Thursday, 22 February 2018
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Types of Shayaris
Self-pity
Haq zidka cheenati hai badguman-e-aatish
Ankhen jalti hai kuch aisi ke tasavvur na bane
Or
Idhar taqdeer sir pe
hai zid udhar wo muskura rahe hai
Khaudaya aap bhi kaise
kaise ghazab dha rahe hai
Or
Ek asasa khalk reh
jata hai unki aadat-e-guftaar-e-haya mein
Wasl ki raat guzare arram se zid subah gunah samjhe
aate hai
Or
Na
socha na samajha na sikha na jana
mujhe aa gaya khudbakhud dil lagana (Meer)
mujhe aa gaya khudbakhud dil lagana (Meer)
Or
Sher
ke parde mein main ne gham sunaya hai bahut
marsiye ne dil ko mere bhi rulaya hai bahut (Meer)
marsiye ne dil ko mere bhi rulaya hai bahut (Meer)
Or
Zid kya kya dekh rahi hai teri ankhein koi
pur-asar sher nahin milta
Awaaze cheekh rahi hai raston mein, par koi
dilkashi-e-saaz nahin milta
Or
Yaksu dil hi dilmein
soch raha hai zid kabse
Ke gar mera koi mukam
hota to wo kaise hota
Bayan-e-fana
Ek riwayat hai zid jo
farden farden tameel hoti hai
Aate farte-shauk wapas
namurad ban kar jata hai
Or
Jo bijli hamakti ha
unke mehal par
Wo karle tasalli mera
ghar jala kar
Or
Khoob roshan hai zid afatab jinhe jeena
pasand hai
khub kiye hai intezaar jinhe marna pasand
hai
Or
Jano-imaan fana zid
jab bhi hoti hai
Admi ko rage gairat ki
kaha hoti hai
Or
Duniya
ne kis ka rah-e-fana mein diya hai sath
tum bhi chale chalo yun hi jab tak chali chale (Zouk)
tum bhi chale chalo yun hi jab tak chali chale (Zouk)
Indignant Shayari
There
are verses that seek to chastise or self-deprecate the poet.
Nikalna khuld se sunte
the aadam ka lekin
Bade be-abroo hokar
tere kuche se hum nikle (Galib)
Or
Honge kam is bisat par hum jaise badkimar
Jo chal hum chale nihayat buri chale
(Ibrahim Zouk)
Or
Yun hi ‘Firaq’ ne umr basar ki
Ya gham-e-janan ya gham-e-dauran-Firak Gaurakhpuri
Ya gham-e-janan ya gham-e-dauran-Firak Gaurakhpuri
Or
Jist-e-toofan achha hai, jungju sar accha hai
Marne se pehle ek aur
zid ka khayal accha hai
Or
Is hal huun zid sivay
fursat kuch kaam nahin milta…
Or
Is badnasib ka sar ho
to zid qutl kya hai
Mar to pehlehi gaya
tha isme harz kya hai
Or
Bayaan main kya karun ab is se aage
apni nakaami
Tere yeh tevar aur mujh ko tujhi se kaam rahta hai- Jafar Ali Khan
Tere yeh tevar aur mujh ko tujhi se kaam rahta hai- Jafar Ali Khan
Or
Ham se pehle bhi mohabbat ka yehi anjaam
tha
‘Qais’ bhi nashaad tha, ‘Farhad’ bhi nakaam tha-Hasrat Mohani
‘Qais’ bhi nashaad tha, ‘Farhad’ bhi nakaam tha-Hasrat Mohani
Or
Muddat hui rasaayi-e-qismat ko ro chuke
Vo sang-e-dar kahan yeh hamaari jabeen kahan- Riaz Khairabadi
Vo sang-e-dar kahan yeh hamaari jabeen kahan- Riaz Khairabadi
Or
Idhar se aaj vo guzre to munh phere hue
guzre
Ab inse bhi hamari bekasi dekhi nahi jaati- Asr Lakhnavi
Ab inse bhi hamari bekasi dekhi nahi jaati- Asr Lakhnavi
The
poets readily walk into the common man shoe & express themselves
whole-heartedly. Typically these are the verses that create a pity in the mind
of the listener; that the poet is also like him, but also creates pride in him;
that he is also like the poet.
