Shikwa || Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | English Translation Kalam-e-Iqbal - شکوہ

🎼Shikwa | English Translation Kalam-e-Iqbal | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - شکوہ
This is an Edited & Shortened Version of NFAK Singing Iqbal's Shikwa

🔸The Complaint
00:00 Start
00:57 Kyun Ziyaan Kaar Banun, Sood Framosh Rahun
Fikr-e-Farda Na Karum, Mahw-e-Ghum-e-Dosh Rahun

🔹Why should I choose to be at loss and refrain from what I might Gain?
Why not think of tomorrow instead of being lost in the woes of the Past!

02:48 Jurrat Aamoz Miri Taab-e-Sakhun Hai Mujh Ko
Shikwa Allah Se Khakam Badahan Hai Mujh Ko

🔹My courage tested! I have the endurance to say!
A complaint to Allah Himself, I forbiddingly have

04:01 Ae Khuda Shikwa-e-Arbab-e-Wafa Bhi Sun Le
Khugar-e-Hamd Se Thora Sa Gila Bhi Sun Le

🔹O, God! Listen to the grievances of your loyal creed
From the addict of Your Praise, listen now a few complaints

05:11 Hum Ko Jamiat-e-Khatir Ye Preshani Thi
Warna Ummat Tere Mehboob (S.A.W.) Ki Diwani Thi

🔹We rejoiced undertaking these hardships for You
You think the followers of Your Beloved were Insane?

05:57 Tujh Ko Maalum Hai Leta Tha Koi Naam Tera?
Quwwat-e-Baazoo-e-Muslim Ne Kiya Kaam Tera

🔹You know very well, nobody believed in You
The iron clad Muslim spread your word

06:45 Par Tere Naam Pe Talwar Uthai Kis Ne
Baat Jo Bigri Huwi Thi, Woh Banaai Kis Ne

🔹But who raised the sword in Your Name?
The world was a lost cause, who set it Right?

07:45 Shan Ankhon Mein Na Jachti Thi Jahan Daron Ki
Kalima Parhte The Hum Chaon Mein Talwaron Ki.

🔹The pride of worldly pomp could never inspire us
We proclaimed your oneness even when shadowed by swords

08:49 Qaum Apni Jo Zar-o-Maal-e-Jahan Par Marti,
But Faroshi Ke Iwaz But Shikni Kyon Karti?

🔹Had this nation been so lustful of wealth,
Why would they break idols instead of selling them?

09:50 Naqsh Tauheed Ka Har Dil Pe Bithaya Hum Ne
Zer-e-Khanjar Bhi Yeh Paigham Sunaya Hum Ne

🔹We imprinted Your Oneness on every heart
proclaimed this even with daggers to our throats

10:39 Kis Ne Thanda Kiya Atishkuda-e-Iran Ko?
Kis Ne Phir Zinda Kiya Tazkara-e-Yazdaan Ko?

🔹Who put out the worshipped fires of Iran?
Who revived the devotion to One God?

11:30 Kis Ki Haibat Se Sanam Sehme Huwe Rehte The
Munh Ke Bal Gir Ke 'HU WA-ALLAH HU AHAD' Kehte The

🔹Whose wrath kept the idols fearful?
Falling head on they proclaimed “No God but Allah!”

12:29 Banda-o-Sahib-o-Mauhtaaj-o-Ghani Aik Huwe
Teri Sarkar Mein Pohanche To Sabhi Aik Huwe

🔹Low and high, needy and rich stand alike
In your presence, all stood as one

13:19 Dasht To Dasht Hain, Darya Bhi Na Chhore Hum Ne
Bahr-e-Zulmaat Mein Daura Diye Ghore Hum Ne

🔹Let alone land, we didn’t even spare the rivers
We went charging straight into the seas of darkness

14:23 Phir Bhi Hum Se Yeh Gila Hai Ke Wafadar Nahin
Hum Wafadar Nahin, Tu Bhi To Dildar Nahin!

🔹Despite all This, we are being called unfaithful!
If we are unfaithful, then you are also not kind to us!

15:15 Rehmatain Hain Teri Aghiyar Ke Kashaanon Par
Barq Girti Hai To Bechare Musalmanon Par

🔹Your blessings and favors bestowed on the non-believers,
And Your wrath reserved for the helpless Muslims

18:10 Khandah Zan Kufr Hai, Ehsas Tujhe Hai Ke Nahin
Apni Touheed Ka Kuch Paas Tujhe Hai Ke Nahin

🔹Falsehood is thus rejoicing; You are unmindful of it
Are You so disregarding of Your Oneness now!?

19:00 Aag Takbeer Ki Seenon Mein Dabi Rakhte Hain
Zindagi Misl-e-Bilal-e-Habshi (R.A.) Rakhte Hain

🔹We keep the fire of takbeer alight in our hearts!
We are following the life of H.Bilal the Abyssinian (R.A).

19:53 Kabhi Hum Se, Kabhi Ghairon Se Shanasaai Hai
Baat Kehne Ki Nahin, Tu Bhi To Harjaai Hai

🔹Your love keeps shifting between us and the others,
This we must not say but You too are unfaithful

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➰ Poetry from: https://iqbalurdu.blogspot.com/
➰ Translation done By Masham Holistics

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