چھیڑتا  کوئی  اور  ہے  ۔  راجیش  ریڈّی

۱

ترے  میرے  دین  کا  مسٔلہ،  نہیں  مسٔلہ  کوئی  اور  ہے

نہ  ترا  خدا  کوئی  اور  ہے،  نہ  مرا  خدا  کوئی  اور  ہے

۲

میں  جہاں  ہوں  صرف  وہیں  نہیں،  میں  جہاں  نہیں  ہوں  وہاں  بھی  ہوں

مجھے  یوں  نہ  مجھ  میں  تلاش  کر،  کہ  مرا  پتہ  کوئی  اور  ہے

۳

مرے  فیصلے  سے  خفا  ہے  جو،  مرے  حوصلوں  سے  ڈرا  ہے  جو

مرے  ساتھ  ہی  مری  شخصیت،  میں  چھپا  ہوا  کوئی  اور  ہے

۴

وہ  بھی  وقت  تھا  کہ  جب  آسماں،  پہ  دھویں  کا  نام  و  نشاں  نہ  تھا

مگر  اب  کے  آگ  ہے  کچھ  الگ،  مگر  اب  ہوا  کوئی  اور  ہے

۵

تجھے  خود  سے  کوئی  گلہ  نہیں،  مجھے  خود  میں  میں  ہی  ملا  نہیں

ترا  آئینہ  کوئی  اور  ہے،  مرا  آئینہ  کوئی  اور  ہے

۶

جس  اُفق  پہ  میں  تھا  کِرن  کِرن،  ہوں  اُسی  اُفق  پہ  دھواں  دھواں

مری  ابتدا  کوئی  اور  تھی،  مری  اِنتہا  کوئی  اور  ہے

۷

مرے  فکر  و  فن  کا  غرور  وہ،  مرے  ہر  سخن  کا  سرور  وہ

مرا  ذہن  ایسا  رباب  ہے،  جسے  چھیڑتا  کوئی  اور  ہے

छेढता कोई और है – राजेश रेड्डी

१

तेरे मेरे दीन का मस’अला, नहीं मस’अला कोई और है

न तेरा ख़ुदा कोई और है, म मेरा ख़ुदा कोई और है

२

मैं जहां हुं सिर्फ़ वहीं नहीं, मैं जहां नहीं हुं वहां भी हुं

मुझे यूं न मुझ में तलाश कर, के मेरा पता कोई और है

३

मेरे फ़ैसले से ख़फ़ा है जो, मेरे हौस्ले से डरा है जो

मेरे साथ हि मेरी शख़्सिय्यत, में छुपा हुआ कोई और है

४

वो भी वक़्त था के जब आस्मां, पे धुएं का नाम ओ निशां न था

मगर अब के आग है कुछ अलग, मगर अब हवा कोई और है

५

तुझे ख़ुद से कोई गिला नहीं, मुझे मुझ में कोई मिला नहीं

मेरा आइना कोई और है, तेरा आइना कोई और है

६

जिस उफ़क़ पे मैं था किरन किरन, हुं उसी उफ़क़ पे धुआं धुआं

मेरी इब्तेदा कोई और थी, मेरी इन्तेहा कोई और है

७

मेरे फ़िक्र ओ फ़न का ग़रूर वो, मेरे हर सुख़न का सुरूर वो

मेरा ज़हन ऐसा रबाब है, जिसे छेढता कोई और है

Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. rajesh reDDii (1952-living), was born in nagpur and lives in mumbai. All I could get from a radio interview recording is that he fell in love with urdu and particularly Ghazal during his college days. He worked for All India Radio and retired from there. He has published three collections of his verse. This Ghazal is linked to other Ghazaliyaat of the same radeef on the radeef/refrain index page.

1

tere mere diin¹ ka mas’ala², nahiN mas’ala koii aur hai

na tera Khuda koii aur hai, na mera Khuda koii aur hai   1.faith 2.puzzle, problem

This probably refers to prevailing communal animosity. He implies that differences are not because of faith but because of something else. Thus, the differences between your faith and mine are not the issue, the real problem is something else. Your god is no different from mine.

