Hello Uncle Cruise,
Could you please tell me what is the meaning of "Gar firdaus, ruhe zamin ast, hamin asto, hamin asto, hamin asto" ? I have heard these lines in Bollywood movies.
Shankar
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Shankar,
This is famous couplet written in Persian language to praise the beauty of Kashmir valley. The valley of Kashmir, in which Srinagar is located, is also referred to as being a heaven on earth.
The Mughal emperor Jahangir was so captivated by the beauty of this valley that he exclaimed -
"Gar firdaus, ruhe zamin ast, hamin asto, hamin asto, hamin asto" (If there is a heaven on earth, it's here, it's here, it's here).
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Uncle Cruise, was this said by Jahangir or his great Grandfather Babur?
ReplyDeleteActually this was by Saadi who said this of Shiraz
ReplyDeleteIt was said by BABUR...when he made his first visit to kasmir...it means if heaven lies on earth its here,its here,its here...
ReplyDeleteIn fact, such sayings become "apocryphal" -- of dubious authenticity -- and get attributed to multiple people. This particular line is written on the walls of the Diwan-e-Khas in the Red Fort, and is sometimes attributed to Shah Jahan who was so captivated by the garden within the Red Fort that he is supposed to have said it. We will never know for sure if Babur, Jehangir, or Shah Jahan actually uttered it!
ReplyDeleteIt was undoubtedly spoken by Amir Khusrow. Not for any place in particular. He was referring the life of any human being on earth...
ReplyDeleteNo, it was written by Persian Poet Firdousi
ReplyDeleteAmir Khusroo is the writer of this couplet
DeleteThis is the famous couplet said by none other then
ReplyDeleteHAZRAT Amir Khusro dehlvi.
A lot of people relate this to Jahangir, and Babur
But that is incorrect and its not fair to Khusro
Does anyone know exactly in which language the qoutation is....????
ReplyDeleteFarsi
ReplyDeleteSir haminastu/haminasto me kya antar h aur antar ha to in donoka kya matlab h
ReplyDelete