aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo
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Source: Library of Congress
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aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo
(paa-bajaulaaN - shackles on feet like a prisoner)
chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoriidaa kaafii nahiiN
tohmat-e-ishq-e-poshiidaa baaqii nahiiN
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo
(chashm-e-nam : teary eyes; jaan-e-shoriidaa : distressed soul; poshiidaa : hidden)
dast-afshaaN chalo, mast-o-raqsaaN chalo
Khaak-bar-sar chalo, Khuun-baa-damaaN chalo
raah taktaa hai sab shah’r-e-janaaN chalo
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo
(dast-e-afshaaN : swinging hands; mast-o-raqsaaN : dancing in trance; Khaak-bar-sar : kicking the dust; khuun-baa-damaaN : blood on sleeves; shah’r-e-janaaN : city of the beloved)
haakim-e-shah’r bhii, majmaa-e-aam bhii
tiir-e-ilzaam bhii, sang-e-dushnaam bhii
subh-e-nashaad bhii, roz-e-nakaam bhii
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo
(haakim-e-shah’r : ruler of the city; majmaa-e-aam : the crowd of common people; tiir-e-ilzaam : arrow of accusation; sang-e-dushnam : the stones on road; subh-e-nashaad : the sad morning; roz-e-nakaam : the unsucessful day)
in kaa damsaaz apne sivaa kaun hai
shah’r-e-jaanaN meN ab baa-safaa kaun hai
dast-e-qaatil ke shaayaaN rahaa kaun hai
(damsaaz : friend; baa-safaa : sincere; dast-e-qaatil : hands of the murderer; shaayaaN : worthy)
rakht-e-dil baandh lo, dil figaaro chalo
phir hamiiN qatl ho aayeN yaaro chalo.
aaj baazaar meN paa-bajaulaaN chalo
(rakht-e-dil : heart beats; dil figaaro : broken hearted)
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Lyrics courtesy Swati Sani.
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Thanks once again. There is another version in the movie Muhafiz (In Custody), I have not been able to find this movie in musicindiaonline and elsewhere, if you find this nazm, or the others from that movie, will appreciate if you can put up the link.
Thanks!
thanks for the tanslation and sharing a wonderful piece of poetry. highly appeciated!!
tohmat-e-ishq-e-poshiidaa baaqii nahiiN
Very beautiful poem by faiz-sahib indeed!! But please note the correction, “baaqii” in the above line should be “kaafii”, I think it is a miss print.
Thanks,
Sachin
really this poetry remind me of bhopal where this song was picturised behind TAJUL MASAJID BHOPAL really it make me emotional when i was gone there in bhpal this song was in my mind when i was in compound of tajul masajid really great poetry
Can someone give a complete illustration of the nazm. All the words are translated but I want to know the contextual meaning as faiz shahab meant it.
Thank you very much for sharing the lyrics and for translating the difficult words. It is so beautiful!
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