Urdu Poems for Mother's Day?

[Khursheed Ahmed]

I have by asked to recite some Urdu poems in honour of mothers on
Mother's Day. I have been looking through the Urdu books I have and I
have searched the net, but have not found anythimng suitable yet. I
would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks,

Khursheed

[UVR]

Post by Khursheed Ahmed
I have by asked to recite some Urdu poems in honour of mothers on
Mother's Day. I have been looking through the Urdu books I have and I
have searched the net, but have not found anythimng suitable yet. I
would appreciate any suggestions.

Two years ago, our very own shaa'ir, Irfan 'Abid' saahib had posted
a rather touching nazm celebrating Mother's Day. The poem was very
aptly titled "maaN" and I, personally, really liked it. A Google
search for "Mother's Day" "Irfan 'Abid'" ought to yield favorable
results, and you can then contact Irfan sb. to obtain the necessary
permissions to recite his nazm.

-UVR.

[Khursheed Ahmed]

Shukriya UVR Saheb... I found it, and I am reproducing it here for the
benefit of those who may want to read it again. Any other suggestions will
also be most welcome. - Khursheed

qudrat ne jab hamaarii hastii ka biij Daalaa
tab kokh meN tirii hii nau maah ham ko paalaa

phir is jahaaN meN ham ne jab aaNkh apnii kholii
nazroN meN teraa ruKh thaa, kaanoN meN terii bolii

ho goad kii vo narmii yaa haath kii ho shafqat
har pal rahii nichhaavar ham par tirii muhabbat

tuu ne sukuuN ganvaayaa, raatoN kii niind khoii
hone na dii kabhii bhii takliif ham ko koii

terii hii ungliyoN ko pakRaa to chal sake ham
mamtaa ko terii ham ne paayaa to pal sake ham

dunyaa kaa ilm siikhaa, paayaa sha.uur-e-mazhab
donoN jahaaN ke laayaq tere baGhair the kab

piichhe jo dekhte haiN, har samt tuu khaRii hai
ahsaanmand terii, har saans, har ghaRii hai

ik chiiKh par hamaarii fauran vo teraa aanaa
phir sar pe haath rakhnaa, ham ko gale lagaanaa

raatoN ko imtihaaN kii teraa vo saath jagnaa
himmat baRhaate rahnaa, sau sau duaayeN paRhnaa

mamtaa meN terii Duube taazaa vo garm khaane
gaajar ka garm halvaa, bhuTTe ke narm daane

sardii ke vo paraaThe, vo garmiyoN kii lassii
kuchh Khaas hii khilaayaa, mausam ho vo koii bhii

apnii zaruuratoN ko baalaa-e-taaq rakkhaa
ham ko diyaa hai tuu ne, jo kuchh bhi ham ne maaNgaa

KhushiyaaN mileeN jo ham ko, tujh saa na Khush thaa koii
kuchh dard ham ne paayaa, to saath tuu bhii roii

tujh se banii hamaarii aasaan zindagaanii
tuu to judaa hai sab se, teraa nahiiN hai saanii

har har qadam pe tuu ne kitne karam kiye haiN!
jo kuchh haiN aaj terii mehnat se ham bane haiN

teraa kiyaa kisii ne ab tak kiyaa na hogaa
thoRaa bhii qarz teraa ham se adaa na hogaa

karte haiN terii izzat, tujh se hai pyaar, ai maaN
qadmoN meN tere apnii hai jaaN nisaar, ai maaN

maaN! behtariin hai tuu in.aam aasmaaN kaa
yaa rab! rahe salaamat saayaa hamaarii maaN kaa!

- Irfan Abid

Post by UVR

Post by Khursheed Ahmed
I have by asked to recite some Urdu poems in honour of mothers on
Mother's Day. I have been looking through the Urdu books I have and I
have searched the net, but have not found anythimng suitable yet. I
would appreciate any suggestions.

Two years ago, our very own shaa'ir, Irfan 'Abid' saahib had posted
a rather touching nazm celebrating Mother's Day. The poem was very
aptly titled "maaN" and I, personally, really liked it. A Google
search for "Mother's Day" "Irfan 'Abid'" ought to yield favorable
results, and you can then contact Irfan sb. to obtain the necessary
permissions to recite his nazm.
-UVR.

...

