THREE KASHMIRI ADMIRERS OF POET EHSAN BIN DANISH
Ehsan Bin Danish (1914.1982) was also known as Shaayar e Mazdoor ( poet of labourers ). He holds the unique position as one of the great poets of all times, with fine, romantic and revolutionary, but simple style of poetry.He struggled very hard to earn his living. He worked as an ordinary labourer for years in odd jobs, finally becoming a poet of excellence. His autobiography, Jahan-e-Danish, is a classic and has inspired many people.Danish has written more than 80 books and hundreds of articles about and including poetry, prose, linguistics, philology, autobiographies and the famous interpretation of "Diwan-e-Ghalib". Much of his literary work is still unpublished.
Before 1947, three persons from Kashmir were his friends and fond of his poetry . All the three had met him in person and continued to correspond with him for some time even after 1947. The persons are, politician DP Dhar,Hakim Shyam Lal Bhat and poet Dina Nath Nadim. A sample of poetry of Danish is as under:-
(1)
Ab kaho karwaan kidhar ko chale ...
Raaste kho gaye chirag jale ....
Ishq ġham ko ubuur kar na sakaa
Raaste karwaan ke saath chale ....
Hum pe guzri hain hijr ki raatein
hum jahannum mein thay magar na jale...
(2)
Kahaan mehfil mein mujh tak
baada-e-gulfam aata hai
Jo mera naam aata hai
to khaali jaam aata hai ......
Zamaane mein nahin
dil-daada-e-mehr-o-vafa koyi
tujhe dhoka hai aey dil
kaun kis ke kaam aata hai .....
Hakim Shyam Lal Bhat was not only a reputed Hakim but a philosopher and lover of Persian, Arabic and Urdu poetry. He was equally proficient in Sanskrit. He would quote Hafiz and Rumi frequently. He would also quote Ravish Siddiqi ,another well known Urdu poet. Hakim Shyam Lal had profound knowledge of ancient Greek philosophy and astronomy. I believe he must have met Ehsan Bin Danish in Lahore, Punjab where he graduated in Unani Medicine after his BA degree. He had studied Persian and Arabic in his BA. He was also known as Gaazi e Guftaar for his scholarly communication .While Hakim Shyam Lal Bhat could recite any Shloka from Bhagwat Gita and make its meaning clear, he was also known as Qaari and Hafiz e Quran for his knowledge of the Holy Quran . He was a Bhakt of goddess Sharika and Shiva apart from a follower of Khwaja Lassa Sahib of Nowhatta and Saint Gopinath Ji of Habba Kadal. In fact Hakim Sahaz Bhat was also visiting Khwaja Lassa Sahib . This roaming Darvesh had granted the title of Dast e Shifa to Hakim Shyam Lal Bhat.
Hakim Shyam Lal Bhat's brother Dr Niranjan Nath Bhat( LMP Lahore ) has done exemplary service to Kashmiris during the Cholera outbreak of 1935. He was also a lover of literature . Possibly this taste has passed on to this illustrious family from Hakim Sahaz Kak Bhat ,who, apart from being a Hakim, was also a Sanskrit and Persian Scholar . Along with Pandit Govind Kaul, Hakim Sahaz Kak Bhat has translated many Sanskrit manuscripts for Aurel Stein . Even Dr Raj Nath Bhat ( MRCP) and son of Hakim Shyam Lal Bhat who was an eminent professor of Medicine in J&K had scholarly interests in poetry. Philosophy ,astronomy and literature . One needs to read diary of Aurel Stein to know his praise for scholarship of Hakim Sahaz Kak Bhat .
Not many people know that D P Dhar (India’s ambassador to Moscow , The architect of Indo Soviet Treaty, Advisor to PM, Planning Minister Government of India and Chairman Planning commission ) was also writing Urdu poetry using pen name "RAUNAQ".It was a happy chance for D P Dhar to come in close contact with a Faquir poet of mysterious origin known as Aamil Darvesh. Aamil was a tall but lean mystic who lived in a wooden coffin on the bank of Dal lake in an orchard that belonged to one Girdhari Lal Bhan. And this Girdhari Lal Bhan was DP’s maternal uncle. Many leading poets from india came to meet Aamil Darvesh and thereby DP Dhar also came into contact with Hafeez jalandhari, Ehsan-bin Daanish , Ravish Siddiqui, Sagar Nizami and Anwar Sabri. Aamil was DP's poetic Guru. A couplet written by DP Dhar " Raunaq " goes as under :-
"Bazm e Khoobaan se Mujhe Soo e Biyabaan le chali
Kis Qadhar Vehshat Talab Taseer iss ki Dekhnaa"
Quite often , Aamil Darvesh stayed at D P Dhar's residence .
( Avtar Mota)
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