Ashaar #001 - 'urduu'

Date: 01-Mar-2000
Topic: 'urduu'

Welcome to Ashaar! We are starting off this series with
couplets (ashaar) on Urdu, as promised. Next week's 
topic can be found at the end of the post.


shahad-va-shakkar se shiirii.n urduu zabaa.N hamaarii 
hotii hai jis ke bole miThii zubaa.N hamaarii 
[Altaf Husain Hali] 

[shahad = honey; shakkar = sugar; shiirii.n = sweet]


urduu hai jis kaa naam hamii.n jaanate hai.n "Daag" 
saare jahaa.N me.n dhuum hamaarii zubaa.N kii hai
[Daag Dehlvi] 


nahii.n khel ai "Daag" yaaro.n se kah do 
ke aatii hai urduu zubaa.N aate aate 
[Daag Dehlvi] 


guftaguu reKhate me.n ham se na kar 
ye hamaarii zubaan hai pyaare 
[Meer Taqi Meer]

[guftaguu = conversation]


reKhataa ke tum hii ustaad nahii.n ho "Ghalib" 
sunate hai.n agale zamaane me.n ko_ii Miir bhii thaa 
[Mirza Ghalib] 

** rekhataa was the old name for Urdu **


gesuu-e-urduu abhii talak paziir-e-shaanaa hai 
shamaa pe saudaa_ii-e-soz-e-dil paravaanaa hai 
[Iqbal] 

[gesuu = hair; abhii talak = still; paziir = accepting; shaanaa = shoulder]
[saudaa_ii = insane/in a frenzy; soz = passion/heat/burning]


Daal de jaan maa'nii me.n vo urduu ye hai 
karavaTe.n lene lage tabaa vo pahaluu ye hai 
[Akbar Allahabadi] 

[maa'nii = sense/meaning; tabaa = disposition/temperament]


apane mahabuub kii Khaatir thaa Khudaaa ko ma.nzuur 
varanaa quraan bhii utarataa ba-zabaan-e-urduu 
[Akbar Allahabadi] 


sirf mai.n rah jaa_uu.Ngaa diivaar-o-dar rah jaaye.nge
sach agar bolaa to rishte TuuT kar rah jaaye.nge
jin me.n urduu so_ii hai lafzo.n kii chaadar taan kar
kuchh dino.n me.n un kitaabo.n ke "cover" rah jaaye.nge
[Unknown - contributed by Raheel Siddiqui]


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The topic for the next post is "paan" as in the chewable 
betel leaf. :-) Please feel free to send in any ashaar that 
you may want to share. The deadline is March 7th.

Please note that only couplets by established poets will 
be included. Please DO NOT send your original work. 
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