{"id":844,"date":"2010-04-22T10:43:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T14:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=844"},"modified":"2010-08-21T19:31:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T23:31:52","slug":"shade-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nomes.malcolm-x.org\/?p=844","title":{"rendered":"Shade of love…"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my translation of a poem by my homeboy Makhdoom Mohiuddin<\/a>. I did this last week, and the translation is still a work in progress — so if you know Urdu and English, and have suggestions, please hit me up in the comments (same goes for transliteration).<\/p>\n

The poem itself was collected in his 1944 anthology, Surkh Sawera, or Red Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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muhabbat ki chhaoN
\nmakhdoom mohiuddin<\/strong><\/p>\n

hum muhabbat ki chhaoN meiN sote the jab
\nKhaar bhi phool maloom hote the jab<\/p>\n

ibtida-e junooN ki woh ek baat thi
\nwoh muhabbat ki taaroN bhari raat thi<\/p>\n

dil ke taaroN se mizrab Takra gaya
\naatisheeN lae uThi keif sa chha gaya<\/p>\n

husn ka vaar jo tha woh bharpoor tha
\njis ko dekha nazar bhar ke woh toor tha<\/p>\n

dil ko ek baar sab dho gaeeN bijliyaN
\nmeri rag rag meiN hal ho gaeeN bijliyaN<\/p>\n

dard-e dil ka bahaana bani dil lagi
\naanso’oN ka fasaana bani dil lagi<\/p>\n

pal ke pal meiN badalne lagi zindagi
\ngham ke saanchoN meiN Dhalne lagi zindagi<\/p>\n

chaah ka din Dhala shaam hone lagi
\ndil dhaRakne laga aankh rone lagi<\/p>\n

raat aur din yooNhi aate jaate rahe
\nhusn aur ishq takmeel paate rahe<\/em><\/p>\n

Shade of Love
\nMakhdoom Mohiuddin<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I slept in the shade of love
\nEven thorns seemed to be flowers then<\/p>\n

That was a matter of the beginning of passion!
\nThat was a night of love, full of stars<\/p>\n

My heart’s strings were struck by the pick
\nFires rose up, a kind of intoxication cast over<\/p>\n

The one endowed with beauty was endowed abundantly
\nThe one I looked at endlessly was revelation<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n

Once my whole heart was washed over with lightning
\nLightning was dissolved in my every vein<\/p>\n

My heart’s amusement became the reason for my heart’s pain
\nMy heart’s amusement became the story of my tears<\/p>\n

My life began to change in a moment
\nMy life began to be cast in the mould of sorrow<\/p>\n

The day of love declined, the evening began
\nMy heart began to throb, my eyes began to cry<\/p>\n

Night and day came and went like this
\nFinding beauty and love finished<\/p>\n

\n

Revelation.<\/strong><\/a> I’ve translated toor<\/em> as revelation. toor<\/em> literally means hill or mountain, but refers to Mount Sinai and to the revelation received by Moses there. On Mount Sinai:<\/p>\n

When Moses came to Our appointment and his Lord spoke to him, he said: ‘My Lord, show me Yourself that I may look upon You.’ He said: ‘You shall not see Me, but look instead upon that mountain. If it remains firmly in place you shall see Me.’ When the glory of his Lord appeared upon the mountain, it levelled it to the ground. Moses fell down, unconscious. When he came to, he said: ‘Glory be to You! I have repented before You and I am the first among believers.’ (Qur’an<\/a> 7:143)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is my translation of a poem by my homeboy Makhdoom Mohiuddin. I did this last week, and the translation is still a work in progress — so if you know Urdu and English, and have suggestions, please hit me up in the comments (same goes for transliteration). The poem itself was collected in his […]<\/p>\n

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