{"id":678,"date":"2007-04-02T03:00:48","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678"},"modified":"2007-04-07T16:11:29","modified_gmt":"2007-04-07T20:11:29","slug":"mere-geet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"<em>Mere Geet<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>Mere sarkash taraane sun ke duniya ye samajhti hai<br \/>\nKe shaayad mere dil ko ishq ke naghmon se nafrat hai<br \/>\nMujhe hungaama-e-jang-o-jadal se kaif milta hai<br \/>\nMeri fitrat ko khoon-rezi ke afsaanon se raghbat hai<\/p>\n<p>Magar ai kaash dekhen voh meri pursoz raaton ko<br \/>\nMain jab taaron pe nazrein gaad kar aansoo bahaata hoon<br \/>\nTasavvur ban ke bhooli vaardaatein yaad aati hain<br \/>\nTo soz-o-dard ki shuddat se pahron tilmilaata hoon<\/p>\n<p>Main shaayar hoon, mujhe fitrat ke nazaaron se ulfat hai<br \/>\nMera dil dushman-e-naghma saraai ho nahin sakta<br \/>\nJavaan hoon main, javaani naazishon ka ek toofan hai<br \/>\nMeri baaton mein rang-e-paarsaai ho nahin sakta<\/p>\n<p>Mere sarkash taraanon ki haqeeqat hai to itni hai<br \/>\nKe jab main dekta hoon bhook ke maare kisaanon ko<br \/>\nGhareebon ko, muflison ko, bekason ko, besahaaron ko<br \/>\nTo dil taab-e-nishaat-e-bazm-e-ishrat nahin sakta<br \/>\nMain chaahon bhi to khwaabaavar taraane ga nahin sakta<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sahir Ludhianvi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sahir was one of the greats of modern Urdu poetry; a Leftist, he made his comfortable living writing songs for Hindi films (e.g., <em>Pal do pal ka shaayar<\/em>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWhen the world hears my angry songs, it assumes<br \/>\nThat perhaps my heart abhors songs of love<br \/>\nThat I derive pleasure from the turmoil of war and conflict<br \/>\nThat by nature, I get pleasure from stories of bloodshed<\/p>\n<p>Would that they could witness those anguished nights<br \/>\nWhen I cast my eyes on the stars and weep<br \/>\nWhen forgotten encounters become remembered imaginations<br \/>\nWhen for hours, I tremble with the intensity of my grief<\/p>\n<p>I am a poet, I have great love for the sights of nature<br \/>\nMy heart can never be the enemy of song writing<br \/>\nI am young, youth is a storm of passion<br \/>\nMy words can never be coloured by temperance<\/p>\n<p>If there is a reason for my angry songs, it is this<br \/>\nThat when I see the farmers dying of hunger<br \/>\nThe poor, the oppressed, the helpless<br \/>\nMy heart cannot bear the celebration of high culture<br \/>\nEven if I wish, I cannot give voice to dreamy songs<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Translated by Ali Husain Mir &#038; Raza Mir*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>* But I made some modifications.<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><span class='st_twitter' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mere sarkash taraane sun ke duniya ye samajhti hai Ke shaayad mere dil ko ishq ke naghmon se nafrat hai Mujhe hungaama-e-jang-o-jadal se kaif milta hai Meri fitrat ko khoon-rezi ke afsaanon se raghbat hai Magar ai kaash dekhen voh meri pursoz raaton ko Main jab taaron pe nazrein gaad kar aansoo bahaata hoon Tasavvur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><span class='st_twitter' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='Mere Geet' st_url='http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=678' ><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}