Self-eulogizing shayari
Hai to waise duniyamein aur bhi sukhanwar
acche
Magar kehte hai Galib tera andaaz-e-bayan
kuch aur hai
Or
Zid tu aata hai jab
bhi tund apni kalam-e-tausan pe sawaar
Tab tab
mizaz-e-ghalib-e-fun koi aatish-e-bayan yaad aaya
Mehfilo-tanz shayari
Mai nahi samhjta huun ke marhala jaanne
ki sabko zarrorat kya hai
Aadab Karen shartiya wah karen
samazhneki zaroorat kya hai
or
Bazm gar phareb hai to
yeh jist kya hai
Hum kya hai, tum kya
hai yeh zid kya hai
or
Aaj phir mehfilse
nakaam khudaya ghar aaye,
Roz to aate rahe par
aap aaj bahot yaad aaye
Political- Husn-IshqTug of war
नाहक़[1] हम मजबूरों पर यह तुहमत[2]है मुख़्तारी[3] की
चाहते हैं सो आप करें हैं, हमको अबस[4] बदनाम किया
चाहते हैं सो आप करें हैं, हमको अबस[4] बदनाम किया
Or
Main muntazir hun magar tera intazar
nahi (Sahir)
Or
Jise
aap ginte the aashna, jise aap kehta the bawafa
Main wahi hoon Momin-e-mubtala tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
Main wahi hoon Momin-e-mubtala tumhen yaad ho ke na yaad ho
Or
Be-khabar soye hain woh
loot ke neendain meri,
Jazba-e-dil pe tarss khaney ko jee chahta hai(Sahir)
Jazba-e-dil pe tarss khaney ko jee chahta hai(Sahir)
Or
Zulphe-muntashir koi kam dimagi sabak nahin
Zid zindgika
Jab bhi girah suljhata huun dao-pech aur
samajh leta huun
Or
Allah ki khidmat karen
zid unhone unhe baharon mein saja rakkha hai
Mai huun nakaam
gayabana shae, unhe hazaron mein saja rakhha hai
Or
Wo nikale hai gulfam
ban kar, muzhe chehera-e-surk bana rakhha hai
Wo choo gaye aasman
be-dilike, zaminpe ba-dili-e-zid bana rakkha hai
Or
Unka robodab mat
puchiye, unka behelna mat puchiye, zid
Jab baat muhobbat ki
ho to kyunkar nakkab banker aate hai
Or
Is vast aa pahunch hai
mere ghar pe jab shame soza-e-mom nahin
Ek thi zid ki shan-o-shaukat ab wo hijr mein chale
aate hai
Be-afsos –e-bayan
फ़क़ीराना आए सदा कर चले
मियाँ खुश रहो हम दुआ कर चले-Meer
Or
Yeh siyahi, ye kagaz
ye malba jala dije saab zid
Ye jaddo-jehad ye tere
saath jata to kaisa hota
Or
Zid bhi agar na ho
sabit muhobbat kabil thik hai
johri-e-alamadar na ho
to zeenat kaha hoti hai
Ba-afsos-e-bayan
बहोत आरजू थी गली की तेरी
सो याँ से लहू में नहा कर चले-Meer
Or
Ab aate hai zid jab
sar manzar khamosh hai
Idhar log afsos karen
hai wahan kismet-e-wafa badlee jati hai
Fitrat-e-shayari
Zid asar ka ek aisa mod hai ke sab kuch ho
jaye tabah
Gar taqdeer ek sawaal hai to isko sakht
girah chahiye
Or
Wo aise tane hai abroo
ke jaise shamsheer-e-ajal babasta ho unse
Mai sochu sharaa-e-kaam-e-sharafat shamsheer-ba-kaf
chale aate hai
Tijarat-e-khas shayri
Teri aamdani badhti
jaye hai , haadsoe ki, aatishi-lafzo ki
Kya kya sunaye
sheher-e-nigra, zid ab tak koi hisab nahin
Or
Kis junoon se likhte
aaye ho tum be-mehfilke
Tehjib-ae-shauk-e-tijrat
mein faake bahot hai
Junu-e-shayari
Kuch kam hi
talluk tah muhobbat ka junu se
Diwane to
hote hai banaye nahin jaate
Or
Junoon ke charche hai kya kya hidayat di jaati hai
ruh ki pehchan ke liye khud hi jal janeka paigam diye jati
hai
Self-motivating shayari
Zid tu ek tandrust
aashiq hai, tu berukhi se darna nahi
Garke-darya hona hai
tuzhe, maut se marna nahi
Metaphysics
जबीं सजदा करते ही करते गई
हक-ऐ-बंदगी हम अदा कर चले-Meer
Hum bhi aate rahe is
jannat-e-fiza mein kabhi kabhi
Bas gaye aadmi gar
yaha to Zid maza kya hai
Or
Wo ek waqt tha ke
shagufa mein lipte rehte the
Aaj gar beparde huye
to tarikh bhi badlee jayegi
Or
Shab-e-mah behte darya
mein muzhe shabgard banakar
Zid na ho
taqdeer-e-khafa ek din zeenat bhi badlee jayegi
Tautology
Ye zameen aur hawa zid
har ek hai unki ada
Sair hai zamaneki par
mere kam aate bhi nahi
Or
Dekhe ja rahe hai husn
to qatil nazar aaya
Gaur-talab har shae
chake-gireba nazar aaya
Falsafa-e-shayri
Ishq mein dil hi nahi
deed bhi sambhli jati hai
Jis thokar pe utthe
