Zulmat-kade mein mere - Ghalib

New Recording: 20159

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Random Ghalib Ghazal - Zulmatkade Main Mere

zulmat_kade mein mere shab-e-gham ka josh hai

ik shamma'a hai daleel-e-sahar, so khamosh hai

nai  muzda-e-wisaal na nazzaara-e-jamaal

muddat huee ki aashtee-e-chashm-o-gosh hai

mai ne kiya hai, husn-e-khud_aara ko be_hijaab

'ai shauq, haan ijaazat-e-tasleem-e-hosh  hai

gauhar ko ikd-e-gardan-e-khubaan mein dekhna

kya auj par  sitaara-e-gauhar_farosh  hai

deedaar, waada, hausla, saaqee, nigaah-e-mast

bazm-e-khayaal maikada-e-be_kharosh hai

'ei taaza  waaridan-e-bisaat-e-hawa-e-dil

zinhaar gar tumhain hawas-e-na-o-nosh hai

dekho  mujhe jo  deeda-e-ibrat_nigaah ho

meree suno jo gosh-e-naseehat_niyosh hai

saaqee  ba_jalwa  dushman-e-imaan-o-aagahee

mutrib ba_naghma rahzan-e-tamkeen-o-hosh hai

ya shab ko dekhte the; ki har gosha-e-bisaat

daamaan-e-baaghbaan-o-kaf-e-gul_farosh   hai

lutf-e-khiraam-e-saaqee-o-zauq-e-sada-e-chang

yeh  jannat-e-nigaah  woh firdaus-e-gosh  hai

ya subh  dam jo dekhiye aakar to bazm mein

nai woh suroor-o-soz na josh-o-kharosh hai

daagh-e-firaaq-e-sohabat-e-shab kee jalee hooee

ik shamma`a reh gaee hai so wo bhee khamosh hai

aate hain ghaib se ye mazaameen khayaal mein

ghalib,  sareer-e-khaama nawa-e-sarosh hai

Translation from Columbia: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/169/index_169.html

Translation from https://rahulnegi.blogspot.com/2014/02/zulmat-kade-mein-mere.html

zulmat_kade mein mere shab-e-gham ka josh hai

ik shamma'a hai daleel-e-sahar, so khamosh hai

Line 1/2 - In this my place of darkness, there is this fervor and emotion of the night of grief. There is a candle which is the sign of the morning and that too is silent. Ghalib says in this my house(world) where darkness pervades and there is passion in me due to this night of grief. The extinguished candle is the proof that the morning has come by. As dawn approaches the candle is blown off. So though my world is still dark (and possibly more darker due to the candle being blown off), there is hope that the dawn is coming soon.

nai  muzda-e-wisaal na nazzaara-e-jamaal

muddat huee ki aashtee-e-chashm-o-gosh hai

Line 3/4 - Neither the good news of our meeting nor the sight of such a beautiful face. It has been a long time, that there has been a peace between the eyes and the ears. The news of meeting makes the ears fill with joy, but makes the eyes jealous and the glance of her beautiful face brightens my eyes but make the ears jealous. It has been a long time now that there has been peace and quiet for neither the eyes get the see her and the ears get to hear the news and so there is harmony between them.(for there is nothing to be jealous about)

mai ne kiya hai, husn-e-khud_aara ko be_hijaab

'ai shauq, haan ijaazat-e-tasleem-e-hosh  hai

Line 5/6 - The wine has lifted it, the veil of the beauty of the self adorer. Oh! the desire indeed, there is the permission to surrender the senses. Ghalib says that the wine has lifted this veil of the self adorning's beauty. Oh! the desires of my heart, now you too have permission to sacrifice your senses.(an extension being that just by looking at the unveiled beauty, no one can remain in their senses)

gauhar ko ikd-e-gardan-e-khubaan mein dekhna

kya auj par  sitaara-e-gauhar_farosh  hai

Line 7/8 - I saw the pearl in the necklace of a beautiful person(my beloved). What height the star of the pearl merchant is!. Ghalib says I saw my beloved and the pearls on those lovely necklace she has. Look at the fortune(star) of that pearl seller. His pearls adorn such a magnificent beauty.

deedaar, waada, hausla, saaqee, nigaah-e-mast

bazm-e-khayaal maikada-e-be_kharosh hai

Line 9/10 - Appearance, promise, courage, bartender, a intoxicating sight. The meeting of thoughts is like a bar without a tumult. Ghalib says the mind is like a wine-house. Lot of things are competing for attention, the only thing that is different in this virtual bar(mind) is that this bar lacks the hustle bustle of the real bar.

