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اِلزام  ہی  تو  ہے  ۔  فیض  احمد  فیضؔ

۱

ہم  پر  تمہاری  چاہ  کا  اِلزام  ہی  تو  ہے

دُشنام  تو  نہیں  ہے  یہ  اِکرام  ہی  تو  ہے

۲

کرتے  ہیں  جس  پہ  طعن  کوئی  جُرم  تو  نہیں

شوقِ  فضول  و  اُلفتِ  ناکام  ہی  تو  ہے

۳

دل  مُدّعی  کے  حرفِ  ملامت  سے  شاد  ہے

اے  جانِ  جاں  یہ  حرف  ترا  نام  ہی  تو  ہے

۴

دل  نااُمید  تو  نہیں  ناکام  ہی  تو  ہے

لمبی  ہے  غم  کی  شام  مگر  شام  ہی  تو  ہے

۵

دست  فلک  میں  گردشِ  تقدیر  تو  نہیں

دستِ  فلک  میں  گردشِ  ایّام  ہی  تو  ہے

۶

آخر  تو  ایک  روز  کرے  گی  نظر  وفا

وہ  یارِ  خوش  خصال  سرِ  بام  ہی  تو  ہے

۷

بھیگی  ہے  رات  فیضؔ  غزل  اِبتدا  کرو

وقتِ  سرودِ  درد  کا  ہنگام  ہی  تو  ہے

इल्ज़ाम ही तो है – फ़ैज़ अहमद फ़ैज़

१

हम पर तुम्हारी चाह का इल्ज़ाम ही तो है

दुश्नाम तो नहीं है ये इकराम ही तो है

२

करते हैं जिस पे ता’न कोई जुर्म तो नहीं

शौक़-ए फ़ुज़ूल ओ उल्फ़त-ए नाकाम ही तो है

३

दिल मुद्द’ई के हर्फ़-ए मलामत से शाद है

अए जान-ए जां ये हर्फ़ तेरा नाम ही तो है

४

दिल ना-उमीद तो नहीं नाकाम ही तो है

लम्बी है ग़म की शाम मगर शाम ही तो है

५

दस्त-ए फ़लक में गर्दिश-ए तक़्दीर तो नहीं

दस्त-ए फ़लक में गर्दिश-ए अय्याम ही तो है

६

आख़िर तो एक रोज़ करेगी नज़र वफ़ा

वो यार-ए ख़ुश-ख़िसाल सर-ए बाम ही तो है

७

भीगी है रात फ़ैज़ ग़ज़ल इब्तेदा करो

वक़्त-ए सरोद दर्द का हंगाम ही तो है

Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. faiz ahmed faiz (1911-1984) a poet of romance and resistance, labour leader, journalist, political activist, Lenin Peace Prize awardee writes with great finesse and delicacy using the beloved as a metaphor for the homeland and/or the socialist revolution.

faiz ahmed faiz (1911-1984) a poet of romance and resistance, labour leader, journalist, political activist, Lenin Peace Prize awardee writes with great finesse and delicacy using the beloved as a metaphor for the homeland and/or the socialist revolution.

1.love 2.accusation 3.insult 4.honour

The poet/lover has been accused of loving the beloved.  He declares that he is proud of it.  After all, this is not an insult, it is an honour!  Who is the beloved.  Could it be the homeland or socialist ideals.  The poet has spoken out against the people in power and accused … he is proud of his love of social justice.

1.sarcasm, taunt 2.crime 3.wish, desire 4.useless, ineffective 5.love 6.failed

The poet is in love with socialist ideals.  That doesn’t get him anywhere, there are no results; his love is ineffective, and they taunt him.  He declares … this is not a crime, it may be an ineffective wish, a failed love.  Implied is that he will continue to hold on to his ideals.

1.claimant, accuser 2.word of 3.accusation, reproach 4.happy 5.essense of my life, beloved

Someone has accused the poet of something.  His heart is happy with this reproach because, O love of my life, after all these words of accusation are your name i.e., he has been accused of the love of the homeland and he is happy and proud of it.

1.hopeless 2.unsuccessful 3.long 4.sorrow 5.night

The poet/revolutionary’s heart is not hopeless, even if it is unsuccessful.  He still hopes to succeed one day.  The night of sorrow is long, but after all it is just a night i.e., there will be dawn at the end of the night and dawn is symbolic of a new beginning.

1.hand 2.fate 3.calamity 4.destiny 5.days, present times

The hands of fate do not hold the calamities of my destiny, they hold just the vicissitudes of present times.  This too shall pass.

1.finally 2.day 3.sight, look 4.fidelity, keeping promise 5.friend, beloved 6.polite, affable, good disposition 7.head, top 8.roof

The yaar-e Khush-Khisaal the well disposed friend/beloved is the homeland or a socially just order.  She is not too far, she is on the roof-top and surely one day, she fulfill her promise and will look at the protagonist and his comrades.

1.wet, soaked, drenched 2.pen-name 3.begin 4.time of 5.melody, song 6.time, occasion

bhiigi raat could be symbolic of a night heavily laden with sorrow/emotion.  The poet calls upon himself to begin his Ghazal perhaps a song of consolation or an anthem of resistance.  After all, this is the time for music/melody even if it is a passing moment of pain.

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