From: memon@acsu.buffalo.edu (Naveed S. Memon)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Acknowledgement of a Request. More Shah Latif  (Part 2)
Date: 6 Apr 92 03:32:55 GMT
Organization: UB








More Shah for those interested. One thing that might help the non Sindhi 
readers of scp is making sense of the way verses rhyme. Here is how I can
indicate the reasons why the verses work. At the end of the verse, I'll 
indicate what words in a line rhyme with other words for the lines
that follow. Here is an example, if I have the following sheyr by Faraz,

tayray hotay hoyay mehfil maiN jalatay haiN charagh
loag kya saada haiN sooraj ko dikhatay haiN charagh. 

:) 

So jalatay(1)/dikhatay(2) would mean that word in line (1) rhymes with word
line (2) I could have done the same with charagh. Anyway those are the
rules or rather the scheme to point out the reasons the verses work for
someone who reads it in the original form.


Since it's Eid today and home sickness is
a common shared feeling among all scpians here is part of a Kafi from 
Sur Marui. A little background info. Marui is kidnapped by the ruler Omar,
and she is kept inprisoned by him. It seems that the love for Marui that 
Omar had was not two sided. So Omar offered her fine clothes, fine food
while she remained in the prison cell unimpressed by the gold and the glitter.
All she wanted was to be among her people. Well that is the basic idea. A
woman yearning to be among the people she loved, the farmers and the shepards 
of Malir, and circumstances are beyond her control. 


So she cries out,

Allah aieeN ma hoyay jeeyaiN aaoN maraN band-a maiN,
juso zanjeeraN maiN, mohinjo raato deeAn roay,
pehreeN vanJaN loyay, poay mar puJm DeehNRa

Rhyme[maiN(1)/maiN(2),   roay(2)/loyay(3) & poay(3)]

Trans:  Lord, let it not be that I die in this prisoncell
        My body enchained cries out of agony day and night
        O (Lord) let me catch a glimpse of my home
        And then I will let my days end.


[I often think of 'band':same as bandish in Urdu. A restriction. Therefore
the US is a bandish :) if we were talking my state of mind on Eid. I.e we want
to be home but cannot help it. Every one feels like Marui]



At starting of Sur Marui,I found the following lines. I thought you may like em.
Dealing with ishq e haqeeqi. It only enhances the curiosity of this agnsotic :)
 


(1)
When "Be" was not yet said[by the Lord], 
			nor was there a flesh-bones scheme or plan
When Adam had not yet received his form, was not yet [a] Man;
[It was] Then [that] my Relationship began, my Recognition too.


(2)
"Am I not thy Lord"? came a voice;
              a voice so sweet and clear
And I said: "yes" with all my heart
              when this voice I did hear;
And with a bond I did adhere 
              that moment to my Love.




Upon reading one translation I recalled the original verse, infact there
are two of such verses.  Taken from the Sur Yaman Kalyan(Path to Peace)


akhar paRh alif jo, bya varq sabh visaar
andar tooN ujaar, panaN paRhandayN kaytraa


Rhyme[visaar(1)/ujaar(2)]
Trans:  Only read the letter 'alif', forget the rest of the pages
        Purify your (inner) Self, doesnt matter how many pages you read 


[The alif referes to Allah BTW]


The second one I recalled is taken from Sur Kaylan(Peace)


paRaDo so ee saD, jay var vaee jo laheehn
aGaMa hoya gaD, BudhaN maiN Ba thya


Rhyme[saD(1)/gaD(2)]

The Echo and the Call are the same,
   if secret of the Sound you knew.
They both were one, it's (only) upon hearing they became two




I made one typo in the last line, the last time I posted the following
verses. Instead of thy I wrote they. I am posting it again.

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(taken from the Sur Sarang - meaning The Rain Song) Imagine standing at
the banks of the Indus as the monsoon clouds come your way.



Warm preparations are again in progress everywhere;
Again the lightnings have begun to leap with ardous flare;
Some towards Istanbul do dive, some to the West repair;   [repair=depart]
Some over China glitter, some of Samerquand take care;
Some wander to Byzantium, Kabul, some to Kandhar fare;
Some lie on Delhi, Deccan, some reach Girnar, thundering there;
And the greens on Bikanir pour those that jump from Jesalmare;
Some have soaked Bhuj, others descent on Dhat with gentle air..
Those crossing Umerkote have made the fields fertile and fair...
O God, may ever you bestow on Sindh abundance rare;
Beloved[Lord]! let all the world share thy grace and prosper.
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From: abbasi@pollux.cs.uga.edu (Sarmad Abbasi)

       >" Sajan aeen Sarah-a K-a-nh Arasee-a Wesero
         >haif tanheeN tay hoyay watan janheeN visario"

 
Thanks Sarmad for writing the first part of the verse. If I could make a
correction , now that I think I remember the whole thing


saJan aeen saRNay-h kehaN-a aRNasee-a visray
haif tanheeN khay hoyay watan jinheeN visario

Pronunciation[RN: sounds like punjabi sonRNya(beloved)]
Rhyme[visray(1)/khay & hoyay(2), also tanheeN(2)/jinheeN(2)]

Translation:  Hardle anyone can forget the beloved and the land
              (But) Shame on those who did forget the watan.    


Again its beyond the domain of my vocabulary :) that I could translate
haif. It is also used in Urdu. Suggestions!  Anyone? Wake up people I am
talking to you :) [The closest I could come to is 'shame']








That's all I could think of over the weekend.



Naveed[maiDa daykhaN bhalaN jachaN joochaN samjhaN JaN sunJaN vee tooN] Memon