POST 30:Dard jab teri ata hai
दर्द जब तेरी अता है
Important words:
अता: Gift; गिला: complaint; हिज्र: isolation, separation; अक्स: reflection; दस्त-ए-हिनाई: hennaed hands;आरिज़: cheeks
In her amazingly versatile career Asha Bhosle, has dabbled with ghazal singing as well. She is not a regular Ghazal singer, but as with everything that she does, her Ghazals are really a treat. Her album with Ghulam Ali, ‘Meraj e Ghazal’ was a huge success but she essentially remains a singer of very popular Bollywood film songs.
This ghazal, “Dard Jab Tere Ata Hai”, is very simple in thought and has been worded with not very difficult words, which is its intrinsic beauty. Somehow it touches the heart with the narration of the the plight of the singer which could be the lover or the loved one. Manzoor Ahmar, the writer of this Ghazal was born on 12th January 1931 and expired in 2008.
Some of his more popular shers :
इस से पहले के बे-वफ़ा हो जाएं
क्यों न ऐ दोस्त हम जुदा हो जाएं
दोस्त बन कर भी नहीं साथ निभानेवाला
वही अंदाज़ है ज़ालिम का ज़मानेवाला
करूँ न याद अगर
किस तरह भुलाऊँ उसे
ग़ज़ल बहाना करूँ
और गुनगुनाऊँ उसे
अब के हम बिछड़े तो शायद कभी ख़्वाबों में मिलें
जिस तरह सूखे हुए फूल किताबों में मिलें
ढूँढ उजड़े हु्ए लोगों में वफ़ा के मोती
ये ख़ज़ाने तुझे मुमकिन है ख़राबों में मिलें
दर्द जब तेरी अता है
तो गिला किससे करें ?
As, you are the one to gift pain, cause me sorrow,
To whom can I complain?
हिज्र जब तूने दिया हो तो
मिला किससे करें?
When you are the one to decree separation, isolation,
Whom can I Meet?
अक्स बिखरा है तेरा टूट के आईने के साथ
हो गई ज़ख़्म नज़र अक्स चुना किससे करें ?
Your reflection has broken with the shattering of the mirror!
My eyesight has been damaged, how do I choose which reflection?
मैं सफ़र में हूँ मेरे साथ जुदाई तेरी
हमसफ़र ग़म हैं तो फिर किसको जुदा किससे करें ?
I am travelling in life, with you separated, as my fate!
When pain is the companion, whom do I separate from whom?
खिल उठे गुल या खुले दस्त-ए-हिनाई तेरे
हर तरफ़ तू है तो फिर तेरा पता किससे करें?
The flowers have bloomed
or may be your hennaed hands have opened!
You are everywhere, in every direction,
whom do I ask for your address?
तेरे लब तेरी निगाहें तेरे आरिज़ तेरी ज़ुल्फ़
इतने ज़िंदा हैं तो इस दिल को रिहा किससे करें?
Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks and lovely locks are so alive!
How can I prevent my heart from the fascination of all these?
Ghulam Ali has sung this ghazal in his trademark soulful style. Does he need any introduction?
Hope you all enjoyed this ghazal. Wishing all of you a very pleasant weekend!
30.01.2021
