POST 89
Gazab kiya tere wade pae aitbar kiya
ग़ज़ब किया, तेरे वादे पे ऐतबार किया
Dagh Dahalvi (Born 25.05.1831 — died 17.03.1905) was a master! A gazal penned by legendary poet Dagh Dahalvi, whose given name was Nawab Mirza Khan. He was born and brought up in the Red Fort Delhi, where his mother was married to prince Mirza Muhammed Sultan, son of last emperor of India, Bahadur Shah Zafar. After the first war of Independence in 1857 all Muslims were asked to leave Delhi and Dagh moved to Rampur a Muslim state.
The first in the order is Muhammed Rafi.
::Important words:
ग़ज़ब : Has many meanings like anger, miracle, marvellous, unimaginable etc but the context determines the usage. Here it means something wonderful , unimaginable; ऐतबार: faith, confidence; बुत: literally means an idol, statue but it is also a metaphor to denote a beloved;क़यामत: Dooms day, the day of final judgement; शब-ए-वस्ल: night of assignation; अश्क-बार: tears in the eyes; मह्व-ए-नज़ारा: lost in the scene; तग़ाफ़ुल:act of ignoring;फ़साना-ए-शब-ए-ग़म: story of night of grief; जल्वा: show of beauty or splendour; सर-ए-मज़ार: near the grave;बे-शुबह: undoubtedly, इज्ज़: modesty; ताब:power to resist ,power of endurance;राज़-ए-निहां: hidden secrets; आशकार:openly, apparently; मआल-अंदेश: aware of consequences; दिल-ए-मुज़्तरिब:restless heart; राज़-ए-निहाँ: hidden secrets; महव-ए-नज़ारा : lost in the beauty of the scene; तग़ाफ़ुल: ignoring intentially;ज़बान-ए-ख़ार: wicked or thorny tongue; सर-ए-शोरीदा:frenzied mind ; तसव्वुर:imagination; कसरत-ए-महफ़िल: over crowding in meeting, congregation; रक़ीबों: rivals; हम-कनार:embrace; तर्ज़-ए-सितम: ways manners of oppression, tyrannt; दावर-ए-महशर: The God; इश्क़-ए-निहाँ: hidden love; इफ़्तिख़ार: honour, esteem ; मेहर-ए-क़यामत: the Sun of the doomsday, day of judgement; ‘दाग़’-ए-सियह-रू:spot on black face;
I have exhausted all that was worthwhile writing about Mehdi Hasan in my previous blogs so just enjoy his soul stirring singing!
ग़ज़ब किया, तेरे वादे पे ऐतबार किया
तमाम रात क़यामत का इन्तज़ार किया
Unimaginable but still I reposed faith in your promise!
The whole night passed as though waiting for the doomsday!!
किसी तरह जो न उस बुत ने ए’तिबार किया
मिरी वफ़ा ने मुझे ख़ूब शर्मसार किया
No way could I make that beloved of mine to have faith in me!
My faithfulness made me shamefaced, ashamed!!
हँसा हँसा के शब-ए-वस्ल अश्क-बार किया
तसल्लियाँ मुझे दे दे के बे-क़रार किया
On the night of meeting she made me laugh and laugh so much that I had tears in my eyes!
She consoled me so much that she made me restless!!
सुना है तेग़ को क़ातिल ने आब-दार किया
अगर ये सच है तो बे-शुबह हम पे वार किया
I hear that the killer (beloved) is sharpening her sword!
If true undoubtedly, it is an attack on me !!
न आए राह पे वो इज्ज़ बे-शुमार किया
शब-ए-विसाल भी मैं ने तो इंतिज़ार किया
She did not come although I pleaded endlessly but modestly ,
Even on the promised night of union I waited and waited!!
तुझे तो वादा-ए-दीदार हम से करना था
ये क्या किया कि जहाँ को उमीद-वार किया
You were supposed to promise an eye to eye union with me!
What have you done that the whole world has become hopeful?
ये दिल को ताब कहाँ है कि हो मआल-अंदेश
उन्हों ने वअ’दा किया इस ने ए’तिबार किया
My heart does not have power to understand the consequences!
She promised and the heart reposed faith!!
तड़प फिर ऐ दिल-ए-नादाँ कि ग़ैर कहते हैं
अख़ीर कुछ न बनी सब्र इख़्तियार किया
Oh my poor heart be prepared to suffer as my opponents are saying!