'ei taaza  waaridan-e-bisaat-e-hawa-e-dil

zinhaar gar tumhain hawas-e-na-o-nosh hai

Line 11/12 - Oh! the fresh arrivals at the chessboard of the desires of the heart. Be warned! if you lust for feasting and drinking. The poet says oh! you the un-experienced lovers who have just entered the minefield of the longing of the heart. If you lust for drinking and feasting, then beware!

dekho  mujhe jo  deeda-e-ibrat_nigaah ho

meree suno jo gosh-e-naseehat_niyosh hai

Line 13/14 - Look at me if your eyes can bear the sight of a rebuked person. Listen to me if you have the ear of the advise listener. The poet says look at me, look at my state if your eyes can look at a admonished person and if you have an ear that is ready to listen to advise of others, then listen to me.(referring to himself as probably a rebuked lover who can give a word of caution to the newly minted lovers)

saaqee  ba_jalwa  dushman-e-imaan-o-aagahee

mutrib ba_naghma rahzan-e-tamkeen-o-hosh hai

Line 15/16 - The bartender with his tricks & style is an enemy of integrity and knowledge. A singer with a beautiful song is a robber of power and understanding. The poet says the bartender with his magic of wine is the enemy of wisdom and dignity for these attributes take leave as the wine takes effect. And as melodious music plays, the power and senses also leave. The music makes me weak and lost.

ya shab ko dekhte the; ki har gosha-e-bisaat

daamaan-e-baaghbaan-o-kaf-e-gul_farosh   hai

Line 17/18 - Either at night we used to look, that every corner of the spread. It is the shirt of the gardener and the sleeve of the flower seller. The poet says at night, every corner of the spread (gathering) is full of flowers. The corners have become the shirt of the gardener and the sleeve of the flower seller for they decorated with full of flowers.

lutf-e-khiraam-e-saaqee-o-zauq-e-sada-e-chang

yeh  jannat-e-nigaah  woh firdaus-e-gosh  hai

Line 19/20 - Enjoy the intoxicating gait of the bartender and the taste of sound of the flute. One is the heaven for the eyes and the other the paradise for the ear.

ya subh  dam jo dekhiye aakar to bazm mein

nai woh suroor-o-soz na josh-o-kharosh hai

Line 21/22 - Or else come to the meeting at the break of dawn and take a look. Neither that joy of passion nor excitement and turmoil is there. The poet says come and take a look at the gathering at the break of the dawn. All that hustle bustle and commotion of the night is no longer here. There is no pleasure of passion/ardor nor there is excitement of tumult.

daagh-e-firaaq-e-sohabat-e-shab kee jalee hooee

ik shamma`a reh gaee hai so wo bhee khamosh hai

Line 23/24 - Burned by the scar of separation of company of the night. Only one candle has remained, and that too is silent. The poet says being burnt by the wound of separation of the companionship of the night. In this lonely night there was one candle left and that too has been burnt out and the dawn has still not arrived. The burning night of misery has no respite.

aate hain ghaib se ye mazaameen khayaal mein

ghalib,  sareer-e-khaama nawa-e-sarosh hai

Line 25/26 - These topics comes mysteriously(or from the hidden) to my mind. Ghalib, the scratching sound made by the pen is the voice of the angel. The poet says that such topics/themes comes from the hidden/unknown (some higher power) into his mind. Oh Ghalib! the sound of my pen writing is the voice of the angel.