gubar uski taseer-e-seerat badlee jati hai
Or
Or
Jo gham-e-habeeb se door the woh khud
apni aag mein jal gaye
Jo gham-e-habeeb ko pa gaye woh ghamon se hans ke nikal gaye- Shair Lakhnavi
Jo gham-e-habeeb ko pa gaye woh ghamon se hans ke nikal gaye- Shair Lakhnavi
Or
Shabe ghum chashme
naam jaga kiye Zid khwabo ki ek haqeekat mili
Wo yakayak tufano me
jo kashti dubi kaise taqdeer palatkar ise ulfat mili
Ba-khuda shayari
Momin na sahi bosa-e-pa sajda hi karenge
Woh but hai jo auron ka to apna bhi Khuda hai
Woh but hai jo auron ka to apna bhi Khuda hai
Or
Aisi ghazal kahi yeh
ke jhukta hai sab ka sar
Momin ne is zameen ko masjid bana diya
Momin ne is zameen ko masjid bana diya
Spatial Poetry
These are the verses that have a very
open space. Over the length of the ghazal the poet seeks to condense the space
& make it more nuclear.
Dilme ek lehar si
utthi hai abhi
Loi taaza hawa chali
hai abhi
Or
ek hawa khawab bun rahi hai, iska
pesh-e-khidmat kya hoga
Aahat to milti rahi dilonko,
khushboo-e-paigam kya hoga (Zid)
Or
Mulke mein adam bahut
fail gaye sab taraf
Hawwa befuzul kyun
hawa ki tareh lehrati hai
Or
Phir ek lamha ja basa fiza-e-shauk-e-fursat
mein
Waqt ko milna hai kisise par ittefaq bhi
zaroori hai
Or
Ayega waqt bhi piche
tere bandhe sehra
Aaj fursat nahin ae
waqt tere guzar jane ko
There is humor that gets manufactured in any poetic
expressions. That is principally because there could be confusion between a
subject & object. Poetry is a afst track communication of emotions, values,
philosophy that likes to keep off any rigid rules or formalities of grammar.
In the verse, for example;
Apni
fitrat-e-quad chod maikhane chale aate hai the subject is not clear. Actually
the subject is not stated. So it imperative that the listener would tend to
think the poet is talking about quad but then he is talking about
fitrat-e-quda. It is quite a change in the subject. The word ‘maikhane’ is also
a contestant for the subject.
Similarly
in the line
Zid tuze dekhe hai har shaks kambhakto ki nazar
Whether
the word ‘ kambhakt’ ( gushtaki mauf kare!) is not clearly addressed with
respect to the poet. However in the context or form the perspective of the
‘taseer’ of the wholesome ghazal it is obvious that he expression ‘Kambakht’ is
with reference to the poet. It is a fashionable expression in poetry; post
Mirza Gaalib & poets take pride in saying this. Hence no apologies to the
poet concerned here!
Kya guzar shauk baithe phir tuzhe samjhaneko
But eventually the purpose of the
poetry is never to create a nucleus. At best one could say it is poetic
compulsion to use some sort of nucleus upon which ideas get developed. At best
it could start off with the nucleus & expand it into the space. Meaning
starts where the words end. Human emotions are more about speechlessness &
lesser about utterances. It is truer in case of matters of love & other
finer aspects of life. But words do open up varied vistas of thoughts. Words
are as harsh as they are provocative. Artistic sensitivity therefore is not so
much the measure of one’s understands of the poetry but one’s natural instinct
to set off on ‘another’ journey in response to the poetic stimulus.
When
the audience involvement is considered within the time & space of the
recitation it is likely that poetic verses are more obvious. I call this
‘Kacchi Shayari’. You mostly enjoy this in company of kith & kin.
Nazar nawajish nazaron mein ji nahin lagta
Wo kya gay eke baharon me ji nahi lagta
But
where the effect is likely to be more after the poetic interface the verses are
likely to be very subtle, very open & very quiet. Good poetry has that
intent capacity to hide the content & also the meaning. I call this ‘Pakki
Shayari’. You mostly enjoy this when you are alone.
