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moo-e-aatish_deeda

English translation: The fiery youthful bloom

03:47 Feb 21, 2005
Urdu to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Ghalib
Urdu term or phrase: moo-e-aatish_deeda
bus ke hooN 'GHalib' aseeree meiN bhee aatish zer-e-pa
moo-e-aatish_deeda hai halqa meree zanjeer ka
Syeda Tanbira Zaman
Local time: 18:50
English translation:The fiery youthful bloom
Explanation:
"The radiant-looking youthful bloom" is the region that chains me.

"Moo" means "bloom of youth", "aatish deeda" means "looking like fire", i.e. "fiery"

بس کہ ہوں غالب! اسبری میں بھی آتش زیر پا
موۓ آتش دیدہ، ہے حلقہ میری زنجیر کا
In other words,
It is verily but this that, Ghalib! You're restless even in captivity
In fiery youth bloom is the region of the chain that chains you

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Ramesh Bhatt
Nepal
Local time: 19:05
Grading comment
It sounds like the best translation. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5The Burnt Hair
Farah Kamran
5Flimsy Fetters or Weak Shackles
Professor Saqib
4Seeing the face of my love
Tanvir
4 -1The fiery youthful bloom
Ramesh Bhatt


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189 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Seeing the face of my love


Explanation:
Can You please send me, the orginal in Urdu so I could try better, the roman urdu cannot define the real urdu. Link is okay, I will check Insha Allah.

Tanvir
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ravi_kumar
19 days
disagree  Farah Kamran: I am sorry to say but, this is absolutely wrong translation.
541 days
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730 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
The Burnt Hair


Explanation:
This is the poetic delicacy of Mirza Ghalib the Eternal Urdu poet. Mu means ‘Hair’ Atish means “fire’ Deda means ‘Seen”. Means the hair which have seen the fire, the Burnt Hair.

بس کہ ہوں غالب اسبری میں بھی آتش زیر پا
موۓ آتش دیدہ ہے حلقہ میری زنجیر کا

I hope this explanation will be helpful.


Farah Kamran
United States
Local time: 09:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in UrduUrdu
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1521 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
The fiery youthful bloom


Explanation:
"The radiant-looking youthful bloom" is the region that chains me.

"Moo" means "bloom of youth", "aatish deeda" means "looking like fire", i.e. "fiery"

بس کہ ہوں غالب! اسبری میں بھی آتش زیر پا
موۓ آتش دیدہ، ہے حلقہ میری زنجیر کا
In other words,
It is verily but this that, Ghalib! You're restless even in captivity
In fiery youth bloom is the region of the chain that chains you



Ramesh Bhatt
Nepal
Local time: 19:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
It sounds like the best translation. Thank you.

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disagree  Professor Saqib: Wildly inaccurate IMHO. No offence
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5948 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Flimsy Fetters or Weak Shackles


Explanation:
For proper English translation of entire deewan-e-ghalib , kindly use following google books link (shortened due to length)
https://bit.ly/3ppQ7Ne

Here is an English explanation of Ghalib's verse
Ghalib is saying that due to his restlessness even during captivity, he does'nt regard his shackles or fetters more than a hair, that too a hair weakened by exposure to fire.
So we can say translated equivalent as 'Flimsy Fetters' (as given in google books link) or ' Weak Shackles'.
Here is Urdu Meaning of the entire verse of which term under question is a part of.
شرحِ دیوانِ غالب، شمارہ غزل ١، شعر ٥

بس کہ ہوں غالب اسیری میں بھی آتش زیرِپا
مُوئے آتش دیدہ ہے حلقہ مری زنجیر کا


ترجمہ و تشریح : اے غالب میں قیدِ عشق میں بھی اس قدربے قرار ہوں کہ اگر'میرے پاؤں میں' لوہے کی زنجیر پڑی ہو تو سوزشِ عشق کی وجہ سے زنجیر کا حلقہ میرے آگے موئے آتش دیدہ سے زیادہ حیثیت نہیں رکھتا۔ 'میں قید میں بے قرار ہوں اور جس زنجیر میں مجھے جکڑا گیا ہے۔ اس کے حلقے موئے آتش دیدہ بن گئے ہیں۔ حلقہ زنجیر کو آتش زیرِ پا ہونے کی وجہ سے موئے آتش دیدہ کہا گیا



Example sentence(s):
  • میری اسیری کی زنجیریں موئے آتش دیدہ یعنی آگ سیکے ہوئے بال جیسی کمزور ہیں۔

    https://books.google.ca/books?id=cFLvs5qOZwwC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%92+%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4+%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%81+in+en
    https://www.facebook.com/312899106214568/posts/313265852844560/
Professor Saqib
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Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu
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