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(Bal-e-Jibril-004) Gaisu-e-Tabdar Ko Aur Bhi Tabdar Kar (گیسوۓ تابدار کو اور بھی تابدار کر) Bright are Your tresses: brighten them even more

Gaisuay Tabdar Ko Aur Bhi Tabdar Kar
Hosh-o-Khirad Shakar Kar, Qalb-o-Nazar Shakar Kar

Bright are Your tresses: brighten them even more:
Ravish the senses and the mind, ravish the heart and the eyes.

Ishq Bhi Ho Hijab Mein, Husn Bhi Ho Hijab Mein
Ya Tu Khud Ashkar Ho Ya Mujhe Aashkar Kar

Love concealed, and beauty too!
Reveal Yourself to me, or reveal me to myself.

Tu Hai Muheet-e-Bekaran, Mein Hun Zara Si Aabjoo
Ya Mujhe Hamkinar Kar Ya Mujhe Bekinar Kar

You are the limitless ocean and I am but a tiny rivulet—
Either make Your peer or turn me limitless at least.

Main Hun Sadaf Tou Tere Hath Mere Guhar Ki Abroo
Mein Hun Khazaf Tou Tu Mujhe Gohar-e-Shahwar Kar

If I am a mother‐of‐pearl, the lustre of my pearl is in Your hands,
But if I am a piece of brick, give me a diamond’s sheen.

Naghma’ay Nau Bahar Agar Mere Naseeb Mein Na Ho
Iss Dam-e-Neem Souz Ko Taeerak-e-Bahar Kar

If I am not destined to sing at the advent of Spring,
Make this half‐enraptured breath a skylark of the Spring. 

Bagh-e-Bahisht Se Mujhe Hukam-e-Safar Diya Tha Kyun
Kaar-e-Jahan Daraz Hai, Ab Mera Intizar Kar

Why did You order me to quit the Garden of Eden?—
Now there is much to be done here—so just wait for me!

Roz-e-Hisab Jab Mera Paish Ho Daftar-e-Amal
Aap Bhi Sharamsaar Ho, Mujh Ko Bhi Sharamsaar Kar

When the roll of my deeds is brought up on the Day of Reckoning,
Be ashamed as You will shame me.

26 comments:

  1. Anonymous18 June 2012 at 04:08

    u have made translation of 1st verse as under:
    "Bright are Your tresses: brighten them even more".

    i think here "tabdar" means more twisted or wavy, like 'pech o tab'. please consider.

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    1. Iqbal Urdu Blog19 June 2012 at 10:17

      Both are correct

      Tabdar means roshan, chamkdaar, pechdar, khamdar etc
      but brighten is better word here.

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  2. Abdullah23 July 2012 at 16:13

    is this blog maintained by disna ?

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  3. Anonymous14 November 2012 at 10:06

    It really sounds delightful :)

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  4. Anonymous27 January 2013 at 18:13

    What actually he means ls oh Allah make my love for you more powerful so that I start loving you more and more.

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  5. Fahad Ashfaq16 March 2013 at 20:21

    Speachless, Awesome poetry of Allama Iqbal

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  6. fahid27 March 2013 at 06:24

    iski tashreeh bhe honi chahye

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  7. sakib18 June 2013 at 10:47

    dear admin ... salam .. can i get the detailed explanation (tashreh ) of this sher

    Roz-e-Hisab Jab Mera Paish Ho Daftar-e-Amal
    Aap Bhi Sharamsaar Ho, Mujh Ko Bhi Sharamsaar Kar


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    1. Anonymous9 February 2018 at 11:41

      Assalam o alllikum sir
      its not detailed but you can get main point in sha Allah
      Allah pak has All the rights he has all the governors its not out of his hand of qudrat to give us hadiath put your self on the right way ! but a human being made lot of mistakes and register sins in his account so the iqbal Say to Allah .. i have no good record because you not put me on right track and now at the day of judgment You will shy and i will shy due to my sin ... i m your servant .. my good and bad deeds all belong to you my Loard

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  8. sakib18 June 2013 at 10:49

    can i get the explanation(tashreeh) of this sher ??

    Roz-e-Hisab Jab Mera Paish Ho Daftar-e-Amal
    Aap Bhi Sharamsaar Ho, Mujh Ko Bhi Sharamsaar Kar

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    1. Anonymous29 June 2015 at 16:38

      Is me allam yeh khna chahty hn k me is qadar gunahoon me dooba hua hon k Ap ko hisab k roz sham feel ho g k me ny kis tarha k insaan ko banya mjy to shame feel honi hi honi hy

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  9. Unknown25 October 2013 at 09:15

    is that shahsawar or shahwar in the 4th verse...in urdu its written shahwar. which one is the correct??

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  10. ashokkaulbhu15 June 2014 at 04:11

    one of the finest gazls of Allama,: the another verse of different gzal is equally important to understand Allama's skepticism about the above mentioned verse and status of 'mehshar'''Pursheshe haal say maqsad tha rusvyee mere,varna vogh jantey thae yegh kiyu huva kasey huva'.

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  11. Anonymous14 August 2014 at 01:45

    Great. Allahpaak allama ko karwat karwat jannat naseeb farmaein . aameen.

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  12. Anonymous16 September 2014 at 05:05

    I appreciate if some one explain this.

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  13. Unknown28 September 2014 at 11:05

    Very touching and meaningful poem

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  14. Iqbalz Eagle11 December 2015 at 10:07

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  15. Quaid Johar28 December 2015 at 04:32

    Tabdar should be interpreted as radiant

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  16. Unknown5 February 2016 at 21:13

    Main Adam Zaad Hon Mujhko Behak Jane ki Aadat Hai
    ye poetry kis poet ki hy ???
    write the name of the poet thanks

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  17. ZH13 March 2016 at 09:43

    The word TAAB means SHINE. As in Aab-o-Taab. PEECH (Also pronounced as PAICH) means convolution. However In the construction Peech-o-Taab, TAAB has a completely different meaning, that is PAIN.

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  18. Shahbaz Iqbal30 January 2017 at 19:57

    I highly appreciate your work. Jazak Allah khaira!

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  19. Anonymous23 April 2017 at 07:05

    Mashallah kya gazal hai... ek number... khatarnak.. dil khush..
    Tabiyat jhooom gayi ..

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  20. Anonymous27 March 2018 at 05:30

    باغ بہشست سے مجھے حکم سفر دیا تھا کیوں
    کارجہان درازھے، اب میرا انتظارکر

    I need explanation of this couplet

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  21. Unknown1 February 2019 at 08:00

    Salaams please can you translate thus into English.

    Ishq Teri inteha,
    Ishq meri inteha;
    Tu bhi abhi na-tamam,
    Main bhi abhi na-tamam.

    I know it is hard to capture the essence when translated but most appreciated.

    Jazak Allah kher

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