Shab-ae-furkat ka jaga huun farishto ab to
sone do
Kabhi furst mein kar lena hisab aahista
aahista-Ameer
Or
Daamne yaar ki zeenat na bane har aansoo
Apne palko ke liye kuch to bachaye rakkhiye-Tarik
Badayani
There
are ghazals that are short & hence they seek to make a fast-track effort to
come to the conclusion. In that sense the ghazal is not one of the classical
journeys through poetry as much as it is a generous recipe of beauty of music,
expressions & the personification of ‘leher’ by the singer.
Waqt accha bhi aayega naseer
Gum na kar zindgi padi hai abhi
In the
poetry
Allah ki khidmat karen unhone unhe
baharon mein saja rakkha hai
After many
cribs & transgressions such as
Mai huun sans-e-tar unhe, be-dhadkan
aaram de rakkha hai
the ghazal
takes you to a very poignant case;
Ab marna hai isliye unhone
meherbaniye kinaron pe basa rakkha hai
Biggest jump
comes at the end where the poet says;
Yeh khwab hi sahi, Zid dekh unhone tuzhe palko mein bitha rakkha hai
But
most good poetries take recourse to metaphors that offer soothing touch to the
soul.
Self-Talk
poetry
These
are the intricate areas of human consciousness that many time borders on the
subconscious thinking. This is category of mature poetry that steadily reduces
the number that ether wants to listen to this or they can understand this.
Poetry being it, never tries to offer any explanation for anything that is
said. It is against the poetic rights or for that matter, rights of every
creative sport.
Apni zid ko sawarne phir nikale hum
Aawargi ko basane
phir chale hum
Gardishone kaha ab koi raah nahin
Apnihi god mein phir so gaye hum
Or
Koi samjhe meri betaabi, ashayar pahelehi keh dale
Wo pahunche nahin hai mehfil, khwab bhi pure kar dale
Rawayt-e-khas shayari
Ghazal is not just a reality of experience but it is also
realization of an experience through imagination. Hence many traditions &
etiquettes find an easy way into the ghazal.
Hum bhi jaga kiye tere
sone tak …
…therefore, needs a freedom of mind to appreciate the plot
rather than having to actually justify this kind of an experience.
Husne bayan-shayari
Wo alat palat rahe hai
aaftab-e-noor achha hai
Wo angdae le rahe Zid
khayal-e-katil achha hai
Or
Yeh gesu hai bikhre ya
meri nazren hai bebak
Ham bhi jaga kiye har
roz zid tere sone tak
Or
Abr-angdae zameene
utar aaye to bark hai
Ise bazm-e-aara kahe
ke Zid kayamat kahe
Nigahi-e- shayari
Mai pe kya lagate ho
aaj to bin piye hi mast hai
Ho sake to kuch kijiye
in aankhoka ilaaz
Jin aankhonse mai khud
tapakati hai
Or
Mai teri mast nigahika
bharam rakh lunga
Hosh aaya bhi to
kehdunga muzhe hosh nahin
Ishkiya shayari
Ibaadat hoti hai
sarre-aam hathon se
Aur ye purjor bhakht
cheez nigahon mein chipai jati hai
Or
Waqt guzrte der nahi
lagti safina-e-safar der nahi lagti
Khair aaj koi khalk
nahin aaj wo hangame wafa yaad aaya
Muhobbati Shayari
Muhobbat ruhani husn
ki numaish hai
Zid ye aisi shiddat jo
khas soorateon mein girvida hoti jati
hai
Or
Bada-e-safi kaun pa
gaya hai insa
Mehfile zid roz phir
kyun sajti rahi
Insaniyat ki
shayari
Zindgi tune kya kya sataya hai insaan ko koi
bedaag chehra nahin milta
But to kitne ban baithe hai zamane mein par zid
jaisa koi kafir nahi milta
Or
Waqt-b-waqt har shaks
ko ilm bhi nahin hota
Zid bhi kya cheez hai
ek aah guzar jane ko
Or
Ukda nahin e-o-aa
thodi kashmakash hai
Insa samaze gar insa
to zid har dil aziz hai
Or
Mai guftgu-e-wasl
sochu wo shauk-e-arram kare
Jism jalta rahe yahan zid
wo khayal purjor Karen
Or
Kabhi aasu, kabhi aahe
sab namkin banakar betalkh pee gaye
Zid bekalf hai, nigar
nisar hun ye paitronki zaroorat kya hai
Or
Hairat-e-gum se
ghabaraye ho zid to ye sun lo
Lije kuch aisi bhi
dawa jo ke khaye na bane
Or
Aaj aayeho milne jab zid
jane ki fikr mein hai
Log puch rahein ‘kiska
kaun’ aur aapka bhi jikr hai
Or
Junoon ke charche hai zid
kya kya hidayat di jaati hai
ruh ki pehchan ke liye
khud hi jal janeka paigam diye jati hai
