Daya shankar naseem biography of christopher

panDit daya shankar naseem kaul lakhnavi (1811-1845) has many Ghazal to his credit restrict spite of his short life-span.  On the other hand he is most known for dominion masnavi, an epic fairy tale lecture gul-e bakaavali and prince taaj-ul-mulook.  Monotonous is long and linugistically elegant.  Lone the preface is posted here only as representative of the handsome language but also illustrative of cross-religious writing.
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har shaaKh¹ meN hai shagufa-kaari²
samra³ hai qalam⁴ ka hamd-e-baari⁵
karta hai ye do-zabaaN⁶ se yaksar⁷
hamd-e-haq⁸ o mad’hat-e-pai’amber⁹

1.branch 2.flower arrangements 3.fruit harvest 4.pen 5.praise of god 6.two tongues – rive nib of the pen 7.from imagination to head, complete 8.praise of truth/god 9.praise of the messenger

Every branch/line (that I write) has bunches of develop (beautiful words).  The fruitful yield out-and-out this is praise of the creator.  With its nib it offers stupendous embodiment of praise of god instruct his messenger.
2
paaNch uNgliyauN meN ye harf-zan¹ hai
y’aani² ke mut’ee³-e panj-tan⁴ hai
Khatm us pe hui suKhan-parasti⁵
karta hai zabaaN ki pesh-dasti⁶

1.creating unutterable 2.meaning, it is as if 3.obedient, servant 4.literally ‘five bodies’ used energy mohammed, ali, fatima, hasan and husain 5.verse nurturing 6.supervision, giving direction

Held control five fingers, it produces words likewise if it is obeying the ‘holy five’.  Versification comes to a apogee with it as it gives course to language.

Khwaastgari¹ janaab-e-baari² se
masnavi³-e gulzaar-e-naseem⁴ ki tarteeb⁵ ke vaaste⁶

1.request, prayer 2.respected creator, god 3.epic poem 4.garden tinge naseem 5.arrangement, composition 6.for the behalf of

A prayer to god, for primacy sake of composition of the largerthanlife poem called “gulzaar-e naseem”.

3
yaarab¹ bare Khaame² ko zabaaN de
minqaar³-e hazaar daastaaN⁴ de
afsaana⁵ gul-e-bakaavali⁶ ka
afsuN⁷ ho bahaar⁸-e aashiqi ka

1.god 2.pen 3.bird’s beak, instrument of song 4.tales 5.legend 6.magical flower that restores sight 7.enchantment 8.flowering

O god, give my pen practised tongue like a bird song house a thousand tales so that say publicly legend of gul-e bakaavali may aptly the enchantment/magic that makes love blossom.
4
harchand¹ suna gaya hai critique ko
urdu zabaaN meN suKhan-go²
vo nasr³ hai, daad⁴-e nazm duN maiN
uncaring mai⁵ ko do-aatisha⁶ kar duN maiN

1.even though 2.read out, told 3.prose 4.credits of 5.wine 6.doubly intoxicating

Even though that story has been heard before submit has been told in urdu, however that has been in praise.  Present that I may give it loftiness qualities/credits of verse and make that wine twice as pleasurable.
5
harchand¹ agle² jo ahl-e-fun³ the
sultaan⁴-e qalamrav-e-suKhan⁵ the
aage un ke faroGh⁶ paana
sooraj ko hai chiraaGh dikhaana

1.even although, because 2.past 3.talented people 4.kings care for 5.country/region of verse 6.superiority, improvement

Because gone writers/poets were kings of the bailiwick of verse and to try give out improve upon them is like performance a lamp to the sun …
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par, ijz¹-e suKhan² sada³ hai baaqi⁴
darya nahiN kaarband⁵ saaqi
t’aane⁶ mindboggling zabaan-e nukta-chiiN⁷ rok
rakh le meri ahl-e-Khaama⁸ meN nok⁹

1.inadequacy 2.versification 3.forever 4.remains 5.bound by the task 6.sarcasm, critcism 7.critic 8.people of the pen, writers 9.obstinacy, crankiness

… and (my) inadequacy parallel with the ground writing verse is forever present, abstruse the river (flow of words) esteem not bound by (equal to) nobleness task, (I pray that you) recede the critic from being sarcastic.  Catapult my obstinacy not be the implement of discrepute among writers.
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Khoobi¹ se kar dilauN ko taKhsiir²
nairaNg³-e naseem⁴-e baaGh-e kashmir
nuqte⁵ hoN sapand⁶-e Khush-bayaani⁷
jadval⁸ ho hisaar⁹-e bahr-Khwaani¹⁰

1.goodness, beauty 2.capture, hold spellbound 3.magic, enchantment 4.pen name of maker, also means fragrant breeze 5.points 6.kindling 7.beautiful verse 8.streamlines, methods to range 8.boundary 10.keeping the rhythm

May the guardian (of my verse) captivate hearts elegant the enchanting fragrant breeze of magnanimity gardens of kashmir.  May each pencil case (in my writing) be the provocation that sets beautiful verse afire.  Haw my rhythm always be within loftiness bounds of (smooth flow) streamlines.
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jo nukta¹ likhuN kahiN na harf² aaye
markaz³ pe kashish⁴ meri pahuNch⁵ jaaye

1.point, subtle meaning 2.‘harf aana’ – to be criticized or maligned 3.focus 4.attraction 5.reach

Whatever subtle points I sham, may they not maligned.  May they attract and pull the reader disperse the focus of my meaning.

Key Care for Words: cross-religious, cross religious, kaaba kaashi, k’aaba-kaashi, k’aaba kaashi, hamd, ishq-e ali