POST 57: Patta Patta Boota Boota Haal Hamara Jane Hai
पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है
This is a ghazal penned by the legendary shayar ‘ Mir Taqi Mir’ in his inimitable style! It has several difficult Urdu words but once understood ,it beautifully illustrates the helplessness and misery of the lover who is not getting any response from his beloved ! Try and imagine that the society was very very conservative, opportunities for meeting young ones of the opposite sex were almost next to nil and still if an opportunity arose and the response was feeble how frustrating it could be!! Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir was born in February 1723 and lived up to 21st September 1810.His admirers called him ‘ Khuda e Sukhan’ — God of Poetry! He spent later part of his life in the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah, in Lucknow.
Ghalib once said “ Rekhta ke tum hee Ustad nahi Ghalib! Kehte hai agle zamane mein koi Mir bhi tha!!
Lata Mangeshkar sang this ghazal at the prime of her creative best, for the film ‘ Ek Nazar’ in 1972, under music direction of Laxmikant Pyarelal.
Lata Mangeshkar does not need any introduction but would like to mention that , in order to support her family, she started singing at the tender age of 13years , when her father died, and went on to be decorated with ‘Bharat Rana’- highest civilian honour in the country!
Important words: बूटा: a small plant;गुल: means a flower but also used in Urdu shayari to denote a woman, quite different from a maiden who is denoted as a kali . गौहर-ए-गोश: a gem but relevant here as a pearl in the ear ring; बाले: ear ring; फ़लक: the skies;चश्म-मह-ओ-ख़ुर: eyes of the Sun and Moon; पुतली: pupil of the eye; मुतकब्बिर: haughty, proud, arrogant; मग़रूर-ए-ख़ुद-आरा:arrogant, self revealing; ज़ियाँ:loss; वारा: gain, profit; चारागरी: treatment, medication; रस्म-ए-शहर-ए-हुस्न: tradition of the city of beauty or glamour; दिलबर-ए-नादाँ: innocent lover; चारा:treatment; शिकार-फ़रेबी: hunted or pursued by deception; मग़रूर: proud, haughty; सय्याद: hunter; ताइर; birds; असारा:slave, prisoner; मेहर: brilliance, Sun; लुत्फ़-ओ-इनायत: the pleasure of giving; वाक़िफ़: familiar; तंज़ ओ किनाया रम्ज़ ओ इशारा: secret of a hidden and concealed expression of contempt; फ़ित्ने: upheavel; बे-दिल बे-ताब-ओ-तवाँ: heartless restless and strong; रख़नों: obstructions; तिश्ना-ए-ख़ूँ: blood thirsty; तल्ख़ी-कश: bitter, disappointed; दुम-दार आब-ए-तेग़: strong and energetic shine of the sword; आब-ए-गवारा: acceptable water.
Jagjit Singh renders his romantic voice to this complicated ghazal and comes out in his true colours.
त्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है
जाने न जाने गुल ही न जाने बाग़ तो सारा जाने है
Every leaf every small plant, knows the condition of my heart!
The only one who does not is my beloved although the whole garden knows it!!
लगने न दे बस हो तो उस के गौहर-ए-गोश को बाले तक
उस को फ़लक चश्म-मह-ओ-ख़ुर की पुतली का तारा जाने है
If within her choice ,she would not let the pearl in the ear ring touch her ear ring!
She considers even the Sun and moon in the sky, as the pupil of her eye!!
आगे उस मुतकब्बिर के हम ख़ुदा ख़ुदा किया करते हैं
कब मौजूद ख़ुदा को वो मग़रूर-ए-ख़ुद-आरा जाने है
Before that haughty one we keep on praying Oh God, Oh God!
While the arrogant one does not even recognise the ever present God !!
आशिक़ सा तो सादा कोई और न होगा दुनिया में
जी के ज़ियाँ को इश्क़ में उस के अपना वारा जाने है
There is no one as simple as the lover in this World!
He considers even the loss of heart as gain or profit!!
चारागरी बीमारी-ए-दिल की रस्म-ए-शहर-ए-हुस्न नहीं
वर्ना दिलबर-ए-नादाँ भी इस दर्द का चारा जाने है
Taking care, giving medicines is not a ritual, a tradition in this city of the beautifuls!
Otherwise the innocent lover considers even this pain as part of treatment!!
क्या ही शिकार-फ़रेबी पर मग़रूर है वो सय्याद बचा
ताइर उड़ते हवा में सारे अपने असारा जाने है
That arrogant hunter , the one who hunts by deception!
All the birds flying free in the skies, consider themselves as prisoners!!
मेहर ओ वफ़ा ओ लुत्फ़-ओ-इनायत एक से वाक़िफ़ इन में नहीं
और तो सब कुछ तंज़ ओ किनाया रम्ज़ ओ इशारा जाने है
The brilliance of faithfulness, the pleasure of giving are unknown to her!
The only thing she knows is the swipe and sign of a whishpered ,concealed contempt!!
क्या क्या फ़ित्ने सर पर उस के लाता है माशूक़ अपना
जिस बे-दिल बे-ताब-ओ-तवाँ को इश्क़ का मारा जाने है
What all upheavals my heartless restless beloved brings with her!
Only someone madly in love can know it!!
तिश्ना-ए-ख़ूँ है अपना कितना 'मीर' भी नादाँ
तल्ख़ी-कश दुम-दार आब-ए-तेग़ को उस के आब-ए-गवारा जाने
How simple hearted is our Mir!
Bitter, blood thirsty energetic shine of the sword of the rival, he considers as palatable as pleasant water!!
Mehdi Hasan like always has put his heart in bringing out the beauty of this complicated ghazal. What a treat!
Hariharan is singing this ghazal as part of the celebrations of ‘ swar Utsav’ and really makes it a festive treat.
Ghulam Ali
Here is a new feature in this blog!
Sanchita Pandey is demonstrating how this ghazal is to be sung in raag Pahari while taal is Dadra. Sanchita is an accomplished Indian singer. Her songs have been recorded and played on AIR and Delhi Doordarshan. She lives in Jamshedpur. She is a prolific writer also.
Priyanka Mitra along with Mohammed Salamat is singing this ghazal, under direction of legend Pyarelal ji, for a show organised on 9th August 2019 at Shanmukhananda hall Mumbai. The rehearsal was conducted along with a team of 35 musicians! A feel of what goes on,in presenting a ghazal on the stage.
I agree the blog has become ghazalheavy but then I could not resist myself from including all these magical legends.
Enjoy the ghazal sung in all these different styles and have a wonderful relaxed time.
Next blog will appear on First of October 2021.
15.09.2021