Or
Or
Mai ek nek
banda hun khudaka nawazo
Par na
pucho muzhse ke khuda kya hai
Taqdeer-e-mizaz shayari
Taqdeer ek bar jiska
daman choo le wo khilona hai insan nahin milta
Ye wo falsafae band
lifafe hai jis khat ka kisiko pata nahin milta
Or
Ab wo bhi aaye mahatab,
ashiyane par nikhar aaye
Taqdeer palatte der
hai, mizaz mein bahar aaye
Or
Tege dodam bakkaf
tejotund takrarkar laut jati hai lillah teri zidse
Dast andaaz hai koi
taqdeer-e-khuda bas yahan paigam nahin milta
Apne nashemanse kaise
Zidko muntakil
karne aaye
Parwar-digar muzhe
jannat-e-khwab dikhane aaye
Or
Huwe marke hum jo
ruswa huye kyun na garke dariya
Na kabhi janaza uthata
na kahi mazaar hota
Or
Aap to Zid pehlelhi
mar gaye the
Tareekh dekh kafan
sara jala dala
Or
Aise wajud bhi kaha
milta hai zid kisko ek zindgi jinepar
Tajwiz-e-bakshish
pasand aayi, ab bekhauf jiye ja raha huun
Or
Taaheer-e-nafaz to ud
gaya khak abhi baaki hai
Kaunsi zid saath le
gaya uska pata abhi baaki hai
Taseer
All
human emotions revolve around some fixed component. Without the existence of
that it would be impossible to remember a subject. Poetry is a response to
human emotion & hence it is likely to follow one recipe or one type of
dote.
Ba-Taseer
There is continuity of the environment. There is a
persistsence on a subject. This is more like a traditional English poetry.
Is mehfil mein ek
parivash hai apni nazar se kaise dikhau
Mere zhakmi
haalat-e-aalam aapse kaise na chupau
Yeh inqalab-e-muhobbat
hai aatish hai aag kaise buzau
Koi yakayak sinese
lipat jaye hai hasrat-e-mudam kaise na jatau
Mutmaen lamhe guzre
aaram hai elahi-e-khidmat kaise na batau
Bada-e-gulfam dube hai
zamana is shisha-e-aafat ko kaise na tod du
Bada-e-gusar ka markaj
jo hai us dimag ko kaise na badal dun
Badiya-e-gard kimar
bane hai Is shart ko kaise na tod du
Zindgi wada hai
waqt-e-shareerka is miyad ko kaise na suljha du
Akl wais-e-shauk
batain hai is fasad ko zid kaise na luta du
Be-taseer
Dard minnat-kash-e-dawa na huwa mai na achha
huwa bura na huwa
does
not maintain the poetic chemistry in the following verses;
Jama
karte hokyun trakibo ko yeh tamasha huwa gila na huwa
Kuch
to kahiye ke log kehte hai aaj Ghalib gazhal sar na huwa
Hai
khabar garm unke aaneki aaj hi gharmein boriya na huwa…
Or
Yeh hasrat kehkasha mein kaise ghume hai, jo ban gaye
sitarein unse huzzat kare hai
does not have he same chemistry as;
Nikal do in sabko meri aakhri tamanna hai, akela hi rahu
waha sab muzhpe nazar karen hai
Or
Jis
thokar pe zamane guzre ishq-e-latif ke usi ravishse nikle zid muhobbat-e-julus
apni
Does not have
the same chemistry as;
Kuch
kam nahi ye masarrat bhi badi hai kaun mahi-e-beab bane hai khushi apni
Ghazal
is minor subject if it considered as a part of the generalized notion of
poetry; all languages included. However, ghazal is one of the most intricate
& challenging subject know how when considered as a tool of expression. It
is these complexities that make ghazal such a passionate subject for people who
live more in after-thought than in thought per say. That is possibly a reason
that steadily ghazal is losing favors with mass thinking & is getting
elevated to being subject matter of connoisseurs. Zid ki Shayari is a sincere
attempt to make that connoisseur class multiply by creating that taste and
understanding. There is more to follow.
Ek zamana tha Zid shayar bahara karte tarhtush
Dekhe aaj adib kaisa ummodo-khair giraftar hai
I
often wonder whether poetry is a text written in rhythmic form or it is
something very subtle that cannot be expressed literally in words.
कहनेको
किस किस मौजू पर क्या क्या कहते हम बा-इखलाख
If
I was required to say something I have many issues that could be handled with
care & sanity…
हम सुखनवर कम नहीं मगर देखिये तारीफ़ किसकी होने लगी
I
am no ordinary speaker but it seems people are getting lost in my imagination
of my beloved’s beauty more than my poetry.
