CHINAR SHADE : TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AND SOME LINES FROM GAZALS OF MODERN KASHMIRI POET RAFIQ RAAZ

Friday, July 12, 2013

TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AND SOME LINES FROM GAZALS OF MODERN KASHMIRI POET RAFIQ RAAZ

Inside Mattan village , Kashmir…

Photo Autar Mota

Yes Doors , Windows , Ceiling ,Roof and walls alone. And so does kashmiri poet Rafiq Raaz Feel.. I add some lines from his Gazal with my English rendering ...

Daarie Burr Taaluv Ta Push Deawaar Leiikh
Yuuss Shahar Gumm Guvv Tamikk Aasaar Leiikh
Daamanus Pyaath Sounteiki Sabzaar Leiikh
Doann Achhunn munz aab Kee Phanwaar leiikh

( Rafiq Raaz)

Write these windows ,Doors, Ceiling , Roof and the walls .
Should you write the story of the city that Vanished ,
then write these as the Monuments .
Should you write about our clothing ,
write greenery of the Spring season ;
But when you write about these two eyes ,
Write tears Hurrying down like fountains .

NONE EXCEPT MY HEART AND THIS CEILING LAMP BURNS IN THIS DESOLATE AND DARK NIGHT ..

Photo Autar Mota

I am adding lines from another Gazal of noted kashmiri Poet Rafiq Raaz to the photograph uploaded above . English rendering done by me...

Shubb Chhu Siyaah Tasveer Ta Baa

Naar Tchhataan Chhatgeer Ta Baa

Tanhaaye Munz Jeiffi Milvaan

Praaen Ya akh Tahreer Ta Baa

( Rafiq Raaz )

None except me and this Image stays awake in this dark night.

Look Who Burns ? None except this ceiling lamp and my heart.

And In this desolate loneliness who are in passionate hug ,

None, Except me and Some old script of Mine ...................

Commenting on events of 1990 in Kashmir , Poet Rafiq Raaz writes

FROM his Urdu Gazal

Patay larz rahay thhay khatraa thha aandhiyon kaa

Ghar ho rahay thhay khaali mausam tha hijraton ka

( Rafiq Raaz )

The leaves kept trembling and the hurricane was about to unleash itself,

The houses were being emptied and the season of migration had set in.

FROM his kashmiri Gazal

Dietch Poat Nazar Qadam Zaa kadithh Naziree guvv na Kaanh ,

Kentchaa Vunal ti Aaeiss ta Kentchaa Gubaar Ti…

( Rafiq Raaz )

Looking back after going just two steps ahead,

We found no one around .

Alas !The paths bore intense fog while the sky was just dust only.

Rafiq Raaz belongs to the New Generation of kashmiri poets . He is modern in style and diction. He writes in urdu and kashmiri. Gazal is his Forte.A sensitive poet who is conscious of contemporary realities and brings them in his writings in perfect Rhyme and Rhythm. His kashmiri collection Nai Chhaa Naalaan ( The flute pours out painful notes ) won him prestigious Sahitya Academy award in 1995.He retired as Station Director AIR Srianagr and lives at Barzulla in srinagar city.

( Autar Mota )

My special Thanks to Literary Magazine NEAB ( Kashmiri ) published from Boston USA. Lines from Two commented above appeared in 27th issue of the Magazine purchased by me from a vendor at Residency Road in srinagar city .