Raqib se – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
// April 15th, 2009 // All, Poetry
Faiz’s seminal ‘raqib se’ (ie. to the competing suitor), which in some ways turns on its head the traditional, somewhat belligerent (or completely resigned) air of such poetry with a subtle melancholy that glimmers with a sparkle of hope
Listen to Noor Jahan’s unplugged rendition, with the transliterated text of the full poem appended below.
aa ki vaabasta hai us husn ki yaadeN tujhse
jisne is dil ko pariiKhaana banaa rakhaa thaa
jiski ulfat meN bhula rakhii thii duniaa hamne
dahar ko dahar ka afsaana banaa rakhaa thaa
aashnaa haiN tere qadmoN se voh raheN jin par
uskii mad’hosh javaani ne inaayat kii hai
karvaaN guzre haiN jinse isii ra’anaaii ke
jiskii in aankhoN ne be-suud ibaadat kii hai
tujh se khelii haiN voh mahbuub havaayeN jin meN
uske malbuus kii afsurda mahak baaqii hai
tujh pe bhii barsaa hai us baam se mehtaab ka nuur
jis meN biitii hu’ii raatoN ki kasak baaqii hai
tuune dekhii hai voh peshaani, voh rukhsaar, voh hont
zindgi jinke tasavvur meN luTaa di hamne
tujh pe uThi haiN voh kho’ii kho’ii saahir aankheN
tujh ko ma’aluum hai kyoN umr ganvaa dii hamne
ham pe mushtarak haiN ehsaan Gham-e-ulfat ke
itne ehsaan ki ginvaauuN to ginvaa na sakuuN
hamne is ishq meN kya khoyaa hai kyaa siikhaa hai
juz tere aur ko samjhaauN to samjhaa na sakuN
Raqeeb – Competitor in love
Wabasta – Connected, Related
Dehar – World
Aashna – Aquainted
Raanai – Beauty
Besood – Useless, Worthless
Malboos – Clothes
Afsurda – Sad
Mahtaab – Moon
Peshani – Forehead
Rukhsaar – Cheeks
Tasavvur – Imagination
Sahir – Magician
Juz – Other than
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