Meaning of the difficult word -

zulmat = darkness

kade = place of

daleele = proof

sahar = morning

muzda = good news

wisaal = meeting

nazzaara-e-jamaal = seeing a beautiful face

aashtee = harmony/friendship/peace

chashm = eye

gosh = ear

mai = bar

khud_aara = self adorer

hijaab = veil

tasleem = greeting

gauhar = pearl/gem

ikd-e-gardan = necklace

khubaan = a beautiful person/sweetheart

auj = highest point/summit

farosh = merchant

deedaar = appearance

be_kharosh = quiet/dead

waaridan = arrivals

bisaat = chess

hawa = desire/greed

zinhaar = be warned!

hawas = lust/greed

na-o-nosh = feasting/drinking

deedaa= sight

ibrat = admonition

gosh = ear

naseehat = advice

niyosh = listener

aagahee = wisdom

mutrib = singer

rahazan = robber

tamkeen = authority/power

gosha = corner

baaghbaan = gradener

kaf = sleeve

gul_farosh = florist

khiraam = speed

zauq = taste

sada = sound

chang = lute

firdaus = paradise

suroor = pleasure

soz = passion/heat

firaaq = separation

sohabat = company

ghaib = hidden/mysterious

mazaameen = topics

sareer = scratching sound made by a pen

khaama = pen

nawa = sound

sarosh = angel

zulmat_kade me.n mere shab-e-Gham kaa josh hai

ik shammaa hai daliil-e-sahar, so Khamosh hai

Zulmat: Darkness, Obscurity

Kadah: A Place (usually used as a suffix)

Shab-e-Gham: Night of Sorrw

Josh: Enthusiasm, Heat, Lust, Passion, Warmth, Zeal

Shamma: Lamp, Candle

Daliil: Argument, Evidence, Proof, Witness

Sahar: Dawn, Morning

So: Compare To

Khamosh: Appease, Lull, Mollify, Orderly, Quiet, Silent

naa muzdaa-e-visaal na nazzaaraa-e-jamaal

muddat huii ki aashtii-e-chashm-o-gosh hai

Muzdaa: Good News

Visaal: Death, Meeting, Union

Nazaara: Sight, View, Vista

Jamaal: Beauty, Elegance, Loveliness

Muddat: Awhile, Duration, Length Of Time, Period Of Time, Term, While

Aashtii: Harmony, Friendship, Peace

Chashm: Eye, Expectation, Hope

Gosh: Ear

mai ne kiyaa hai husn-e-Khud_aara ko be_hijaab

ae shauq yaa.N ijaazat-e-tasliim-e-hosh hai

Mai: Wine, Liquor

Husn: Attractiveness, Beauty, Elegance, Loveliness

Kudh: Oneself

Aaraa: Adorning, Bent, Crooked Embellishing, Inclined, Oblique, Slanting

Khud-Aaraa: Self Adorer

Hijaab: Curtain, Veil

Be-Hijaab: Without the veil

Shauq: Aspiration, Desire, Eagerness, Enthusiasm, Fondness, Keenness, Interest, Taste, Yearning, Zeal

Yaan: Here

Ijaazat: Permission, Leave Sanction

Taslim: Accept, Agree, Greeting, Salutation

Hosh: Awareness, Realization, Sense, Mind, Understanding

gauhar ko ikd-e-gardan-e-Khubaa.N me.n dekhanaa

kyaa auj par sitaaraa-e-gauhar_farosh hai

Gauhar: Gem, Jewel, Pearl

Gardan: Neck

Ikd-e-gardan: Necklace

Khubaan: The fair, the beautiful; (as a sing.) Sweetheart, lady-love.

Auj: Climax, Height, Position, Verve, Zenith

Farosh: Venal, capable of being purchased, corruptible, merchant

diidaar, vaadaa, hausalaa, saaqii, nigaah-e-mast

bazm-e-Khayaal maikadaa-e-be_Kharosh hai

Diidaar: Sight, Interview, Appearance, Glimpse of her

Vaadaa: Promise, Agreement

Hausalaa: Capacity, Courage, Desire, Spirit, Resolution, Strength

Saaqii: Beloved, Bar Tender, Cup-Bearer,Page

Nigaah: Attention, Care, Close, Custody, Glance, Look, Regard, Sight

Mast: Drunk, Excited, Intoxicated, Lascivious, Mad, Overjoyed, Rampant

Bazm: Meeting, “Mehafil”, Assembly, Company (At A Feast Or Entertainment), Gathering, Party

