subah-e-aazadi
Kashif Hoda
SUBAH-E-AAZADI
BY
FAIZ
yeH dagH dagH ujala, yeH shab guzida sahar
woH intezar tha jiss ka, yeH woH sahar to nahiN
yeH woh sahar to nahiN, jiss ki aarzoo le kar
chaley thay yaar, keH mil jayegi kahiN naH kahiN
falak ke dasht meiN taaroN ki aakHri manzil
kahiN to hoga shab-e-sust mauj ka sahil
kahiN to jakey rukega safina-e-gHam-e-dil
jawaaN lahu ki pur-issraar shahrahoN sey
chaley jo yaar, to daaman peH kitney haath paRhey?
dyarey husn ki be-sabr kHwaabgaahoN sey
pukarti rahiN baaheiN, badan bulatey rahey
bahut aziz thi lekin rukH-e-sahar ki lagan
bahut qareeN tha hasinaan-e-noor ka daaman
subuk subuk thi tamanna, dabi dabi thi thakan
suna hai, ho bhi chuka hai firaq-e-zulmat-o-noor
suna hai, ho bhi chuka hai wisaal-e-manzil-o-gaam
badal chuka hai bahut ahl-e-dard ka dastoor
nishaat-e-wasal hilaal-e-azaab-e-hijr haraam
jigar ki aag, nazr ki umang, dil ki jalan
kisi peH charah, hijraaN ka kuchh asar hi nahiN
kahaN sey aai nigaar-e-sabaa? kidhar ko gai?
abhi chiragH sar-e-raah ko kHabar hi nahiN
abhi giraani-e-shab meiN kami nahiN aai
nijaat-e-deedaH-o-dil ki ghaRhi nahiN aai
baRhey chalo keH woH manzil abhi nahiN aai
you can listen to this nazm and that too in Faiz's own voice here
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kashif/au/aazaadee.wav
made available by kashif noorani
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kashif/html/shayari.html
shukriya
kashif
anonymous
BAHUT KHOOB KASHIF SAHAB... KUCH AUR IRSHAAD HO JAYE...
Regards,
Kashif Hoda <ho...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<33F148...@earthlink.net>...
> SUBAH-E-AAZADI
> BY
> FAIZ
>
>
> yeH dagH dagH ujala, yeH shab guzida sahar
> woH intezar tha jiss ka, yeH woH sahar to nahiN
> yeH woh sahar to nahiN, jiss ki aarzoo le kar
> chaley thay yaar, keH mil jayegi kahiN naH kahiN
> nijaat-e-deedaH-o-dil ki ghaRhi nahiN aai
> baRhey chalo keH woH manzil abhi nahiN aai
kashif
anonymous wrote:
>
> BAHUT KHOOB KASHIF SAHAB... KUCH AUR IRSHAAD HO JAYE...
>
> Regards,
>
here is a nazm by a freedom fighter himself (and what a freedom-fighter)
his name is Ashfaqullah Khan "Ashfaq" he was a revolutionary and hanged
in 1930 for his involvment in the "Kakori Train Dacoity Incident".
Ashfaq, Ramprasad "Bismil" (another poet) and many others stopped a
train in Kakori near Lucknow , the train was taking revenues (money of
the people)collected to be deposited to the treasury. The
revolutionaries stopped and looted the train. but unfortunately they
were caught later and many of them hanged .
[ i must mention here that i had the oppurtunity to see the place where
this incident occured]
so here is by shahid of kakori Ashfaq...
watan hamara rahey shaadkaam aur aazad
hamara kya hai agar hum rahey, rahey naH rahey
SHORISH-E-JUNOON (last nazm of Ashfaqullah Khan)
bahaar aai hai shorish hai junoon-e-fitnaa samaaN ki
ilahi kHair rakhna tu merey zaibo-gHaribaaN ki
bhala jazbat-e-ulfat bhi kahiN mitaney sey miTatey haiN
abas haiN dhamkiyaaN dar-o-rassan ki aur zindaaN ki
woH gulshan jo kabhi aazaad tha gHuzarey zamaney meiN
maiN huN shakH-e-shikasta ya ussi ujaRhey gulistaaN ki
nahiN tum sey shikaayat humsafiraan-e-chaman mujh ko
meri taqdir hi meiN tha qafas aur qaid zindaaN ki
zameiN dushman zamaaN dushman, joo apney thay paraaye haiN
sunogey dastaaN kya tum, merey haal-e-parishaaN ki
yeH jhagRhey aur bakheRhey mate kar aapas meiN mil jaao
abas tafriq hai tum meiN yeH hindu aur musalmaaN ki
sabhi saaman-e-ishrat thay, mazey sey apni kaTati thi
watan key ishq ney humko hawa khilwai zindaaN ki
bahamd-illah chamak uTtha sitaara meri qismat ka
ki taklif-e-haqiqi ki ataa shah-e-shahidaaN ki
idhar kHauf-e-kHazaaN hai aashiyaaN ka gHam udhar dil ko
humey yaksaaN hai tafrih-e-chaman aur qaid zindaaN ki
this nazm was published in the monthly "Kirti" published from Amritsar
in 1930 and promptly banned by the British.
as i mentioned earlier Ram Prasad "Bismil" was also famous for his urdu
poetry, watch out next time.
you can read one more poem on aazadi( or rather mourn aazaadi) by Josh
Malihabadi which is the anam nazm for august 1997.
http://members.tripod.com/~Hoda/aug97.htm
kashif
Yogesh Sethi
Nevil Ajay Shah wrote:
>
> Salaam everyone, In one of the ghazals that I heard by Ghulam Ali, he
> starts out by singing:
>
> Poochne aate ho har roz yasiron ke mizaaj,
> Kyon nahin kehte ke jaao tumhe azaad kiya?
>
> Can anyone tell me if it is the right word, and in any case what he is
> saying in the first line?
I do not have this ghazal and therefore cannot verify as to its
accuracy. However assuming that yasiiroN is the correct word we can
attempt the meaning.
yasiir or yaseer = motherless child
the other meanings of this word are: easy, soft
yasiiron is of course plural of yasiir and here it appears to imply
orphans. BTW the pronunciation of this word is ya-siir with a very short
ya, where a is almost not there, just as in the English word yea and
long siir as in the English word see.
If anyone has a different interpretation, please do comment.
Regards,
Yogesh Sethi
Nevil Ajay Shah
Vijay S. Bajwa
Yogesh Sethi wrote:
>
> Nevil Ajay Shah wrote:
> >
> > Salaam everyone, In one of the ghazals that I heard by Ghulam Ali, he
> > starts out by singing:
> >
> > Poochne aate ho har roz yasiron ke mizaaj,
> > Kyon nahin kehte ke jaao tumhe azaad kiya?
Should read:
Poochne aate ho har roz aseeron ke mizaj
.......
Aseer means prisoner
--
Vijay S. Bajwa
Yogesh Sethi
Thank you for the confirmation of the word. We had two other postings
supporting it. BTW does any one know who wrote this ghazal? With the
word asiir, the sher makes sense. Here is another sher using the word
asiir:
bas ke huuN 'Ghalib' asiirii meiN bhii aatish zer-e-paa
muu - e - aatish-diida hai halqaa merii zanjiir kaa
-(Ghalib)