Friday, April 1, 2011

Qasida by Mirza Ghalib

SALAM USEY KE AGAR BAADSHAH KAHEN USKO
TO PHIR KAHEn KE KUCH ISSE SAWA KAHEn USKO

NA BAADSHAH, NA SULTAAn YEH KYA SATAESH HAI
KAHO KE KHAMISE AALE ABA KAHEIn USKO

KHUDA KI RAAH MEIn SHAAHI WA KHUSRAWI KAISI
KAHO KE RAHBARE RAAHE KHUDA KAHEn USKO

KHUDA KA BANDA, KHUDAWANDGAR BANDOn KA
AGAR KAHEIn NA KHUDAWAND KYA KAHEIn USKO

FAROGHE JAUHARE EIMAAn, HUSSAIN IBNE ALI
KE SHAMME ANJUMANE KIBRIYA KAHEn USKO

KAFEELE BAKHSHISHE UMMAT HAI BAN NAHEIn PARTI
AGAR NA SHAAFAEY ROZEY JAZA KAHEIn USKO

MASEEH JIS SE KAREY AKHZE FAIZE JAAn BAKHSHI
SITAM HAI KUSHTAEY TEGHE JAFA KAHEIn USKO

WOH JIS KE MAATAMIUn PAR HAI SALSABEELE SABEEL
SHAHEEDE TASHNALABEY KARBALA KAHEIn USKO

ADU KE SAMEY REZA MEIn JAGAH NA PAAEY WOH BAAT
KE JINNO INSO MALAK SUB BAJAA KAHEIn USKO

BAHUT HAI PAAYAE GARDE RAHE HUSAIN BULAND
BAQADRE FAHEM HAI GAR KEEMYA KAHEIn USKO

NAZARA SOUZ HAI YAAn TAK HAR EIK ZARRAEY KHAAK
KE EIK JAUHARE TEGHE QAZAA KAHEIn USKO

HAMAREY DARD KI YARAB KAHIn DAWA NA MILEY
AGAR NA DARD KI APNE DAWA KAHEIn USKO

HAMARA MUnH HAI KE DEIn USKE HUSNE SABR KI DAAD
MAGAR NABI WA ALI MARHABA KAHEIn USKO

ZAMAME NAAQA KAF USKEY MEIn HAI KE HAAEY GHAZAB
PAS AZ HUSAINE ALI PESHWA KAHEIn USKO

WOH REIGE TUFHTAEY WAADI PA GAAM FARSAA HAI
KE TAALIBAANE KHUDA RAHNUMA KAHEIn USKO

IMAAME WAQT KI YEH QADR HAI KE AHLE ENAAD
PIYAADA LECHALEIn AUR NASAZAA KAHEIn USKO

YEH EJTEHAAD AJAB HAI KE EK DUSHMANE DEEn
ALI SE AAKE LARE AUR KHATA KAHEIn USKO

YAZID KO TO NA THA IJTEHAAD KA PAAYA
BURA NA MAANIYE GAR HUM BURA KAHEIn USKO

ALI KE BAAD HASSAN, AUR HASSAN KE BAAD HUSAIN
KAREY JO INSE BURAAI BHALA KAHEIn USKO ?

NABI KA HO NA JISEY AITEQAAD KAAFIR HAI
RAKHE IMAM SE JO BUGHZ KYA KAHEIn USKO

BHARA HAI GHALIBE DIL KHASTA KE KALAM MEIn DARD
GHALAT NAHEIn HAI KE KHOONEEn NAWA KAHEIn USKO


By Mirza Ghalib ( Translation available upon request )

4 comments:

  1. I need the very qasida in urdu writing

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  2. I'd be rather thankful for an English translation, as well as for the original writing in urdu script and commentaries

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  3. this Qaseeda seems to be for Imam Hussain(as) more than Imam Ali(as). Does Ghalib hai a Qasida that focuses more on just Imam Ali(as)?

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  4. Salaam, I am on the look of an english translation of the above given Salaam. Pls if you have it, we will be greatful, if you would share it us. My email id is shabibzaidi@gmail.com Thanks. KH

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