I
remember once Faiz sahab talked about Kacchi shayari & Pucci shayari.
Kacchi
shayari is the one which bears the same meaning as the words are. These
expressions are common expressions because the content itself is common.
However, when there is a transit of subjects that boils down to confusing ideas
including the confusions of the mind of the poet himself, the poetry invariable goes into digging out
expressions & metaphors that are increasingly complex. This is where a
novice to the world of literature gives up because he wants to hear what he has
already heard. More evolved listeners what to hear what they have never heard.
To bring people out of this naivety poet's own intervention is required.
I
am trying to put a parallel thought in a parallel language that could help many
relate the poetry better.
I
hope you will not mind it!
ऐसे
बज़्म-ऐ -खिराद क्यूँ न रह जाऊ आज
यारा मुहर बलब
बे-अल्फ़ाज़े
मेरी लगी उनकी दिलकशी साज़-ऐ-सरमदी होने लगी
Seeing
the company of such wise people who understand me beyond the words, should I
not keep my lips closed?
Without
me saying a word my pains have become my audience’s sensitive treasure that is
turning into an immortal song.
उधर निगाही -ऐ -बदरफ्तार इधर खवाइश नीयत -ऐ -परवाज़
कभी जहाँ -ऐ -मुतमइन कभी रंजो-गिरफ्त
तबाही होने लगी
She
is putting her eyes on me & I am being swept off my feet. Then I have my
own set of desires that are as always airborne with wings…
I
see a world of deep happiness & contentment on one side & the
melancholy that has imprisoned me that is beginning to destroy me on the other
side.
Peace
is a great virtue; for it embodies the possibility of vision of life at rest.
That is period of detailing. Moving through life is an experience, the faster
one moves, the lesser the recall. That experience is only of an academic value;
because it does not go to enough to our senses. Peace brings more nerves to
purpose of disintegrating substance. That is why we do not run immediately
after food. The digestive juices will into be active. Understanding poetry is
very similar. The deep inner peace is the virtue that will convert even a rank
outsider to poetry into a poetic mind set little by little. Let this change be
subtle because poetry itself is very subtle.
The
‘adab’ and the ‘taukif’ of the musical assemblies is nothing but the setting
for this ideology. A noisy part of the poetry recitation is the melodrama. What
can be understood by everyone is not the real meaning but the apparent meaning.
The real meaning takes time to understand. It is rare that a new poetry worth
its salt is understood right in the first go. It is when you are somewhere else
in some other sphere that the meaning gets decoded. There is nothing direct and
fast about the meaning. The sheer entertainment value of the musical assemblies
is on account of the apparent meaning. Many time people like the expressions or
the way it is said rather than understand the direction of the words. Conception
of meaning will come only later. It is so much like nature.
That
is the reason precisely that gazals are meant for royals’ royal nature, royal
life style and people generally not stuck with basics; either they do not have
those or they have decided to take up thoughts of beauty, faith and religion as
much more urgent.
All
good verses are written from the point of view of narration. A text could be
read with uneven syntaxes but poetry is something that must have regular
syntaxes.
Humse
aaya na gaya (Galib)
Tumse
bulaya na gaya
The
list of word used are Tumse, humse, bulaya, aaya, gaya. This is simplest example of how a simplistic
approach could still create an attention. But short meter will need not a
couple but a quadruplet to make it deliver the content.
Fasla
pyar mein
Dono
se mitaya na gaya
Another
example
Taqat-e-insaan
ko zid
Gurur
bahot hai
Sunte
hai apnihi
Ashyar
bahot hai
Shorter
the meter lesser the dramatics & longer the meter the scope for dramatics
becomes exponential.
Meer ke dino majhab ko aab puchte kya ho
inne to
Kashka khencha dair mein baitha kabka tarq
islam kiya
Or
Roz peshani-e-hayat-e-bal durust karun;
apni taqdeer sawaroo,
Yeh kainat ashiqee hai teri to muzhe
tasavvur ki zaroorat kya hai
Or
Insa gar
mukhlisi insa bane rahe to insaniyat ki alag zarrorat kya hai
Sang-e-marmar
aur kam aayenge numaish-e-but ki zarrorat kya hai
In
the rhythmic form Gazals become a challenge for the intellect. Shorter behers
is simple to understand’
Wo
na aayenge paltakar;
unke
lakho hum bhulaye
Meri
hasratonse jekdo,
key
eh khwab bhul jaaye
Setting
up longer meters in tune is generally avoided because the gazal may be
misunderstood. It is normal for a singer to do a selective intonation and many
nouns and verbs have to be handled very carefully and dedicatedly. More
expressive poetries have also an adjective, a reinforced noun and an adverb
too. Handling five expressions in the musical rhythm is an extreme challenge. A
reinforced noun is used few times in other languages too but it is hall mark of
urdu poetry.
vo taqadeer-talab aaye to i.nsaan ko jagaane aaye
Khud muztarib jaan-e-Zid nibhaane dostaane aaye
Mark the expressions: taqdeer-talab, jaan-ae-Zid here.
