POST 12:Hangama hai kyo barpa
हंगामा है क्यों बरपा
Lyrics By: अकबर इलाहाबादी
Performed By: गुलाम अली
This is a very popular ghazal, probably because there is a suggestion that drinking in moderation is acceptable. It has some difficult Urdu words but still is so popular, largely because it dilutes away the important tenet of Islam ,that drinking wine(includes all alcoholic drinks) is taboo.
The ghazal was written by famous ghazal writer Syed Akbar Hussain Rizvi, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi. He was born in 1846 and died in 1921.He retired as a Sessions Judge and was bestowed with the title Khan Bahadur by the British. He is also known for publishing a collection of poems on Mahatma Gandhi, called Gandhinama.
It has been sung by popular ghazal singer Ghulam Ali and has been set to music by him only. This ghazal is synonymous with Ghulam Ali, so much so that hardly any other ghazal singer of repute has sung it!
This ghazal by Ghulam Ali was released in 1985 and still feels so fresh!!
Important words
हंगामा Ruckus; बरपा Present; ना तज़ुर्बाकारी Inexperience;वाइज़ Preacher; मक़सूद intention, concern; बेगाना unfamiliar;ज़र्रा Dust mote;अनवर-ए-इलाही brilliance of the Allah; फितरत Nature, spirit; करिश्मे miracles;बुत Idol , statue;काफ़िर Non believer;
हंगामा है क्यों बरपा, थोड़ी सी जो पी ली है
डाका तो नहीं डाला चोरी तो नहीं की है।
Why is there such a ruckus,
just because I have partaken a little of wine?
I have not committed a theft or a dacoity!
ना तज़ुर्बाकारी से, वाइज़ की ये बातें है
इस रंग को क्या जाने, पूछो तो कभी पी है
हंगामा है क्यों बरपा...
It is because of inexperience and lack of understanding
that the preacher tells one to abstain,
Ask him if he has ever experienced it,tasted it himself?
He does not know this aspect of life, this sense of enjoyment!
उस मैय से नहीं मतलब, दिल जिससे हो बेगाना
मक़सूद है उस मैय से, दिल ही में जो खींचती है
हंगामा है क्यों बरपा...
The wine, that is a stranger to my heart,
the wine that makes me a stranger,
I do not cherish.
I appreciate only the wine that my heart produces.
वा दिल में की सदमे दो या, की में के सब सह लो
उनका भी अजब दिल है, मेरा भी अजब जी है
हंगामा है क्यों बरपा...
Her heart wants to punish me, hurt me,
And my heart wants to welcome and tolerate all this torture,
She has a strange heart and
I have an unusual temperament!,
हर ज़र्रा चमकता है, अनवर-ए-इलाही से
हर सांस ये कहती है, हम है तो खुदा भी है
हंगामा है क्यों बरपा...
Every small piece, every dust mote,
is illuminated with the brilliance of the Allah,
My every breath proclaims,
that Allah is there because I am.
सूरज में लगे धब्बा, फितरत के करिश्मे हैं
बुत हमको कहे काफ़िर, अल्लाह की मर्ज़ी है
हंगामा है क्यों बरपा...
Even the Sun gets a black spot,
that is a miracle of the nature,
If idols call me a non believer,
it can only be the design of the Allah.
Idol worship in Islam is taboo. Actually Christians and Hindus, who worship idols are called Khafir, Infidel. So if the idol itself accuses me of being an infidel, it can only be the design of Allah.
तालीम का शोर ऐसा, तहज़ीब का ग़ुल इतना
बरकत जो नहीं होती निय्यत की ख़राबी है
There is so much noise about learning and education,
as also so much tumult about politeness, good manners,
still if there is no prosperity, abdndance,
it could only be because of bad intentions!
सच कहते हैं शैख़ 'अकबर' है ताअत-ए-हक़ लाज़िम
हाँ तर्क-ए-मय-ओ-शाहिद ये उन की बुज़ुर्गी
Sheikh Akbar tells the truth,
that obedience of truth is essential, mandatory,
Yes, giving up wine drinking and company of gay men,
is a measure of their respectability.
It was a pleasure to bring this very very popular ghazal to you.
Happy weekend !
