an old story

[abu Hasan]

i happened to recall a story my late grandmother used to tell.

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in the olden days, people were a close-knit community and particularly in villages, the whole village was one family. everybody knew about or cared for what went on in everybody else's house.

one day, an old woman...as you know some old wives in those days were talkative, and had nothing better to do, so they visit many houses, picking stories, sharing some, adding some spice to picked up stories, etc.

so the old woman went to a house and found the lady of the house cooking fowl. in those days, people ate fowl or meat on special occasions - and if something special was being cooked, everyone would be intrigued: 'hey what's going on?'

so the lady of the house, was a little embarrassed with the unexpected visitor - nevertheless, invited her and they had lunch. as you know, in those days, it was dishonorable to not invite a guest to lunch - even if they came uninvited. after lunch, the lady quietly and hesitatingly told the old woman to not tell anyone that she had lunch in this house and that she had fowl for lunch.

the old woman said: 'oh, yes. of course.'

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and off she went. it was asr time already, and as you know, in villages, old men and others would sit outside the masjid, chatting until maghrib. so the old lady was passing the masjid and addressing some old men said loudly:

"my good sir, umm zayd stole a fowl and cooked it. she ate it, and then she made me eat it too. then she says, 'don't tell this to anyone.' pray, why would i tell it to anyone, even if she has stolen a fowl and cooked it?"

[abu Hasan]

hai bas.ke har ik unkey isharey meiN nishaaN aur
kartey haiN maHabbat to guzartaa hai gumaaN aur

[naqshbandijamaati]

Qumri kaf-e-khaakistar u bulbul qafas-e-rang
Ay naala, nishaan-e-jigar sokhta kiya hai? ...
- Ghalib

[abu Hasan]

gayi woh baat kih ho guftagu to kyuNkar ho
kahe se kuch na huaa phir kaho to kyuNkar ho

[abu nibras]

banā kar faqīroN ka ham bhes ġhālib
tamāshā.e.ahl.e.karam dekhte haiN

[naqshbandijamaati]

this has become a mushaira!

[naqshbandijamaati]

on a more prosaic note sidi abu nibras which software package do u use to make the diacritic marks like the dot on top of the g for ghalib and the bars over the a etc.?

[Aqdas]

@nj:

http://www.sunniport.com/masabih/showthread.php?t=2524

http://www.sunniport.com/masabih/showthread.php?t=2526

http://www.sunniport.com/masabih/showthread.php?t=2523

[abu Hasan]

@asif: see here.


@abu.nibras:

bhari bazm meiN raaz ki baat kah di
bada bey adab huN sazaa chahta huN

[abu nibras]

asif bhai as sayyidi abu Hasan said -abctajpu