.. title: §22. Afsānah-e shahr
.. slug: itoohavesomedreams/poem_22
.. date: 2018-11-12 21:20:49 UTC
.. tags: poem itoohavesomedreams rashid
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.. description: transliterated version of "Afsānah-e shahr"
.. type: text



| shahr ke shahr kā afsānah, vuh ḳhvush-fahm, magar sādah musāfir
| kih jiñheñ ʿishq kī lalkār ke rah-zan ne kahā: "āʾo!
| dikhlāʾeñ tumheñ ek dar-e bastah ke asrār kā ḳhvāb—"
| shahr ke shahr kā afsānah, vuh dil jin ke bayābāñ meñ
| kisī qat̤rah-e gum-gashtah ke nā-gāh larazne kī ṣadā ne yih kahā:
| "āʾo dikhlāʾeñ tumheñ ṣubḥ ke honṭoñ pah tabassum kā sarāb!"
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| shahr ke shahr kā afsānah, vuhī ārzū-e ḳhastah ke lañgṛāte huʾe pair
| kih haiñ āj bhī afsāne kī duzdīdah-o-zhūlīdah lakīroñ pah ravāñ
| un asīroñ kī t̤araḥ jin ke rag-o-reshah kī zanjīr kī jhankār
| bhī tham jāʾe to kah uṭṭheñ: "kahāñ?
|     ab kahāñ jāʾeñge ham?
| jāʾeñ ab tāzah-o-nā-dīdah nigāhoñ ke zimistāñ meñ kahāñ?"
| un asīroñ kī t̤araḥ jin ke liye vaqt kī be-ṣarfah salāḳheñ
| nah kabhī sard nah garm, aur nah kabhī saḳht nah narm
| nah rihāʾī kī pażīrā, nah asīrī hī kī sharm!
| 
| shahr ke shahr kā afsānah, vuh rūḥeñ jo sar-e pul ke sivā
| aur kahīñ vaṣl kī joyā hī nahīñ
|     pul se jiñheñ pār utarne kī tamannā hī nahīñ
|     is kā yārā hī nahīñ!

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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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