Sunday, February 3, 2008

Meer Taqi Meer

दिल ये अत्फाल, जिद करता है इसे इश्क दिलाऊँ
बड़ा महंगा है वो खिलौना, तुझे कैसे समझाऊँ

Word Help ::
अत्फाल = childish

`Aman .. Retakes on Love

Sometimes I think that the way we think so differently about love at different times of our lives is really interesting and worth compiling. And as you can see, we have given it a name too :-) (Well, believe it or not ! but the joy of giving a name to the baby is a major reason people want to have babies :-)). Right now this compilation is one verse old. I invite all my dear friends and readers of this blog, if any, to raise it with their thoughts.

And the amazing thing is that, love, inspite of being the most touched upon topic in literature, is still going strong. Think of it, poets & writers have shredded and supposedly 'examined' every shred of this institution. Love seems to have been presented to us in every form ..be it compassion, or passion, or romance, or revenge..what not. Right from time poetry or prose got their meanings, love has always been in the vogue.

Anyways, why suddenly I am talking about love today is because I read about Meer Taqi Meer, an Urdu maestro from Delhi, who was considered as Ustad even by the likes of Ghalib and Zauq.
Heres what Ghalib said about him ..

रेखते के तुम ही उस्ताद नहीं हो "घालिब"
कहते हैं अगले ज़माने मैं कोई मीर भी था

Meer's father while on his deathbed asked him to walk the path of love. Most of Meer's poetry was inspired by love, life and things in between. Enjoy one of his 'kalaams' from the TeleSerial Mirza Ghalib.



15 comments:

arvind batra said...

chaliye shuruaat karte hain:

जो तेरे न होने में तेरे होने का सबूत है
ये अदा ऐ खुदा इश्क से क्यों मेह्फूस है

aman said...

wah kya baat hai..subhaan allah

Gursharan Singh said...

Love is one of those feelings you can develop for anybody or anything in a blip, or it may take a lifetime. Einstein was in love with an atom, Ghalib was in love with the surrounding mystique, a mother is in love with her child, there is a strange but common innocence in all these. The feeling at core has some elemental truths, only its nature changes. And it is also the feeling, which if dies unrequited, troubles the most.

unrequited love
is like a wound unhealed

a return touches
with unbearable pain,

while continued absence
leaves a silent scar.

both of these
last eternally

arvind batra said...

sahi hai gurshi! Hum samajh sakte hain dard aapka.

@rathi : Nice idea man! and indeed love is indeed a topic that can never end. You should also add more lines on this topic..sirf ek sher se kaam nahin chalega....humein aur chahiye!

ishq mein kuch aur arz karna chahta hoon:

ठंड लगती है मुझको जो तस्वीर में बर्फ देखूं तो
और वह कहते हैं कि इश्क का ज़हन भुला दो

यूं तो ये दुनिया इतनी भी बड़ी नहीं कि फिर राह पे कभी मुलाकात न हो
पर इसमें मेरा दोष क्या कि मेरे सुबह शाम की सैर उनके घर के सामने हो

aman said...

@guchu : very true...i was wondering which one wud be better...the scar or the pain..

@batra..guchu ko tang mat kar :-)..
subah kahaan ghoomne jaata hai tu waise..

khair maine bhi ek aur koshish ki hai...

गुलों के बाज़ार में हम घूमें खाली हाथ
शायद किसी रोज़ कोई मुफ्त मिल जाये

उसका दीदार तो शायरी जैसा
खुदा जाने किस रोज़ हो जाये

aman said...

aur likho doston..dekhein pehle kaun chup hota hai..

anshu said...

Hi Rathi, I have written several lines just to converse my point on the post :)



hai zamaana pareshaan.. ke ishq kisi bulbul ka naam hai..
bina nazar ke dekho.. ye nazar bhi ishq.. ye jaan bhi ishq..

Ishq hai wo jazba.. jisse dil dhadakta hai..
Ishq hai wo ruh.. jisse insaan badta hai..

Jo kehte hain ki bekhabar hain wo is shabnam ki raat se..
Sach to ye hai ki wo bekhabar hain is khoobsoorat si baat se..

Ki sabhi jhooton mein jo sachha hai wo hai ishq..
Hai buniyaad jiski ishq.. itna sachcha ye hai ishq..

aman said...

"bina nazar ke dekho.. ye nazar bhi ishq.. ye jaan bhi ishq.."

bahut khoob..bahut khoob..

arvind batra said...

गुस्ताखी माफ़ दोस्तों.


तंग करने कि आदत से मजबूर हूँ मैं
मुझे जो इश्क ने तंग कर रखा है

अब नहीं मालूम हमारी दोस्ती की सीमा मुझे
तेरी हर अदा ने जो दंग कर रखा है

इतना बावला भी नहीं कि जीना छोड़ दूँ जो तू न कहे
पर मृत्यु जान जाने से नहीं जान के जाने से भी होती है
तुझसे पूछूं के न पूछूं, तू हाँ कहेगी कि न कहेगी
अब इस सवाल जवाब ने ज़ंग कर रखा है

anshu said...

agar uske na kehne se ishq mar jaaye..
to wo ishq kabhi zinda hi nahi tha

aman said...

इश्क वो आग है, पानी भी जल जाये
आशिकों की जिद पे, माहताब पिघल जाये

aman said...

mazaa aa raha hai..aur sunao..

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