[Afzal A. Khan]

Post by Khursheed Ahmed
Shukriya UVR Saheb... I found it, and I am reproducing it here for the
benefit of those who may want to read it again. Any other suggestions will
also be most welcome. - Khursheed
qudrat ne jab hamaarii hastii ka biij Daalaa
tab kokh meN tirii hii nau maah ham ko paalaa
phir is jahaaN meN ham ne jab aaNkh apnii kholii
nazroN meN teraa ruKh thaa, kaanoN meN terii bolii
ho goad kii vo narmii yaa haath kii ho shafqat
har pal rahii nichhaavar ham par tirii muhabbat
tuu ne sukuuN ganvaayaa, raatoN kii niind khoii
hone na dii kabhii bhii takliif ham ko koii
terii hii ungliyoN ko pakRaa to chal sake ham
mamtaa ko terii ham ne paayaa to pal sake ham
dunyaa kaa ilm siikhaa, paayaa sha.uur-e-mazhab
donoN jahaaN ke laayaq tere baGhair the kab
piichhe jo dekhte haiN, har samt tuu khaRii hai
ahsaanmand terii, har saans, har ghaRii hai
ik chiiKh par hamaarii fauran vo teraa aanaa
phir sar pe haath rakhnaa, ham ko gale lagaanaa
raatoN ko imtihaaN kii teraa vo saath jagnaa
himmat baRhaate rahnaa, sau sau duaayeN paRhnaa
mamtaa meN terii Duube taazaa vo garm khaane
gaajar ka garm halvaa, bhuTTe ke narm daane
sardii ke vo paraaThe, vo garmiyoN kii lassii
kuchh Khaas hii khilaayaa, mausam ho vo koii bhii
apnii zaruuratoN ko baalaa-e-taaq rakkhaa
ham ko diyaa hai tuu ne, jo kuchh bhi ham ne maaNgaa
KhushiyaaN mileeN jo ham ko, tujh saa na Khush thaa koii
kuchh dard ham ne paayaa, to saath tuu bhii roii
tujh se banii hamaarii aasaan zindagaanii
tuu to judaa hai sab se, teraa nahiiN hai saanii
har har qadam pe tuu ne kitne karam kiye haiN!
jo kuchh haiN aaj terii mehnat se ham bane haiN
teraa kiyaa kisii ne ab tak kiyaa na hogaa
thoRaa bhii qarz teraa ham se adaa na hogaa
karte haiN terii izzat, tujh se hai pyaar, ai maaN
qadmoN meN tere apnii hai jaaN nisaar, ai maaN
maaN! behtariin hai tuu in.aam aasmaaN kaa
yaa rab! rahe salaamat saayaa hamaarii maaN kaa!
- Irfan Abid

...

Thanks are due to all THREE of you, for this lovely
poem : Irfan Saheb, UVR Saheb and KHursheed Saheb.

To have a special day dedicated to the Mother or
Father may have become a tradition over here
(mainly for commercial purposes ?). But, in the
psyche of people from the sub-continent, every day
is Mother's Day --- and Father's Day --- in fact
Family Day.


Afzal

[Amit Malhotra]

Post by UVR

Post by Khursheed Ahmed
I have by asked to recite some Urdu poems in honour of mothers on
Mother's Day. I have been looking through the Urdu books I have and I
have searched the net, but have not found anythimng suitable yet. I
would appreciate any suggestions.

Two years ago, our very own shaa'ir, Irfan 'Abid' saahib had posted
a rather touching nazm celebrating Mother's Day. The poem was very
aptly titled "maaN" and I, personally, really liked it. A Google
search for "Mother's Day" "Irfan 'Abid'" ought to yield favorable
results, and you can then contact Irfan sb. to obtain the necessary
permissions to recite his nazm.
-UVR.

...

This nazm by Irfan sahib has been my personal favourite since I read
it two years ago. I came on ALUP after a while today and I got to
read it once again! Thanks to this thread by Khursheed sahib.


I don't think anybody can praise this nazm enough to do justice to
it.. it's just beautiful!

Amit Malhotra

[Sushil Sharma]

Post by Khursheed Ahmed
I have by asked to recite some Urdu poems in honour of mothers on
Mother's Day. I have been looking through the Urdu books I have and I
have searched the net, but have not found anythimng suitable yet. I
would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
Khursheed

Khursheed saaheb,

A few years back, I came across a very moving poem by Nida Fazli,
which coincidentally has the same title as Irfan saaheb's excellent
nazm already suggested by UVR saaheb ("maa.N"). This Nida Fazli
poem has the structure of a ghazal, and might technically be a
musalsal ghazal, but somehow (perhaps because of the subject being
so unconventional for a traditional ghazal), I always think of
it as a nazm. My books are all packed-up in preparation for a move,
so I had no recourse but to copy-paste it from Nita-ji's website
(urdupoetry dot com). I have made a couple of transliteration
corrections in the version quoted below. I hope you (and other
ALUPers) find it appropriate to read on Mother's Day. I do.

