02e_mushairah

itme meñ ek ādmī āyā - us ne ek parchah munshī aḥmad ḥasan ko diyā -
munshī ṣāḥib :: ( raqʿah paṛh ke ) lījiye - mirzā ṣāḥib tashrīf nahīñ lāʾeñge - ġhazal-e tāzah-taṣnīf bhej dī hai-
maiñ ne ādmī se pūchhā karte kyā haiñ -
ādmī :: (muskurā ke ) jī - sikandar bāġh se sar-e shām bahut se angrezī daraḳhtoñ ke nānde le ke āʾe haiñ - un ko gol ḥauẓ ke kināre paththaroñ ke andar saj rahe haiñ - mālī pānī detā jātā hai -
rusvā :: jī hañ unheñ apne aʿmāl se furṣat kahāñ - jo mushāʿire meñ tashrīf lāʾeñ -

SECTION 2e	back to section 2d (we're now on page ze , continued)
Munshi Sahib: Shaikh Sahib, please instruct us with something. Shaikh Sahib: (smiling) Sir, I don't remember anything. Khan Sahib: You don't remember-- but there's probably a seventy-verse ghazal in your pocket! Shaikh Sahib: By God, no! I've just now composed only four verses. Rusva: Then why don't you recite them? Shaikh Sahib: So I present them.	munshī ṣāḥib :: shaiḳh ṣāḥib - āp to kuchh irshād kījiye - shaiḳh ṣāḥib :: ( muskarā ke ) jī mujhe to kuchh yād nahīñ - ḳhāñ ṣāḥib :: yād nahīñ - magar sattar shiʿr kī ġhazal jeb meñ hogī - shaiḳh ṣāḥib :: vāllâh nahīñ - ṣirf chār shiʿr abhī mauzūñ kar liye haiñ - rusvā :: to phir paṛhte kyūñ nahīñ - shaiḳh ṣāḥib :: phir ʿarẓ kiye detā hūñ -
1) [Only] that petition is a petition, in which there would be no insistence [Only] that utterance is an utterance, which would not be denied The friends: praise. Shaikh Sahib: taslim. =========== ==The meter of this ghazal is #18/19 in the meter list.	ʿarẓ vuh ʿarẓ kih jis ʿarẓ meñ aṣrār nah ho bāt vuh bāt kih jis bāt se inkār nah ho aḥbāb :: taʿrīf - shaiḳh ṣāḥib :: taslīm -
2) Like Joseph, you wander around the outskirts of the bazaar How embarrassed you'll be, if there would be no buyer Rusva: What a fine taste it displays! Shaikh Sahib: taslim.	[baṛī he] miṡl-e yūsuf sar-e bāzār paṛe phirte ho kyā hī sharmāʾo agar koʾī ḳharīdār nah ho rusvaa :: kyaa achchhaa ma;zaaq hai _ shai;x .saa;hib :: tasliim _
3) That heart is good that wouldn't settle in the gaze of beautiful ones That property is excellent for which there would be no buyer Khan Sahib: Very fine. Shaikh Sahib: taslim.	dil vuh achchhā jo ḥasīnoñ kī naz̤ar meñ nah jame jins vuh ḳhūb koʾī jis kā ḳharīdār nah ho ḳhāñ ṣāḥib :: bahut ḳhūb - shaiḳh ṣāḥib :: taslīm -
4) Vainly you swear off the murder of lovers W e won't agree, if there would be no sword in the hand =========== ==Here I've corrected from later editions an obvious error in the second half of the second line, which has been repeated from the previous verse.	qatl-e ʿushshāq kī be-kār qasam khāte ho ham nah māneñge agar hāth meñ talvār nah ho
In the meantime a man came, and he gave a paper to Munshi Ahmad Hasan. Munshi Sahib: (having read the paper) Well now, Mirza Sahib won't bestow his presence on us. He's sent a freshly composed ghazal. I asked the man, what is he doing? The man: (smiling) Sir, this evening he's brought from Sikandar Bagh a number of small saplings of English trees. He's arranging them at the edge of Gol Hauz. The gardener is with him, watering them. Rusva: Indeed, how would he have leisure from his activities, to come to the mushairah?	itme meñ ek ādmī āyā - us ne ek parchah munshī aḥmad ḥasan ko diyā - munshī ṣāḥib :: ( raqʿah paṛh ke ) lījiye - mirzā ṣāḥib tashrīf nahīñ lāʾeñge - ġhazal-e tāzah-taṣnīf bhej dī hai- maiñ ne ādmī se pūchhā karte kyā haiñ - ādmī :: (muskurā ke ) jī - sikandar bāġh se sar-e shām bahut se angrezī daraḳhtoñ ke nānde le ke āʾe haiñ - un ko gol ḥauẓ ke kināre paththaroñ ke andar saj rahe haiñ - mālī pānī detā jātā hai - rusvā :: jī hañ unheñ apne aʿmāl se furṣat kahāñ - jo mushāʿire meñ tashrīf lāʾeñ -
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