POST 9: Nukta chen hai gamae dil
नुकताचीं है ग़म-ए-दिल
This ghazal composed by Mirza Ghalib, has been sung by beautiful and super heroine of her days Suraiya, for the film ‘Mirza Ghalib’ released in 1954. Suraiya was a singing actress. It is a common belief that Dev Anand and Suriya were to marry but that did not happen because of opposition from her mother.Bharat Bhushan was the hero in this picture. Ghulam Mohammad was the music director.The film was directed by Sohrab Modi.
Important words :
नुकताचीं one given to finding faults ; ग़म-ए-दिल pain of the heart; जज़्बा-ए-दिल passion of the heart; आतिश Fire
नुकताचीं है ग़म-ए-दिल उस को सुनाए न बने
क्या बने बात जहाँ,
बात बताए न बने
नुक्ताचीं है ग़म-ए-दिल
My heart which is full of pain, is a great fault finder,
I am not even able to convey to it, make it understand , what is in my heart
how can things be set right
as I am not able to relate to it.
ग़ैर फिरता है लिए यूँ तिरे ख़त को
कि अगर कोई पूछे कि ये क्या है?
तो छुपाए न बने
नुक्ता-चीं है ग़म-ए-दिल
My rival is roaming around, with your letter, showing off so openly, so blatantly ,
that if someone asks what is it, it would not be possible to conceal it.
मैं बुलाता तो हूँ उस को
मगर ऐ जज़्बा-ए-दिल
उस पे बन जाए कुछ ऐसी
कि बिन आए न बने
नुक्ता-चीं है ग़म-ए-दिल
I do call her with all the passion in my heart,
Oh God, let something happen so that ,
she may not be able to resist coming,
she may be compelled to come .
इश्क़ पर ज़ोर नहीं
है ये वो आतिश ग़ालिब
कि लगाए न लगे
और बुझाए न बने
नुक्ता-चीं है ग़म-ए-दिल
उस को सुनाए न बन
Ghalib,love can not be dictated,
Love is like fire,
It can not be kindled at your will
nor can it , be put off ,denied at your will.
बोझ वो सर पे गिरा,
बोझ वोह सर से गिरा है,
कि उठाये न उठे
काम वो आन पड़ा है के बनाये न बने
नुक्ताचीं है, ग़म-ए-दिल उसको सुनाये
I have been loaded with responsibility,
the responsibility has fallen from my head,
that I am not able to handle it,
the job is such that I am unable to complete it.
खेल समझा है कहीं
छोड़ न दे भूल न जाए
काश यूँ भी हो के
बिन मेरे सताये न बने
My beloved thinks it is a game,
she may not leave me , forget me,
May it so happen,
that she may not be happy, without my tormenting her.
The same ghazal had also been sung by Kundan Lal Saigal, in the film ‘Yahudi Ki Ladki’ in 1933. Music was directed by Pankaj Mullick. It was a debut film, as a music director, for Pankaj Mullick. K.L. Saigal was also the hero in this film. This was the first time that voice of K. L. Saigal was heard in a film and took the nation by storm.
Feel the effect created by Saigal,words remaining the same!
Enjoy the eternal Ghalib, evergreen Saigal and indomitable Suraiya.
Happy weekend.