Sushil

--

"maa.N" by Nida Fazli

besan kii so.ndhii roTii par
khaTTii chaTanii jaisii maa.N
yaad aatii hai chaukaa-baasan
chimaTaa phukanii jaisii maa.N

baan kii khurrii khaaT ke uupar
har aahaT par kaan dhare
aadhii so_ii aadhii jaagii
thakii dopaharii jaisii maa.N

chi.Diyo.n kii chahakaar me.n guu.Nje
raadhaa-mohan alii-alii
murGe kii aavaaz se khulatii
ghar kii ku.nDii jaisii maa.N

bivii, beTii, bahan, pa.Dosan
tho.Dii tho.Dii sii sab me.n
din bhar ik rassii ke uupar
chalatii naTanii jaisii maa.N

baa.NT ke apanaa cheharaa, maathaa,
aa.Nkhe.n jaane kahaa.N ga_ii
phaTe puuraane ik alabam me.n
cha.nchal la.Dakii jaisii maa.N

--

[Zoya]

Khursheed Sahib,

As most of you know, Mother's Day is one of my favorite days of the
year, and lately it has become even more important for me at a
personal level. Out of all the roles that I have played in my life,
the role of mother is definitely the most rewarding, a mother's love
is so unconditional and pure!

Well, the two poems that I was going to quote have already been
quoted. I would just like to add that Nida Fazli's poem 'maaN' has
been sung by Pankaj Udhaas. I am not much of a Pankaj Udhaas fan, but
the contents definitely make this one worth listening.

piChhle dinoN Mona Shahaab kii kitaab 'sadaa jab lauT ke aaii' kii
ruu_numaaii ke silsile meiN huii ek mehfil meiN shariik hone kaa mauqa
milaa thaa. vahaaN unhoN_ne apnaa ek sher pa.Dhaa thaa, jo mere zehn
meiN reh gayaa, kuChh yuuN hai:

duniyaa ne aaj kii hai jo izzat ataa mujhe,
lagtaa hai lag gaii merii maaN kii dua mujhe!

aap sab dostoN ke liye bahut sii duaaoN aur muhabbat ke saath,

________________Zoya

[Yogesh Sethi]

... a mother's love is so unconditional and pure!

Zoya ji, in this context, a rendition ‘o maa.N tujhe salaam' is a good
one, and Jagjit does a superb job. It is a tribute to the unflinching
motherly love, no matter what the son may have done:

jo gir gayaa is jahaa.N kii nazar se
dekho use kabhii ik maa.N kii nazar se

...
pyaar hii pyaar hai, dard hii dard hai, mamtaa jis kaa naam
o maa.N tujhe salaam, o maa.N tujhe salaam


Regards,

Yogesh Sethi

[Zoya]

Zoya ji, in this context, a rendition ?o maa.N tujhe salaam' is a good
one, and Jagjit does a superb job. It is a tribute to the unflinching
jo gir gayaa is jahaa.N kii nazar se
dekho use kabhii ik maa.N kii nazar se
...
pyaar hii pyaar hai, dard hii dard hai, mamtaa jis kaa naam
o maa.N tujhe salaam, o maa.N tujhe salaam
Regards,
Yogesh Sethi

Yogesh Sahib,

I agree, Jagjit Singh has sung this song beautifully. Talking about
Mother's Day songs, I have always loved this one:

us_ko nahiiN dekhaa ham_ne kabhii, par is_kii zaruurat kya hogii,
ai maaN terii suurat se alag Bhagwaan kii suurat kya hogii!

______________Zoya

[Khursheed Ahmed]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions - they are most helpful and greatly
appreciated.

Zoya Saheba, I agree that the mother's role and unconditional love is a
one of the most beautiful and enviable thing. I owe so much to my late
mother, and I do feel that a lot of what I have achieved in life has been
due to her blessings and 'duaN'. I was told as a child that "maaN ke
peroN ke neechay jannat hoti hai", i.e. showing respect and serving your
mother earns you a place in paradise and I still believe it.

So, Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers, and may your children bring you
lots of happiness.

Khursheed

Post by Zoya
Khursheed Sahib,
As most of you know, Mother's Day is one of my favorite days of the
year, and lately it has become even more important for me at a
personal level. Out of all the roles that I have played in my life,
the role of mother is definitely the most rewarding, a mother's love
is so unconditional and pure!
Well, the two poems that I was going to quote have already been
quoted. I would just like to add that Nida Fazli's poem 'maaN' has
been sung by Pankaj Udhaas. I am not much of a Pankaj Udhaas fan, but
the contents definitely make this one worth listening.
piChhle dinoN Mona Shahaab kii kitaab 'sadaa jab lauT ke aaii' kii
ruu_numaaii ke silsile meiN huii ek mehfil meiN shariik hone kaa mauqa
milaa thaa. vahaaN unhoN_ne apnaa ek sher pa.Dhaa thaa, jo mere zehn
duniyaa ne aaj kii hai jo izzat ataa mujhe,
lagtaa hai lag gaii merii maaN kii dua mujhe!
aap sab dostoN ke liye bahut sii duaaoN aur muhabbat ke saath,
________________Zoya

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