thorns have some rights,
who is to save ones character, fate?
कामिल रेहबर क़ातिल रेहज़न
दिल सा दोस्त न दिल सा दुशमन
The guide showing the right path is an expert,
While the highway man is a killer !
The heart is such a friend and also such an enemy!!
उमरें बीतीं सदियाँ गुज़रीं
है वही अब तक इश्क़ का बचपन
Lives have been spent, centuries have gone by,
Still love is in its infancy!
इश्क़ है प्यारे खेल नहीं है
इश्क़है कार-ए-शीशा-ओ-आहन
Love is not a game!
Love is fragile like glass but strong like steel!!
खै़र मिज़ाज-ए-हुस्न की या-रब
तेज़ बहुत है दिल की धड़कन
Oh God, please take care of temperament of beauty!
My heart is anxious and beating with increased pulse!!
आ कि न जाने तुझ बिन कल से
रूह है लाशा जिस्म है मदफ़न
Please come, as without you, since yesterday,
My soul is like a copse and my body is like a grave!
तुझ सा हसीं और ख़ून ए मोहब्बत
वहम है शायद सुर्ख़ी-ए-दामन
Oh beautiful one , you the slayer of love!
May be I am confused as my hem is red with blood
बर्क-ए-हवादिस अल्लाह अल्लाह
झूम रही है शाख़-ए-नशेमन
Oh God, Oh God, look at the bright flash of calamities!
The branch is swinging ,on which is the nest!!
तू ने सुलझ कर गेसू-ए-जानाँ
और बढ़ा दी शौक़ की उलझन
By straightening your tresses,
You have increased the tangles of my fondness.
रहमत होगी तालिब-ए-इस्याँ
रश्क करेगी पाकिए-दामन
It would be a mercy,
on one demanding a rebellion,
Purity of hem, will be jealous ,envious.
बैठे हम हर बज़्म में लेकिन
झाड के उट्ठे अपना दामन
I have attended all gatherings, meetings,
but once I get up ,I leave behind all that transpired there.
चलती फिरती छाँव है प्यारे
किस का सहरा कैसा गुलशन
The World is a transient moving shadow,
whose desert, wilderness and which garden?
This ghazal has been sung by Begum Akhtar as well in her trademark style, giving it a special poignance. Still the ghazal has a happy feel to it and that is the reason for selecting this ghazal for the New Year.
This blog is being loaded on a Friday, as it is the First of January, with the sincere hope that the New Year will bring health, happiness, joy, cheer, merriment, prosperity and welcome relief from the miseries, gloom and grief of 2020!
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
01.01.2021
