BAZM-E-ADEEL ZAIDI

GHAZAL FROM ADEEL ZAIDI'S BOOK QARZ-E-JAAN

TRANSLATION BY: PROFESSOR ANISUR RAHMAN


Ba ejaaz-e dair-o haram dekhte hain

It’s by the temple-mosque magic that I see 
 That which cannot be ever seen but I see  

 Show me that hamlet of the purest peace now
 All I see here is what every moment I see   

I have heard he will raise a hell today   
 Ah! His kindness now, let us go and see  

 Lest someone calls me endearingly again   
 So endearingly, I look homewards and see   

It was tough indeed for the eyes to move away  
 I seldom looked at her; there was not much to see   

She offers the proofs of love again, yet again  
 So, the ups and downs of her tone I choose to see 

There are ways galore to connect with her Adeel 
 How far she keeps the trust, let me see if I can see   

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GHAZAL FROM ADEEL ZAIDI'S BOOK QARZ-E-JAAN -- AHISTA AHISTA

TRANSLATED BY PROFESSOR ANISUR RAHMAN:

Bikharta jaae hai aankhon mein khvaab aahista aahista

Dreams scatter in the eyes; slowly, a bit slowly 
 The shades of mirage change slowly, a bit slowly 

They perhaps don’t know all will perish in a flash 
 The roses too that bloomed slowly, a bit slowly 
 
 

The lamp doesn’t glow as it did at the night’s break 
 Beauty and youth melt slowly, a bit slowly 

Every night will get a dawn; the sun will show up  
 Veils from faces will lift up slowly, a bit slowly 

Tell them Adeel to live on till the dusk sets in 
 The sun’s shade will change then; slowly, a bit slowly 

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IQRAR! A SHORT NAZM FROM ADEEL ZAIDI'S BOOK QARZ-E-JAAN

TRANSLATED BY PROFESSOR ANISUR RAHMAN:

Iqraar  

Acceptance

All are happy with their status
 with transient festivities around.

We are breaking from within
 but none knows why.

 When the world goes on like this
 why at all did we arrive here?

We ask everyone
 but none knows why. 

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ADEEL ZAIDI'S NAZM "KHUDA" FROM HIS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK QARZ-E-JAAN

Translation
 ProfessorAnisur Rahman

 Khuda

 God

I don’t know at how many
 and what odd doors
 I had knocked. 
 
          I roamed 
          from door to door,
          then a voice told me--
          “God was right there--
          residing in me;
          associated with me 
          ever since 
          eternity”. 
 
 I don’t know 
 why I’ve kept wandering all along;
 why I haven’t knocked 
 at my heart.

 I don’t really know 
 for how long
 I’ve kept my God 
 waiting for me.

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A SHORT NAZM FROM ADEEL ZAIDI'S BOOK QARZ-E-JAAN

TRANSLATED BY PROFESSOR ANISUR RAHMAN:

Kaash!

 Only If!

 A fancy kept me moving-- 
 all my life,
 along with you.

God grant!
 may you crave for intimacy someday,
 God grant!
 may you too be in love someday. 

 Who knows! 

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Adeel Zaidi's ghazal

Book: Qarz e Jaan

TRANSLATED BY PROFESSOR ANISUR RAHMAN

Qarz-e jaan se nimat rahii hai hayaat

Paying its debt to life, this life     
 It’s turning back to life, this life   

Just as the clouds disperse out there 
 Life too disperses here, this life   

It can’t recognize its own face   
 So much smeared in dust, this life  

Just as the sun sinks and sets down   
 So spreads now, now shrinks, this life    

Many a scene in a scene alone   
 In many a part so breaks, this life  

None could ever extend this life  
 Bit by bit Adeel, shrinks this life   

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Inspired by Allama Iqbal's poem written for his son:

Dayar e  Ishq  Mein Apna  Muqam  Paida Ker
Naya Zamana Naye Subh o Shaam Paida Ker

Adeel Zaidi wrote this poem and is part of his newly published book Qarz-e-Jaan

More about Adeel Zaidi and family on: www.adeelzaidi.com

NAZR-E-IQBAL

JAHAN  MEIN  MISL-E-ALI    APNA   NAAM    PAIDA KER
"DAYAR-E-ISHQ  MEIN   APNA   MAQAAM   PAIDA KER"

SABAQ  YE  SEEKH   ALI  KI   KHAMOSHION    SE  ZARA
"SAKOOT-E-LALA  O   GUL   SE    KALAAM   PAIDA   KER"

ALI  WOH HAI  JO  GHAREEBI MEIN BHI  AMEER  RAHA
"KHUDI NA  BAICH  GHAREEBI MEIN NAAM PAIDA KER"

MUHABATON KE BAHUT JAAM TU NAY BAKHSHAY HAIN
FAROGHE     ISHQ-E-ALI    KA   BHI    JAAM    PAIDA     KER !!

TU   SHAHRE  I LM   KE   DAR   KA  FAQEER  HAI  TU  ADEEL!
"NAYA    ZAMANA    NAYE    SUBH  O    SHAAM  P AIDA KER"

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