Or
aagaah keejiye aise ki adeebo.n-qismat badalee jaayegee
tabaah keejiye asar
gaah-e-mahanat badalee jaayegee
Mark the expressions; adib-o kismet and asar gaah-ae-mehnat
Often
in the longer meter the Gazal has more than one subject, more than one noun and
more than one adjective that qualify two different nouns. A textual work
follows more close knit grammar patterns whereas grammar is not a necessary
thing in gazals. Less objective the gazal is the more freedom a poetry displays
to defy grammar. Many times even the link with the gender is missing because
the kafiya has a better tune with the requirement than otherwise.
One
from the classic poetry of Meer-taq-Meer always intrigues me;
Meer
ke dino-mazhab ko ab puchtekya ho inne to
Meer
is anoun and mazhab is noum. Who do we ask the mazhab or Meer? The noun mazhab
is alos decorated with din-o-mazhab that adds to the weight of the noun. Although
din means much the same as the Mazhab, the jointers make the effect poetically
and musically more lasting.
Kashka
khencha dair me baitha kab ka tark islaam kiya
Kashka,
dair and islaam are nouns. Khencha, baitha, kiya are the verbs. Tarq is a
adverb. The extent of complexities could be imagined.
Music Therapy-FAQ
What is therapy?
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Therapy is treatment aimed at healing the ailment.
Whereas medicine is used for a temporary relief, therapy is generally long
run and more comprehensive in approach so as to find a solution to the
present and the future problem.
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What is Music Therapy?
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Unlike many other therapies, Music Therapy is much
more generic and much less concentrated. And unlike other therapies that are
applied only when there is a problem, music therapy could be used as
pre-emptive method also.
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What is a difference between music and music
therapy?
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Music is listened to more as background activity
whereas Music Therapy is more conscious interception at highly discernible
state of mind.
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What is the most demanding function that makes music
such a difficult thing to follow?
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Interception of music needs extremely high listening
skills. Otherwise the changes in the frequency of sounds generated may not
get intercepted.
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What is central idea behind using music as a
therapy?
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Music is sound and sounds are vibrations. These
touch the skin, the muscles, the cilia, the ears and transmit subtle strokes.
These strokes or messages normally get lost in the melee of the other sounds.
These need to be preserved.
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What are the primary and the secondary effects of
Music Therapy?
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A good therapy is something that not only worked as
a physiological level but is also works at a mental level. The psychological changes occur in a
relatively short term and the physiological changes occur in the second
phase.
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What is the preserved or secured environment for
Music?
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Quest for music drives people to select channels of
living that are able to consolidate their taste for living. However, just in
case the person is trapped in cacophony, music therapy trains people to
switch off the left brain and awaken the right brain to help listen to the
sounds and music of their choice.
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What is internalized music?
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Music therapy helps read and run those files that
are most comforting for you at will. That helps internalize music.
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Music
Therapy-Frequently Asked Questions
Why are musical
memories so sharp?
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Music just like
food is a matter of environmental consumption. Such memories are therefore
well structured and well woven. The chances of musical memories getting lost
are fewer than losing a house key.
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What is the most
basic form of music?
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By far the most
important and the most profound as well as most refined form of music is the
sound of Shadaj, Sa.
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What are the
musical waves and what is its significance?
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The most musical
wave is the one that swings between sa and Pa. The effect of the taanpura
that swings between Sa and Pa, is that it creates a complete canvass of
musical ideas and possibilities.
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What is the most
distinguishing feature of musical ideas?
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Unlike other forms
of ideas, musical ideas are very subtle and they are very private. So there
is no dearth of possibilities. That is a reason why musical ideas keep us
engaged well through.
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Why is soothing or
so called! What is logical part of the same?
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Music is a sound
wave. That keeps striking our bodies softly. There is meaningful content of
the music that goes through our ears to mind, and there is a physical content
of the music that makes a direct contact with our physique. The earlier one
offers us the escape and the later one offers us a relief like a massage.
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What make music
such a rewarding experience of aloofness?
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Aloofness is normally
an acquired state of being out of defensive state of mind. But music helps us
enjoy the feeling so distinctively and so privately that it becomes a very
good positive departure from the crowd.
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What is the
esoteric part of music?
