Ashaar #028 - 'shaadii'

Date: 23-Dec-2000
Topic: 'shaadii'

I had no idea there was such a dearth of ashaar on 'shaadii'.
I suppose the reason is that most marriage related poetry 
falls under another type of Urdu poetry called 'sehraa'. This
is a song/poem praising the groom/bride and their relatives.

Anyhow, since I myself did not come across any  ashaar on 'shaadii'
:-( let me expand on the theme. The root word for 'shaadii' is 
'shaad' which means joy or happiness. As such here are a few ashaar 
on 'shaadii' not necessarily meaning marriage.


shaadii me.n kuchh Gam ke pahaluu nikal aate hai.n
besaaKhtaa ha.Nsane me.n aa.Nsuu nikal aate hai.n
[Saqib]

[besaaKhtaa = suddenly]

ye roz-marraa ke kuchh vaaqe_aat-e-shaadii va Gam
mere Khudaa yahii insaan kii zindagaanii hai
[Abdul Hameed Adam]

[roz-marraa = daily; vaaqe_aat = incidents]

baham ik muKhtasar se dil me.n hai shaadii va Gam dono.n
ye chhoTaa saa makaa.N aur is me.n dozaKh bhii hai jannat bhii
[Unknown]

[baham = together; muKhtasar = small; dozaKh = hell; jannat = heaven]


Sahir being Sahir, manages to impart a sad tinge to a happy 
event like 'shaadii' declaring it to be the end of love. In 
his nazm titled 'Khaanaa_aabaadii', recited at his friend's 
wedding, he starts off on a happy note:

taraane guu.Nj uTThe hai.n fazaa me.n shaadiyaano.n ke
havaa hai itr_aagii.n zarraa zarraa muskuraataa hai

[itr_aagii.n = fragrant]

The nazm ends with:

ye shaadii Khaanaa_aabaadii ho mere mohatarim bhaa_ii
mubaarak kah nahii.n sakataa meraa dil kaa.Np jaataa hai

[mohatarim = dear]


Well, that's all I have on 'shaadii'. The next topic is 'Eid'
which is just around the corner. It will also be the last post 
of Ashaar in December. Please send in your contribution by 27th 
December. I shall be on leave in January and there will be no 
posts in the month of January. Posts will resume in February.