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tohmat uThaane ko jii chaahta hai-saahir ludhianavi

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    • تہمت  اُٹھانے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے  ۔  ساحرؔ  لدھیانوی

    ۱

    نگاہیں  مِلانے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے
    دل  و  جاں  لُٹانے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے

    ۲

    وہ  تہمت  جسے  عشق  کہتی  ہے  دنیا
    وہ  تہمت  اُٹھانے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے

    ۳

    کسی  کے  منانے  میں  لذّت  وہ  پائی
    کہ  پھر  رُوٹھ  جانے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے

    ۴

    وہ  جلوہ  جو  اوجھل  بھی  ہے،  سامنے  بھی
    وہ  جلوہ  چُرانے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے

    ۵

    ملاقات  کا  کوئی  پیغام  دیجے
    کہ  چُھپ  چُھپ  کے  آنے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے

    ۶

    کہ  چُھپ  چُھپ  کے  آنے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے
    اور  آ  کے  نہ  جانے  کو  جی  چاہتا  ہے

    तोहमत उठाने को जी चाहता है – साहर लुधियानवी

    १

    निगाहें मिलाने को जी चाहता है
    दिल-ओ-जाँ लुटाने को जी चाहता है

    २

    वो तोहमत जिसे इश्क़ कहती है दुनिया
    वो तोहमत उठाने को जी चाहता है

    ३

    किसी के मनाने में लज़्ज़त वो पाई
    के फिर रूठ जाने को जी चाहता है

    ४

    वो जलवा जो औझल भी है, सामने भी
    वो जलवा चुराने को जी चाहता है

    ५

    मुलाक़ात का कोई पैग़ाम दीजे
    के छुप-छुप के आने को जी चाहता है

    ६

    के छुप-छुप के आने को जी चाहता है
    और आ के न जाने को जी चाहता है

     

    Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. sahir ludhianavi (1921-1980) progressive poet writing in chaste yet relatively easily understood urdu. He brought the quality of urdu nazm to movie songs and raised the standards to a high level. Supported labour movements. This delightfully lighthearted nazm/Ghazal is extracted from a qavvaali style song of the movie ‘dil hi to hai’ and linked to other Ghazaliyaat of the same radeef on the Refrain Index page.

    1
    nigaaheN1 milaane ko jii chaahta hai
    dil-o-jaaN2 luTaane3 ko jii chaahta hai    1.eyes 2.heart and soul, life and soul 3.give away
    I like to think of this whole Ghazal with the beloved as the protagonist. The third she’r most clearly reinforces that thought. Here the beloved wants to be able to look squarely at the lover, and shower him with her heart and soul.
    2
    voh tohmat1 jise ishq kahti hai duniya
    voh tohmat uThhaane2 ko jii chaahta hai     1.accusation 2.to be the target of that accusation
    The accusation that the world calls love, I long to be accused of that.
    3
    kisi ke manaane1 meN lazzat2 voh paa’ii
    keh phir ruuThh3 jaane ko jii chaahta hai    1.making up, entreaties 2.pleasure 3.(feigned) annoyance
    The beloved was upset with the lover. His entreaties so pleased her that she longs to get annoyed all over again.
    4
    voh jalva1 jo aujhal2 bhi hai saamne bhi
    voh jalva churaane3 ko jii chaahta hai    1.glory, beauty, manifestation 2.veiled, hidden, invisible 3.steal
    There is a mystical/sufiyaana interpretation possible but in the light of the romance overload, I am going to lay it aside. The beloved cannot openly look at the lover and his glory. Societal restrictions prevent her. That glory is in front of her and yet hidden. She want to steal a look at it.
    5
    mulaaqaat1 ka koii paiGhaam2 diije
    keh chhup chhup ke aane ko jii chaahta hai    1.meeting 2.message
    The beloved asks the lover to send her a message about meeting … when and where. She desires to come, hiding from the probing/forbidding eyes of the world.
    6
    keh chhup chhup ke aane ko jii chaahta hai
    aur aa ke na jaane ko jii chaahta hai She wants to come hiding from the eyes of the world and desires never to leave.

    sahir ludhianavi (1921-1980) progressive poet writing in chaste yet relatively easily understood urdu.  He brought the quality of urdu nazm to movie songs and raised the standards to a high level.  Supported labour movements.  This delightfully lighthearted nazm/Ghazal is extracted from a qavvaali style song of the movie ‘dil hi to hai’ and linked to other Ghazaliyaat of the same radeef on the Refrain Index page.

    1
    nigaaheN1 milaane ko jii chaahta hai
    dil-o-jaaN2 luTaane3 ko jii chaahta hai

    1.eyes 2.heart and soul, life and soul 3.give away

    I like to think of this whole Ghazal with the beloved as the protagonist.  The third she’r most clearly reinforces that thought.  Here the beloved wants to be able to look squarely at the lover, and shower him with her heart and soul.

    2
    voh tohmat1 jise ishq kahti hai duniya
    voh tohmat uThhaane2 ko jii chaahta hai

    1.accusation 2.to be the target of that accusation

    The accusation that the world calls love, I long to be accused of that.

    3
    kisi ke manaane1 meN lazzat2 voh paa’ii
    keh phir ruuThh3 jaane ko jii chaahta hai

    1.making up, entreaties 2.pleasure 3.(feigned) annoyance

    The beloved was upset with the lover.  His entreaties so pleased her that she longs to get annoyed all over again.

    4
    voh jalva1 jo aujhal2 bhi hai saamne bhi
    voh jalva churaane3 ko jii chaahta hai

    1.glory, beauty, manifestation 2.veiled, hidden, invisible 3.steal

    There is a mystical/sufiyaana interpretation possible but in the light of the romance overload, I am going to lay it aside.  The beloved cannot openly look at the lover and his glory.  Societal restrictions prevent her.  That glory is in front of her and yet hidden.  She want to steal a look at it.

    5
    mulaaqaat1 ka koii paiGhaam2 diije
    keh chhup chhup ke aane ko jii chaahta hai

    1.meeting 2.message

    The beloved asks the lover to send her a message about meeting … when and where.  She desires to come, hiding from the probing/forbidding eyes of the world.

    6
    keh chhup chhup ke aane ko jii chaahta hai
    aur aa ke na jaane ko jii chaahta hai

    She wants to come hiding from the eyes of the world and desires never to leave.

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