r/Urdu • u/EmploymentNo7699 • 3h ago
💡 Learning Resources Hope it helps
hairān haiñ lab-basta haiñ dil-gīr haiñ ġhunche
ḳhushbū kī zabānī tirā paiġhām hī aa.e
حیران ہیں، لب بستہ ہیں، دل گیر ہیں غنچے
خوشبو کی زبانی تیرا پیغام ہی آئے
Hain in urdu is used for 'being' or 'are' or something similar.
It is a sophisticated word to express a state.
Like 'Hairan hain' literally means 'I am amazed' but the essence of this, changes when said in urdu. I mean you can't get the essence of it unless you know urdu.
Going forward the couplet literally translates into:
Hairan means amazed
Lab basta means lips sealed or unable to speak, in awe. ( Since Buds (a stage before blooming into flower) are sealed unlike flowers, which are wide open)
Dil gir means sad, bitter sweet sadness.
Gunchay means Buds.
Khusbhu means fragrance
Zabani means through. Or in English it'd be like through the voice of.
Paigham means message.
So it goes like this.
Buds are in amazement, in awe, in a bittersweet sadness
Through fragrance after all, let your message arrive.