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Monday, March 19, 2007

Insha's famous ghazal: Kamar baandhe hue chalne ko yaaN sab yaar baithe hain....


Syed Inshallah Khan 'Insha', who was born in 1752, was brought up in Murshidabad [Bengal]. He shifted to Delhi and later Lucknow, where his rivalry with the legendary Mus'hafi is part of Urdu literary tradition.

It was like the rivalry between Aatish and Nasikh in the same region--Awadh [Uttar Pradesh] in North India. Insha also wrote the first Hindi story 'Rani Ketki ki Kahani'. He passed away in 1818.

Read one of his most famous ghazals:

कमर बांधे हुए चलने को* यां सब यार बैठे हैं
बोह्त आगे गए, बाक़ी जो हैं तैयार बैठे हैं

न छेड़ ए निकहत-ए-बाद-ए-बहारी, राह लग अपनी
तुझे अटखेलियां सूझी हैं, हम बेज़ार बैठे हैं

तसव्वुर अर्श पर है और सर है पा-ए-साक़ी पर
ग़र्ज़ कुछ और धुन में इस घड़ी मै-ख़्वार बैठे हैं

यह अपनी चाल है उफ़तादगी से इन दिनों पहरों
नज़र आया जहां पर साया-ए-दीवार बैठे हैं

भला गर्दिश फ़लक की चैन देती है किसे इंशा
ग़नीमत है कि हम सूरत यहां दो चार बैठे  हैं

इंशा


Now read the ghazal in Roman script:


kamar baandhe hu'e chalne ko yaaN sab yaar baiThe haiN
boh't aage gaye, baaqi jo haiN tayyaar baiThe haiN

na chheR aye nik'hat-e-baad-e-bahaarii raah lag apnii
tujhe aTkheliyaan suujhii haiN, ham be-zaar baiThe haiN

tasavvur arsh par hai aur sar hai paa-e-saaqi par
Gharz kuchh aur dhun meN is ghaRi mai-Khwaar baiThe haiN

yeh apnii chaal hai uftaagii se in dinoN pahroN
nazar aayaa jahaaN par saaya-e-diivaar baiThe haiN

bhalaa gardish falak ki chain detii hai kise Inshaa
Ghaniimat hai ki ham suurat yahaaN do chaar baiThe haiN

Insha'llah Khan Insha

[Some compilations have used the word 'pe' ie par instead of 'ko'. But now its clear that as per Insha's divan and other sources, it is the word 'ko']

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