Khayaal: Care, Imagination, Judgement, Opinion, Respect, Remember, Thought, Whim

Mai-kadah: Bar, Tavern

Kharosh: Loud Noise, Cry, Tumult

Be-Kharosh: Quite, Dead

ae taazaa vaaridan-e-bisaat-e-havaa-e-dil

zi.nhaar gar tumhe.n havas-e-na-o-nosh hai

Taazaa: Green, Fresh, Happy, New, Tender, Verdant, Un-faded

Vaaridan: Arrivals

Bisaat: Chess Board

Zinhaar: Never, By No Means, Beware!, Be-Warned

Havaas: Five Senses, Sense And Sensibility

Na-o-nosh: Feasting, Drinking

dekho mujhe jo diidaa-e-ibarat_nigaah ho

merii suno jo gosh-e-nasiihat_niyosh hai

Diddaa: Seen, observed, perceived, felt, experienced; having seen

Ibarat: Admonishing, Composition, Diction, Style, Wording

Gosh: Ear

Nasiihat: dvice, Admonition, Counsel, Exhortation, Fable, Moral Lesson, Warning

Niyosh: Listener

saaqii ba_jalvaa dushman-e-imaa.N-o-aagahii

mutarib ba_naGmaa rahazan-e-tamkiin-o-hosh hai

Jalvaa: To Appear, Splendour, Display, Show

Dushman: Enemy, Foe

Iimaan: Belief, Creed, Conscience, Faith, Leader

Aagahii: Cognition, Cognizance, Forewarning, Information, Insight, Intelligence, Intuition, Knowledge, Notice

Mutarib: Singer

Nagmaa: Melody, Song, Musical Note

Rahazan: Robber

Tamkiin: Authority, Power

yaa shab ko dekhate the ki har goshaa-e-bisaat

daamaan-e-baaGabaa.N-o-kaf-e-gul_farosh hai

Goshaa: Angle, Cell, Corner, Lobe, Privacy

Bisaat: Chess Board

Bagaabaan: Gardener

Kaf: Palm, Sleeve

Gul-farosh: Rose/Flower Merchant, Florist

lutf-e-Khiiraam-e-saaqii-o-zauq-e-sadaa-e-cha.ng

ye jannat-e-nigaah wo firdaus-e-gosh hai

Lutf: Benignity, Enjoyment, Favor, Grace, Joy, Kindness, Pleasure, Taste, Wit

Khiraam: Slow Pace, Speed, Manner Of Walking, Graceful Walk, Gait

Zauq: Enjoyment, Delight, Interest, Joy, Liking, Pleasure, Relish, Talent, Taste, Verve

Sadaa: Always, Call, Conversation, Echo, Ever, Sound, Tone, Voice

Chang: Lute, Tambourine

Jannat: Eden, Garden, Heaven, Paradise

Firdaus: Garden, Heaven, Paradise

ya subh dam jo dekhiiye aakar to bazm me.n

naa vo suruur-o-soz na josh-o-Kharosh hai

Subh: Dawn, Morning

Dam: Breath, Deception, Edge Of A Sword, Energy, Life, Moment, Strength, Might, Temper, Thrust, Vitality

Suruur: Exhilaration, Jollification, Joy, Pleasure, Rapture

Soz: Burning, Heat, Passion, Vexation

Josh: Enthusiasm, Heat, Lust, Passion, Warmth, Zeal

Kharosh: Loud Noise, Cry, Tumult

daaG-e-firaaq-e-sohabat-e-shab kii jalii huii

ik shammaa rah gaii hai so vo bhii Khamosh hai

Daag: Blemish, Calamity, Grief, Loss, Scar, Stain, Taint

Firaaq: Separation, Anxiety, Absence, Distance

Sohabat: Association, Company, Meeting

aate haiN Gaib se ye mazaamii.N Khayaal me.n

‘Ghalib’, sariir-e-Khaamaa navaa-e-sarosh hai

Gaib: Absence

Mazaamiin: Topics

Khayaal: Care, Imagination, Judgement, Opinion, Respect, Remember, Thought, Whim

Ghalib: A self reference to the poet, Mirza Ghalib

Sariir: Scratching Sound Made By A Pen,Throne

Khaama: Pen

Navaa: Sound, Voice

Sarosh: Angel