Comments on: حرام

By: akbar

akbar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:05:52 +0000

فیض

یہ وقت آے تو بے ارادھ

کبھی کبھی مین بھی دیکھتا ہوں

اتار کر ذات کا لبادھ
کہیں سیاھی ملا متوں کی

کہیں پہ گل بوٹے الفتوں کے
کہیں لکیریں ہیں آنسؤں کی

کہین پہ خون جگر کے دھبے

یہ چاک ہے پنجہ عدو کا
یہ مہر ہے یار مہرباں کی

یہ لعل لب ہاءے مہوشاں کے
یہ مرحمت شیح بد زباں کی

یہ جامہ روز و شب گزیدہ
مجھے یہ پیرھن دریدھ

عزیز بھی ںاپسند بھی
کبھی یہ فرمان جوش وحشت

کہ نوچ کر اس کو پھینک ڈالو
کبھی یہ اصرار حرف الفت
کہ چوم کر پھر گلے لگا لو

By: akbar

akbar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:40:13 +0000

فیض
غم جہاں ہو، رخ یار ہو، کہ دست عدو سلوک جس سے کیاھم نے عاشقانہ کیا

By: akbar

akbar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:25:57 +0000

and Ghalib

“muhabbat main naheen hai farq jiine aur marane kaa
usii ko dekh kar jiite hain jis kaafir pe dam nikale

Khudaa ke vaaste pardaa na kaabe se uThaa zaalim
Kaheen aisaa na ho yaan bhii vahii kaafir sanam nikale

Kahaan maiKhaane ka daravaazaa ‘Ghalib’ aur kahaan vaaiz
par itanaa jaanate hain kal vo jaataa thaa ke ham nikale”

By: akbar

akbar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:01:48 +0000

How about Munir Niazi

‘ Kuchh apney jaisay loagh mileen
In rang barangey shehroon main

Koee apnay jaisee lahr milay
In sanpoon(snakes) jaisee lahroon main

koee teez nashila zehr milay
Itnee qism kay zahroon main”

By: aamir

aamir — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:47:04 +0000

“sabz sabz mausam ki
zard zard aankho main
barishon ke doray hain
log kitnay koray hain
sard sard raton kay
surkh surkh honto per
gard gard batain hain
dosti ki ghatain hain
maslehat kay pairon kay
saey kitnay gehray hain
hum kahan pay aa thehray
aaj tak nahin samjhay”

Here’s an other non sufi,non indian piece of urdu poetry

her aik pal ka hisab lay lay
magr wo mairay haseen lamhay
hisab un ka kabhi na doon ga
jo main nay uss nay
jo uss nay main nay
thay yoon guzaray key teesra darmian nahin tha
keh aisay lamhon main tu bhi mera khuda nahin tha
jab hum nay apnay lahoo ko apna khuda banaya
jab hum nay apnay badan ko apna gawah banaya
wo meray apnay haseen lamhay
hisab un ka kabha na doon ga

By: safrang

safrang — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:59:01 +0000

yikes. both of my comments above are amiss. i was not reading the first verse of hafez properly, and the second poem is in fact Attar’s, albeit rendered in many different forms. nevermind. great poems though, and universal theme.

By: safrang

safrang — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:55:19 +0000

There is something amiss in the 3rd poem - too many syllables in the first verse. I do not have my Hafez handy right now to tell what is it.

However, here is another poem from Hafez on the same theme:

نه در مسجد گذارندم که مستی
نه در میخانه کین خمار خامست
میان مسجد و میخانه راهیست
غریبم، عاشقم آن ره کدامست؟

By: akbar

akbar — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:19:27 +0000

another vintage Faiz

dasht-e-tanhaa_ii me.n ai jaan-e-jahaa.N larzaa.N hai.n
terii aavaaz ke saaye tere ho.nTho.n ke saraab
dasht-e-tanhaa_ii me.n duurii ke Khas-o-Khaak tale
khil rahe hai.n tere pahaluu ke saman aur gulaab

uTh rahii hai kahii.n qurbat se terii saa.Ns kii aa.Nch
apanii Khushbuu me.n sulagtii hu_ii maddham maddham
duur ufaq par chamakatii hu_ii qatraa qatraa
gir rahii hai terii dil_daar nazar kii shabnam

us qadar pyaar se ai jaan-e jahaaN rakkhaa hai
dil ke ruKhsaar pe is vaqt terii yaad ne haath
yuu.N gumaa.N hotaa hai garche hai abhii subah-e-firaaq
Dhal gayaa hijr kaa din aa bhii ga_ii vasl kii raat

By: akbar

akbar — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:13:10 +0000

and Hafiz
Nasihm guft bajuz Ghum cheh hunr dar-o-ishq
Baroo-e khwaja aaqil hunr-e behter azeen

By: akbar

akbar — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:01:50 +0000

and more Faiz (Tanhai ; from Naqsh-e Faryadi)

Pher koi aya Dil-e zar, naheen koi naheen
rahroo ho ga kaheen aur chala jaiy ga
Dhal chukki raat, bikharnay laga taroon ka gubar
larkhranay lagay eewanoon main khuwabeeda charag
so gaiy rastaa tak tak ke her ik rahguzar
ajnabee khak nain dhundhlaa deay qadmoon kay surag
gul karoo shameen barha do mai o mina o ayag
apnay be khwab kuwaroon ko muqaffal kar lo
ab yahan koi naheen koi naheen aye ga

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:22:02 +0000

Ah! I should have remembered that gorgeous verse - for this or my earlier exile post.
Incidentally, that “bhi” in Faiz’s hands is a dangerous weapon: “Rahaten aur bhi hain vasl ki rahat key siva”

By: Qalandar

Qalandar — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:05:51 +0000

Ahh, jab aap ne “Haraam” aur Faiz ka topic cherh hi diya hai, I must bring up two lines from one of my favorite pieces of Urdu poetry (Faiz’s Subh-e-Azaadi):

“Suna hai ho bhi chuka hai firaaq-e-zulmat o noor
Suna hai ho bhi chuka hai visaal-e-manzil o gaam
Badal chuka hai bahut ahl-e-dard ka dastoor
Nishaat-e-vasl halaal, o azaab-e-hijr haraam…”

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:08:22 +0000

Hafiz is the poet for poets - and if such honorifics have any meaning, one of the greatest expressions of human experience are in his ghazals.

I will check out Ishq da waris.

By: aamir

aamir — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:53:09 +0000

Ishfaq Ahmad wrote that Faiz was a sufi. I agreed then and i agree now, even though every urdu poet pretends/dreams to be a sufi except Kishwar naheed. I just watched “Waris Shah”. Its a low budget punjabi film which is over dramatized like most desi movies. As the name suggests its not about Heer Ranjha. its about Waris Shah and director did some research, i think, on the subject and used Heer beautifully. It was very moving. watch it
Ghalib in one of his letters wrote that Firdausi was the perfect poet. I have read some of his poetry but i personally feel that Hafiz is out of this world. And i think in the west Rumi has been translated more than any other persian poet. Can any body tell me that is it just me who feels Hafiz more than any one and anything in the world or he really is the greatest.