Comments on: Sahir Ludhianvi’s Taj Mahal

By: asif kareem

asif kareem — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:57:18 +0000

in urdu
Aye TAJ tujhko mazher e ulfath hi sahin
is wadiye e rangeen se aqedat hi sahin
per mere mahboob kahin aur mila kar mujhe se

the last four line i like most
YE CHAMANZAR YE JAMNUNA KA KINARA AUR YE MAHEL
YE MUNAQASH DAR O DEEWAR YE MAHRAB YE TAQ
EK SHAHINSHA NE DAULAT KA SAHARA LEKAR
HUM GARIBOON KA UDAYA HAI MAZAQ

Great poetry by saahir

By: Naveeed Nizamani

Naveeed Nizamani — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:29:25 +0000

I LOVE SAHIR….

By: Syed Moid Hasan

Syed Moid Hasan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:04:01 +0000

Sahir saheb showing the real fase of TAJ MAHAL. Historical Fact.

By: Shaheen Sultan Dhanji

Shaheen Sultan Dhanji — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:13:44 +0000

Raza, here is a poem by Sahir Ludhianvi (1921-1980)

MARKET PLACE

Those poems that once i wrote for you
I’ve brought today into the market place.
Today they will go to the highest bidder,
the songs through which our love found meaning.
Everything is measured now on silver scales,
my thoughts, my poetry, my emotions.
Poverty has turned to commodity
the songs that were as priceless as our love.
Hunger demands a few vrumbs and necessities,
instead of blossoming image of your face.
Look, in this age of capital and labour
my songs are not my own.
Those poems that once I wrote for you
I’ve brought today into the market place !

By: basit

basit — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:17:06 +0000

You are right about the interpretation. Despite its sheer magic, the Taj was an Emperorâ€™s fancy and a material manifestation..
Love, I suppose has much more to it than..

By: Sidhusaaheb

Sidhusaaheb — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:24:07 +0000

This should definitely help acquaint those who do not understand Urdu, with a great piece of poetry.

By: I Me My

I Me My — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:54:25 +0000

It’s an interesting coincidence that just as we are discussing ‘Love’, I’m reading an interesting novel on the same subject: “Tolstoy Lied- A Love Story” by Rachel Kadish; I’ll be posting on that shortly and I look forward to your views on that.

By: I Me My

I Me My — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:25:18 +0000

‘Love’… no doubt defies all definition and cannot be encapsulated by an edifice, literature, or even art, but its existence is what makes us who we are and also brings meaning to our otherwise mechanical and materialistic lives. Sometimes I wonder why we humans are forever trying to immortalize this emotion into something concrete something tangible…

By: sabizak

sabizak — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:23:49 +0000

WOnderful translation, you really have a knack for finding some marvelous translations of poetry.

By: RR

RR — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:25:14 +0000

Asma: thanks for the comment – but I cannot open the link

Id: Yes it is a lovely poem – Sahir is a major poet of the twentieth century who also composed several lyrics for Bollywood.

You are right about the interpretation. Despite its sheer magic, the Taj was an Emperor’s fancy and a material manifestation..
Love, I suppose has much more to it than..

By: I Me My

I Me My — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:34:51 +0000

Fascinating! Raza, I thank you for the translations you provide to some of the most amazing Urdu/Arabic/Persian(?)poetry. I will now check out this lyricist.
The poem’s sentiment rings so true…afterall how many of us can raise edifices such as the Taj Mahal as a declaration of our love, no matter how deep felt, true, and long lasting it may be!
Alas, the Taj Mahal, beautiful beyond doubt, is but a material manifestation

By: Asma

Asma — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:59:59 +0000

Interesting read. I would like to share another ghazal written from the king's perspective. Can be found on Bayaaz - Taj mahal.