Tawaf means to circumambulate as muslims do around the Kaaba. So I'm trying to figure what the word 'tawaf' implies in the poem. Malamat means to berate, admonish, chide etc. Doesn't it then mean that, 'the heart circumambulates the self in admonishment'?
I don't know what pindaar means. But sanam means idol. Kada means house. Put together idol in house = temple. I can't make head or tails until I know the meaning of pindar.
'Sar zer-baar-eminnat-darbaan kye huey'
Sar = head
zer-baar = ?
-e- = of
minnat = beseech/beg
darbaan = dar = door darbaan / doorman?
Kinda fun trying to figure that out lol
Thanks for your help justhumane. I hope someone can tell me the meaning word for word. Until then I'll think it's somewhat unislamic.
ser zare-baar-eminnate-darbaan kiye huey = head hung low the way a doorman stands beseeching.
A lot of Ghalibs ghazals are like on the borderline... he talks about drinking a lot among other stuff....
Personally, I like Bahadur Shah zafar's poems a lot more. He was the last mughal emperor to rule over India during times of Ghalib n such... he went through a lot of difficulties and it reflects in a lot of his poetry...
umr-e-daraaz maa.Ng kar laaye the chaar din
do arazuu me.n kaT gaye do intazaar me.n
kitanaa hai bad_nasiib "Zafar" dafn ke liye
do gaz zamiin bhii na milii kuu-e-yaar me.n
(when he was exiled in brunei and heads of his sons were presented to him on a silver platter. He wasn't allowed a pen and paper to write on so he wrote on the prison walls.)
Last edited by abdullah_001; 10-01-2009 at 02:31 AM.
format_quote Originally Posted by Scents of Jannah
Thank you justhumane.
Tawaf means to circumambulate as muslims do around the Kaaba. So I'm trying to figure what the word 'tawaf' implies in the poem. Malamat means to berate, admonish, chide etc. Doesn't it then mean that, 'the heart circumambulates the self in admonishment'?
I don't know what pindaar means. But sanam means idol. Kada means house. Put together idol in house = temple. I can't make head or tails until I know the meaning of pindar.
'Sar zer-baar-eminnat-darbaan kye huey'
Sar = head
zer-baar = ?
-e- = of
minnat = beseech/beg
darbaan = dar = door darbaan / doorman?
Kinda fun trying to figure that out lol
Thanks for your help justhumane. I hope someone can tell me the meaning word for word. Until then I'll think it's somewhat unislamic.
Okay sister, let me have some more fun with it, lol
Tawaf=circumambulate=to have a walk
Ku=street
Malamat=admonish/insult
Now it goes like this,
My heart again compels me to have a walk to the street where I m insulted
koee ummeed bar naheeN aatee
koee soorat nazar naheeN aatee
maut ka ek din mu'ayyan hai
neeNd kyoN raat bhar naheeN aatee ?
aage aatee thee haal-e-dil pe haNsee
ab kisee baat par naheeN aatee
jaanta hooN sawaab-e-taa'at-o-zahad
par tabeeyat idhar naheeN aatee
hai kuchch 'eisee hee baat jo chup hooN
warna kya baat kar naheeN aatee ?
kyoN na cheeKHooN ki yaad karate haiN
meree aawaaz gar naheeN aatee
daaGH-e-dil gar nazar naheeN aata
boo bhee 'ei chaaraagar ! naheeN aatee
ham wahaaN haiN jahaaN se hamko bhee
kuchch hamaaree KHabar naheeN aatee
marte haiN aarzoo meiN marne ki
maut aatee hai par naheeN aatee
kaaba'a kis muNh se jaaoge 'GHalib'
sharm tumko magar naheeN aatee
لا الہ الا اللہ محمد رسول اللہ
لقد كان لكم في رسول الله اسوة حسنة
The Messenger of Allaah said: "Convey from me, even if it is one verse."
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