.. title: §21. Zamānah ḳhudā hai
.. slug: itoohavesomedreams/poem_21
.. date: 2018-11-12 21:20:49 UTC
.. tags: poem itoohavesomedreams rashid
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.. description: transliterated version of "Zamānah ḳhudā hai"
.. type: text



| "zamānah ḳhudā hai, ise tum burā mat kaho"
| magar tum nahīñ dekhte——zamānah faqat̤ resmān-e ḳhayāl
| sabuk-māyah, nāzuk, t̤avīl
|     judāʾī kī arzāñ sabīl!
| 
| vuh ṣubḥeñ jo lākhoñ baras pesh-tar thīñ,
| vuh shāmeñ jo lākhoñ baras baʿd hoñgī,
| uñheñ tum nahīñ dekhte, dekh sakte nahīñ
| kih maujūd haiñ, ab bhī, maujūd haiñ vuh kahīñ,
| magar yih nigāhoñ ke āge jo rassī tanī hai
| ise dekh sakte ho, aur dekhte ho
| kih yih vuh ʿadam hai
| jise hast hone meñ muddat lagegī
| sitāroñ ke lamḥe, sitāroñ ke sāl!
| 
| mire ṣaḥn meñ ek kam-sin banafshe kā paudā hai
| t̤ayyārah koʾī kabhī us ke sar par se gużre
| to vuh muskarātā hai aur lahlahātā hai
| goyā vuh t̤ayyārah, us kī muḥabbat meñ
| ʿahd-e vafā ke kisī jabr-e t̤āqat-rubā hī se gużrā!
| vuh ḳhūsh ěʿtimādī se kahtā hai:
| "lo dekho, kaise isī ek rassī ke donoñ kināroñ
| se ham tum bañdhe haiñ!
| yih rassī nah ho to kahāñ ham meñ tum meñ
| ho paidā yih rāh-e viṣāl?"
| magar hijr ke un vasīloñ ko vuh dekh saktā nahīñ
| jo sarāsar azal se abad tak tane haiñ!
| jahāñ yih zamānah——hanūz-e zamānah
|     faqat̤ ik girah hai!

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.. admonition:: I Too Have Some Dreams: N. M. Rashed and Modernism in Urdu Poetry

  A translation of this Urdu poem by N. M. Rashed as well as this transliteration appears in the
  appendix of *I Too Have Some Dreams*. The transliteration is intended for
  people who can understand Urdu/Hindi or related languages. I hope to soon 
  add performances of these poems as well. 
  
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