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Anything that cannot
be stored as visual information is difficult thing to transact. Look no
further than contracts and agreements. Nothing is left to imagination. If
someone tries to make the musical notification of the maestro it will be very
awkwardly musical. The finer nuances cannot be decoded. Those who try to copy
them, look trite and hackneyed. But then music is not a pedestrian genre.
Would you like your doctors to make very obvious interpretations and give a
very general medicine? There comes the abstruse part of music. The abstruse
and the un understood part is essential. However, the more the legibility of
the musical expressions the more the mind engagement and greater the result.
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What is the core
issue related to musical interception?
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Before we look
into interception we will look at perception; a lower form of intellectual
challenge. Sound cannot be perceived. It moves at 330m/sec. As you try to
know what is delivered, the next wave strikes you. In general you keep
chasing it hopelessly. The list of our favorite numbers is restricted.
Listening to them the second time or the time after time makes it less
taxing. Nut music is not about the memory alone. Memory suits perception but
interaction begins where apperception reaches a firmer identity. Interception
is the dynamic part that has enormous applications for ongoing treatment.
Over a period of time the interception could be used severally in conjunction
with the ailment iteratively to create a second generation effect.
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What are the
generations of treatments?
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There is method of
treating the symptom and there is a method of treating the cause and there is
a method of treating the idea. A muscle pull gets a magic spray and the
player starts walking. That is a
rudimentary approach. Suppose somebody decides to check the landing of the
player and finds fault with it, he might offer a different training that
eliminates the cause and the prospect of recurrence. A noble man accepts the
problem as signal of the climax and lives with it. That is the third generation
treatment.
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What is the
generation of treatment in Music Therapy?
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Music Therapy is
not a first generation treatment. It is treatment with cascading generations.
In the generation II, it works as method of suggestive correction in the
glandular activities of the body, similar to Yoga. In level III music is an
enormous inspiration to live in the mind than a matter. Unlike operative
intelligence that is reactive to the situation and challenges, It facilitates
the active mind so very pro-active that one seeks newer destination.
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How does Music
Therapy compare with Yoga?
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Yoga is more a
picture of face and eyes and body. But there is also a deeply spiritual and
gravitating constituent of Yoga because it deals with respiratory orders that
are principally driven by one of the most violent and interactive constituent
called AIR. Music, especially vocal is more to do with air and the buoyancy
effects of music are more advanced than Yoga.
Yoga is looked at combination of asana and meditation but music is pure
meditation. It is easier to reach meditative state through music than Yoga.
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Why is music
considered so inspiring?
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Music is a free
space. It is quickest and most generous form of achieving buoyancy. Gravity
pulls to the earth that gives you a bonded feeling; that we mistake as a
security. A simplest exercise in music
is tana. The holding of your swar at one level helps you reach the height of
the mountain. Alaps is another beauty; it makes you go through the valley.
The imaginative element in music is not just God but is also people and your
near and dear ones and beloved. But you deal with them in a different order.
A vocalist sings and takes you along. He is not there were he was, neither
are you. Correspondence of love remains more stable because the walls are
none and the bridges are many.
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Why is Music
Therapy required and not Music per say?
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Music has a huge esoteric
element. It is very complex recipe. It is very demanding intellectual
challenge to understand music. Even among the avid music lovers, the he listening
alone comes in a highly diluted form that could be as high as 90 pc. Hence
the medicinal value is wasted the opportunities are wasted. Then comes the
hidden meaning. One rarely comes to the point of arriving at the stage where
the meaning could be discussed. Meaning activates the right brain and the
more it does, the larger grows the human persona. Left brain activities are
mostly for the mundane and there are several pitfalls of over-chasing and
over exhibiting Arrogance, ego, pride are some of the biggest killers. Music
as a therapy is therefor far more efficient than music because it has the
translator of those ideas for the user. All religious sanctum sanctorum like
Bhagvat Gita and Quran cannot be understood and applied by normal readers and
it requires a mentor. Music is nothing but a sanctum sanctorum of religion of
beauty, meaning and ideas.
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What is the hidden
benefit of Music Therapy
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Music is an
environment by itself. The potency of that environment is either
misunderstood or is not developed faithfully. But the effect of music is
mesmerizing and there is much to it than a mere entertainment. The engagement
value of music is unknown and its therapeutic application is matter of great
exploration. Music is free space and like the possibilities of different
constellations, music offers a wonderful scope for self-research, an ideal
high quality engagement of mind. Imagine the personality constitution of
dominion of hilly region vs Manahattan. Imagine you affecting that shift.
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What is difference
between Music and Sounds
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A refreshing sound
makes music, need to know what you are buying a trash.
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