Saeedabai reads Ghalib in A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth/Mira Nair)
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I love Vikram Seth's portrayal
I love Vikram Seth's portrayal of Saeedabai, the courtesan living in changing times.
Like in the video, my Lucknowi friend is unable to read Ghalib (1797-1869) in Urdu, but she grew up watching the Doordarshan tv series, Mirza Ghalib (1988). She sang the familiar verse for me, which I share here as a tribute to Saeedabai (and Ghalib).
She sang the next misra as well, but that pleasure must be left to your imagination..
The scene is taken from Mira Nair's adaptation, A Suitable Boy (BBC, 2020)
dil-e-naadaan tujhe hua kya hai ?
aakhir iss dard ki dawa kya hai ?
hum hain mushtaaq aur woh bezaar
ya ilaahee! yeh maajra kya hai ?
main bhi munh mein zabaan rakhta hoon
kaash! poocho ki "muddaa kya hai" ?
jab ki tujh bin naheen koee maujood
fir ye hangaama, 'ei khuda! kya hai
ye paree chehara log kaise hain?
ghamza-o-ishwa-o-'adaa kya hai ?
shikan-e-zulf-e-ambaree kyon hai ?
nigah-e-chashm-e-soorma sa kya hai ?
sabja-o-gul kahaan se aaye hain ?
abr kya cheez hai, hawa kya hai ?
hamko unse wafa ki hai ummeed
jo naheen jaante wafa kya hai
"haan bhala kar tera bhala hoga"
aur darvesh kee sada kya hai ?
jaan tum par nisaar karta hoon
main naheen jaanata duaa kya hai
maine maana ki kuchch naheen 'ghalib'
muft haath aaye to bura kya hai?
Like in the video, my Lucknowi friend is unable to read Ghalib (1797-1869) in Urdu, but she grew up watching the Doordarshan tv series, Mirza Ghalib (1988). She sang the familiar verse for me, which I share here as a tribute to Saeedabai (and Ghalib).
She sang the next misra as well, but that pleasure must be left to your imagination..
The scene is taken from Mira Nair's adaptation, A Suitable Boy (BBC, 2020)
dil-e-naadaan tujhe hua kya hai ?
aakhir iss dard ki dawa kya hai ?
hum hain mushtaaq aur woh bezaar
ya ilaahee! yeh maajra kya hai ?
main bhi munh mein zabaan rakhta hoon
kaash! poocho ki "muddaa kya hai" ?
jab ki tujh bin naheen koee maujood
fir ye hangaama, 'ei khuda! kya hai
ye paree chehara log kaise hain?
ghamza-o-ishwa-o-'adaa kya hai ?
shikan-e-zulf-e-ambaree kyon hai ?
nigah-e-chashm-e-soorma sa kya hai ?
sabja-o-gul kahaan se aaye hain ?
abr kya cheez hai, hawa kya hai ?
hamko unse wafa ki hai ummeed
jo naheen jaante wafa kya hai
"haan bhala kar tera bhala hoga"
aur darvesh kee sada kya hai ?
jaan tum par nisaar karta hoon
main naheen jaanata duaa kya hai
maine maana ki kuchch naheen 'ghalib'
muft haath aaye to bura kya hai?
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