When none of my strategies worked I have assumed patience!!
मिले जो यार की शोख़ी से उस की बेचैनी
तमाम रात दिल-ए-मुज़्तरिब को प्यार किया
The restlessness that comes with the naughtiness of the beloved!
The whole night passed in loving the restless heart!!
भुला भुला के जताया है उन को राज़-ए-निहाँ
छुपा छुपा के मोहब्बत को आश्कार किया
I have expressed my hidden secrets every time she forgot it!
I have exposed my love for her by concealing it again and again!!
हम ऐसे महव-ए-नज़ारा न थे जो होश आता
मगर तुम्हारे तग़ाफ़ुल ने होश्यार
I was not one to be so lost in the beauty of the scene as to gain my senses!
But your intentional ignoring made me wiser!!
ज़बान-ए-ख़ार से निकली सदा-ए-बिस्मिल्लाह
जुनूँ को जब सर-ए-शोरीदा पर सवार किया
My grudging envious tongue always begged and called the name of God!
Even when my frenzied mind was under control of my madness, mania !!
तिरी निगह के तसव्वुर में हम ने ऐ क़ातिल
लगा लगा के गले से छुरी को प्यार किया
Oh you the killer(beloved) in imagining your loving look!
I loved the knife by applying it to my neck again and again!!
ग़ज़ब थी कसरत-ए-महफ़िल कि मैं ने धोके में
हज़ार बार रक़ीबों को हम-कनार किया
Strange was the over crowding in your congregations!
Thousands of times I embraced my rivals!!
न पूछ दिल की हक़ीक़त मगर ये कहते हैं
वो बे-क़रार रहे जिस ने बे-क़रार किया
Please do not ask the reality of my heart, but I would just say!
Let her be as restless and miserable as she has made me !!
जब उन को तर्ज़-ए-सितम आ गए तो होश आया
बुरा हो दिल का बुरे वक़्त होश्यार किया
I came to my senses only when she learnt the art of torture, tyranny!
I curse my heart for it alerted me at a bad time!!
कुछ आ गई दावर-ए-महशर से है उम्मीद मुझे
कुछ आप ने मिरे कहने का ए’तिबार किया
I regained some faith in the justice of God!
Largely because you believed part of my pleadings!!
किसी के इश्क़-ए-निहाँ में ये बद-गुमानी थी
कि डरते डरते ख़ुदा पर भी आश्कार किया
She expressed her love so secretly but with such arrogance !
I very hesitantly managed to express it, even before the God !!
ये किस ने जल्वा हमारे सर-ए-मज़ार किया
कि दिल से शोर उठा हाए बे-क़रार किया
Who has made this show of splendour and beauty near my grave?
My heart cried out I have been made restless even in my grave !
वो बात कर जो कभी आसमाँ से हो न सके
सितम किया तो बड़ा तू ने इफ़्तिख़ार किया
Speak about things which even God can not do!
You have unleashed your tyranny, cruelty and made me feel honoured!!
बनेगा मेहर-ए-क़यामत भी एक ख़ाल-ए-सियाह
जो चेहरा ‘दाग़’-ए-सियह-रू ने आश्कार किया
Even the Sun of the doomsday will become a beauty spot!
Oh Daag, a beauty spot on that black face that has been exposed by the soul !!
Farida Khanam was born in 1929 in Kolkata. She is no longer active but her singing has created a huge fan following and has been crowned as ‘Mallika-e- gazal’ both in India and Pakistan.
Tahira Syed ( Born 1958) is a Pakistani singer who specialises in singing gazal and folk sings. She is the daughter of Mallika Pukhraj. She obtained the LLB degree and then joined M.A. in English but dropped out. She learnt voice modulation and raggi art of singing using the throat, from Ustad Nazar Hussain. I have included her here for her tonal quality.
Pratibha Singh Baghel is a constant in my blogs. Enjoy her style of singing!
What a sensitive depiction of helplessness of the lover! Yes it is a very very long gazal even after I removed some 10–12 shers but you can select those that interest you.
Please enjoy different singing styles of these esteemed singers.
These have been busy 15 days what with four birthdays. 21st was the birthday of my grandson Yash who is holidaying here from cold cold Wisconsin, 24th was the birthday of my elder daughter Pallavi , 27th was the birthday of my younger brother Pramod and 31st was birthday of my younger son-in-law Yogesh. Happy birthday Yash, Pallavi, Pramod and Yogesh!
Take care.
