Yaaron Ki Mehfil….. Part I
A few months ago,I had the occasion of attending a get-to-gether of some like minded friends. It was a lively evening and we regaled each other through sher-o-shayari etc. I present some glimpses from the mehfil……
1.Kuchch Apnee :
I recalled and recited a beautiful and philosophical sher from my late father’s collection.I had heard it when I had attended a similar mehfil one evening with my father, when I was around 17-18 years old.
” Deeye nein sarr par aag rakh kar kasam khaee hai,
Yaa khuda,maine nahin jalaaya iss parwaaney ko !
Fannah honey key baad,parwaaney ki mayyiat bhi nahin uthtee !
Gunhegaar-ey muhabbat ka yahee anjaam hota hai !
Nigaahein zulm kartee hain aur dill badnaam hota hai !! “
All my yaars cheered me up saying:”Wah ! Wah !” What do you say,dear readers ?
2.Kuchch Paraayee :
This sher I had heard when a get-to-gether was there in our Engineering College Hostel sometime in 1972. One of my class mates had recited it.I still recall it and enjoy it for its social message.
“Ek dinn main sair ko nikla , dill mein kayee armaan thhey,
Ek traf viraan jungle thha, ek taraf shamshaan thhey,
Thokar laggi ek haddi sey, uskey bhi do byaan thhey,
Ai chalne waaley,zara sambhal key chall, hum bhi kabhi insaan thhey !!”
3. Kuchch yahan wahan sey churaee :
This one was heard from a young romantically inclined friend,studying for his MBA in a B School.
“Bahut haseen ho tum, duniyaan ki nazaron sey khudd ko bachaaye rakhna,
Kaajal ka teeka kaafi nahin hai,galey mein nimbu-mirchi bhi latkaaye rakhna !!”
Enjoy these shers until I recall some more and present them in near future in Part II of this mehfil.
Ah,yes.I do not think these shers are difficult to understand and appreciate in Hindi,so I have not translated them into English but I would love if some of the readers tried to translate them for the benefit of those ” jinn kaa Hindi mein haathth tangg hai !”
Enjoyed these! Loved the second one and had a good laugh at –
“Bahut haseen ho tum, duniyaan ki nazaron sey khudd ko bachaaye rakhna,
Kaajal ka teeka kaafi nahin hai,galey mein nimbu-mirchi bhi latkaaye rakhna !!”
Keep it up Jitoo, your blog is going great guns with variety and entertainment.
Jitoo Uncle, Kya khoob kaha hai. Bahut badhiya. Isi baat pe ek sher arz kiya hai:
Nazar unko na lagey jo yeh sher likhtey hain,
Nazar unko bhi na lagey jo yeh sher padhtey hain,
Nazar to unko lagey jo yeh sher padhkar,
Wah Wah kehna bhool jaatey hain !!
So here I say, Wah Wah Wah !!
Jatinder-ji, “Ma’ashallah”. “Wah Wah, Bahut khoob”
After reading your Sher, I was reminded of a ‘Tukbandi” from my College days –
Main gaya tha nadi kinarey,
Wahaan padi thi clip
Tu meri Anarkali,
Main tera ‘Dilip’
Craving more more ( Yeh dil maangey More )
Bharat B. Trivedi, K.O. Bahrain (A. Gulf)
May 19, 2009
Dear Jatinder jee, Great sher-o-shayari! I liked all of them but the third one (the humorous one) is really hillarious. I have written more than a hundred ghazals but the problem lies in translating them into English; the meaning comes through in the translation but the poetry is lost. So much in the ghazals depends on the beauty of the Urdu language and this beauty is entirely lost in translation. Warmest regards,
Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai
May 22, 2009
Dear Bharat ji, Dr Pooja and Dear Gautam ji, I appreciate your lovely and encouraging feedback on my sher-o-shayri.I have written some shers too but they all lie scatterred in old diaries and note books.I’ll soon try to retrieve them and come up with a few more servings.Thanks to you all.
J S Broca , New Delhi
May 24, 2009
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