maazii kii yaadeN liye, ek nazm: aNgiiThii
Naseer
aaj kal yahaaN qadre ThaND shuruu' ho ga'ii hai awr is ThaND ne us
zamaane kii yaad taazah kar dii hai jab nah to har ghar meN bijlii
thii awr nah hii "central heating" jaisaa ko'ii nizaam thaa.
is maHfil meN chand-ek aise log zaruur hoN ge jin ke liye "aNgiiThii"
ke naam se bahut sii KHush-gavaar yaadeN juRii hu'ii hoN gii. awr jin
ke liye yih chiiz kisii ahmiyyat kii Haamil nahiiN, unheN, kam az kam,
Josh ke shi'r zaruur achche lageN ge.
maiN is vaqt bhune chane chabaa rahaa huuN awr aap kii KHaatir yih
nazm likh rahaa huuN.
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aNgiiThii
bachpan kii ai udaas aNgiiThii! KHudaa gavaah
kyaa kahiye tujh par aaj paRii kis tarah nigaah
tuu awr KHaak-i-sard pih misl-i-sog-vaar
afsos ai zamaanah-i-tiflii kii yaad-gaar
merii hii taraH kyaa tiraa pahluu bhii sard hai?
kyaa tere aa'iine pih bhii maazii kii gard hai?
afsos vuh nishaat ke mausam, vuh zamzame 1
jaaRoN kii dil-fareb vuh raateN, vuh chahchahe
shu'loN se tere haa'e vuh uThtaa hu'aa dhu'aaN
vuh qahqahoN kii guuNj vuh shiiriiN paheliyaaN
KHush-buu vuh terii aaNch kii jaaN-baKHsh-o-dil-navaaz
vuh tiiragii meN rang tiraa dil meN jaise raaz
shu'le vuh surKH surKH, diloN meN tule hu'e
vuh surKHiyoN meN narm tabassum ghule hu'e
shu'loN ke baar baar vuh andaaz dil-nishiiN
dam bhar meN zar-nigaar 2 to dam bhar meN surmagiiN 3
Duubii hu'ii Hayaat meN vuh terii garmiyaaN
vuh garmiyoN meN lutf ke qissoN kii narmiyaaN
vuh saadagii kii bazm meN bajte hu'e sitaar
kaliyoN meN ko'iloN kii chaTaknaa vuh baar baar
vuh Ghunchagii kaa 'ahd, vuh gul-baariyaaN 4 tirii
uRtii hu'uu havaa meN vuh chiNgaariyaaN tirii
vuh narm narm jism, vuh terii HaraarateN
vuh zimmah-daariyoN se mu'arraa 5 sharaarateN
vuh chhokre adab se daroN meN khaRe hu'e
daayaa'oN ke saroN pih vuh aaNchal paRe hu'e
maamaa'oN kii safoN meN vuh muGhalaaniyoN kii shaan
rakhaa hu'aa vuh taKHt pih chaaNdii kaa paan-daan
vuh tere gird-o-pesh, ba-sad shaan-i-iftiKHaar
aavaaz paan-daan ke khulne kii baar baar
shaayaan-i-aafriiN vuh KHavaatiin kaa shi'aar
shoKHii ke rang meN bhii vuh ik nau' kaa vaqaar
vuh haikaleN 6 galoN meN, laboN par vuh laaliyaaN
hiltii hu'ii vuh kaanoN meN sone kii baaliyaaN
vuh lauNDiyoN ke ruKH pih nishaaN KHaak-dhuul ke
juuRe vuh uuNche uuNche vuh muu-baaf 7 tuul ke
vuh mard-o-zan liHaafoN ke andar ghuTe hu'e
ru'b-aafariiN 8 daroN meN vuh parde chhuTe hu'e
vuh ni-chale baiThne se tabii'at kaa intishaar
pahluu razaa'iyoN meN badalnaa vuh baar baar
halkii razaaiyoN kii vuh afsaanah-baariyaaN
atlas kii surKH goT pih vuh surKH dhaariyaaN
vuh "ek baadshaah" kii beTii kaa zikr-i-KHair
vuh valvale 9 jinnoN ke vuh pariyoN kaa shauq-i-sair
vuh marHamat 10 meN Gharq baRii buuRhiyoN kii zaat
vuh kaaTnaa Dalii kaa kahaanii ke saath saath
vuh ik 'ajiib shaan-i-tarab 11 se milii hu'ii
shiiriiN HikaayatoN meN sarauToN 12 kii raagnii
kyoN ab bhii yaad haiN vuh laRak-pan ke zamzame
ai sham'-i-KHvaab-gaah-i-faraaGhat javaab de
jin ko bhulaa rahii haiN hamaarii javaaniyaaN
ab un meN tuj-ko yaad haiN kitnii kahaaniyaaN
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Naseer
1 Singing/chanting
2 Guilded/gold-plated
3 Stained with collyrium
4 Flower-rain (phuuloN kii baarish)
5 Free of (zimmah-daariyoN se mu'arraa..free of resposibilities--be-
fikr)
6 Neck-bands
7 Tassled strings for plaiting hair
8 Awe-inspiring
9 Enthusiasm/zeal
10 Favour/kindness
11 Joy/merriment
12 (Betel) nut-cracker
Afzal A. Khan
Naseer Saheb,
Bahut KHoob. Aur bahut shukriyaa bhi, ke aap ne waaqe'ii
maazi ki yaad taaza(h) kar di. Is waqt zara masroof hooN,
lekin insha~Allah kal zara tafseel se likhooNga.
Afzal
Aroma
Thanks Naseer Saheb.
aNgiiThii, sarauTeN and paan-daan reminded me of my childhood days
growing up in a provincial town in India.
Regards,
Khushboo