2

maiN jahaaN huN sirf¹ vahiiN nahiiN, maiN jahaaN nahiN huN vahaaN bhi huN

mujhe yuN na mujh meN talaash² kar, keh mera pata koii aur hai    1.only 2.search

This she’r appears to be a paraphrase of what god might say. Where I am, is not the only place where I can be found. Sometimes, I am where I am not. Don’t search for me just in my present form, for I have other addresses/locations/forms. Don’t pigeon-hole me into a single stereotype. I am not a god of the muslims or hindus exclusively.

3

mere faisle¹ se Khafa² hai jo, mere hausle³ se Dara hai jo

mere saath hi meri shaKhsiyyat⁴, meN chhupa hua koii aur hai    1.decision, determination 2.unhappy 3.courage, resolve 4.personality, identity

The one who is unhappy about my decision. The one who is scared of my resolve. He is hidden within me, along with my personality/ego. Thus, he acknowledges the existence of multiple personalities within himself, sometimes in conflict with each other.

4

vo bhi vaqt tha keh jab aasmaaN, pe dhueN¹ ka naam-o-nishaaN² na tha

magar³ ab ke aag hai kuchh alag, magar ab havaa koii aur hai    1.smoke, fog, confusion 2.slightest trace 3.but

There was a time when there was no trace of smoke on the sky, but this time, the fires have a different character, this time the air blows differently. This could well be interpreted in the political sense about communal confict. We have had such conflicts in the past but the ‘sky was always clear’ – we always knew what is right and what is wrong. But this time, it is different. Communal fires are intentional/planned. The air blows from a different direction i.e., the intentions of the powerful are different. This could also be a reflection of the development of his own thought from certainty to scepticism.

5

tujhe Khud¹ se koii gila² nahiN, mujhe mujh meN koii mila nahiN

mera aaina³ koii aur hai, tera aaina koii aur hai     1.self 2.complaint 3.mirror as in looking at oneself in the mirror

You have no complaint against yourself i.e., you are satisfied, sure of yourself, righteous in your thinking. I looked into myself and did not find anyone i.e., I examined myself but not find any fault there. The mirror you look into is different from mine. Said kabiir …

bura jo dekhan maiN gaya, bura na miliya koye

jo man khoja aapna, mujh sa bura na koye

6

jis ufaq¹ pe maiN tha kiran-kiran², huN usi ufaq pe dhuaaN-dhuaaN³

meri ibteda⁴ koii aur thi, meri intehaa⁵ koii aur hai    1.horizon 2.rays of light 3.smoky, foggy 4.beginning 5.ending

On the horizon that I once was a ray of light, on that same horizon I am now a hazy fog i.e., I was of clear thinking, speaking clearly but now I am confused. My beginning was different, but I have ended up in a different place. This could well be a philosophical statement of the development of thought from certainty to scepticism. It can also be interpreted to mean something entirely different. In a very different spirit, mir taqi mir …

raah-e duur-e ishq meN rotaa hai kyaa

aage aage dekhiye hotaa hai kyaa

Why do you weep so much along the long path of love

Just wait there are more problems to come

7

mere fikr-o-fun¹ ka Ghuroor² vo, mere har suKhan³ ka suroor⁴ vo

mera zahn⁵ aisa rabaab⁶ hai, jise chheRta⁷ koii aur hai    1.thought and capabilities/talent 2.pride 3.word, verse 4.exhilaration, joy 5.mind 6.stringed musical instrument 7.pulling strings

He declares that his mind is the pride and joy of his talent. But his own mind is like a ‘rabaab/sitaar’ that someone else pulls the strings of. Is he saying that his verse is inspired by god … like Ghalib …

aate haiN Ghaib se ye mazaamiiN Khayaal meN

Ghalib sariir-e Khaama navaa-e sarosh hai

rajesh reDDii (1952-living), was born in nagpur and lives in mumbai.  All I co