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	Contrary to the then prevalent tradition of using refined literary language in poetry, Nazeer Akbarabadi chose idioms and words from the casual language spoken in the street, both in Banjaranama and in his other works. Though the poem as a whole is ~~completely~~ comprehensible to native [[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]] speakers in the modern-day, some words are considered archaic today, such as ''dakh'' (داکھ, दाख, ''grape'', from the [[Sanskrit]] द्राक्ष, ''draksh'') which has been completely replaced by the [[Persian language\|Persian]]-derived term ''angoor'' in modern Hindi.<ref name="ref02gahom">{{Citation \| title=Pakistan pictorial, Volume 4 \| author=University Grants Commission \| publisher=Pakistan Publications, 1980 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3lCAAAAYAAJ \| quote=''... commoners as he preferred to compose verses in a language and idiom most suited to the genius of the man in the street. He wrote such fluent poems like 'Banjara' (Gypsy) ...''}}</ref>		Contrary to the then prevalent tradition of using refined literary language in poetry, Nazeer Akbarabadi chose idioms and words from the casual language spoken in the street, both in Banjaranama and in his other works. Though the poem as a whole is largely comprehensible to native [[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]] speakers in the modern-day, some words are considered archaic today, such as ''dakh'' (داکھ, दाख, ''grape'', from the [[Sanskrit]] द्राक्ष, ''draksh'') which has been completely replaced by the [[Persian language\|Persian]]-derived term ''angoor'' in modern Hindi.<ref name="ref02gahom">{{Citation \| title=Pakistan pictorial, Volume 4 \| author=University Grants Commission \| publisher=Pakistan Publications, 1980 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3lCAAAAYAAJ \| quote=''... commoners as he preferred to compose verses in a language and idiom most suited to the genius of the man in the street. He wrote such fluent poems like 'Banjara' (Gypsy) ...''}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist\|2}}		{{reflist\|2}}

			==External links==
			* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z61eIgxS7WU Banjara Nama \| Read by Raheel Farooq - Lehja].

	[[Category:18th-century poems]]		[[Category:18th-century poems]]
	[[Category:Indian poems]]		[[Category:Indian poems]]
	[[Category:Urdu~~-language poems~~]]		[[Category:Poems in Urdu]]

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[[File:nazir image.gif|thumb|right|150px|''Banjaranama'' was written by [[Nazeer Akbarabadi]] (1735-1830)]]
The '''Banjaranama''' (بنجارانامہ, बंजारानामा, ''Chronicle of the Nomad'') is a satirical [[Urdu]] poem, written by the eighteenth-century [[India]]n poet [[Nazeer Akbarabadi]].<ref name="ref16zuyuj">{{Citation | title=Shahid Sajjad's sculpture: collected essays | author=Akbar Naqvi, National College of Arts (Pakistan). Research and Publication Centre | publisher=Research and Publication Centre, National College of Arts, 2007 | isbn=978-969-8623-21-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2HqAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... He had necklaces round his neck worn by the sadhus of India. As late as the sixties, beggars sang his immortal poems in the kingdom of Urdu on the Subcontinent. School children recited verses from his immortal 'Banjaranama' ...''}}</ref> The poem's essential message is that pride in worldly success is foolish, because human circumstances can change in a flash, material wealth and splendor is always transient, and [[death]] is the only certainty for all men.<ref name="ref32caqof">{{Citation | title=A history of Urdu literature | publisher=Sind Sagar Academy, 1975 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7xjAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... His allegories, in beautiful verses, strike a note at once ennobling and enthralling. His pictures about the 'all conquering death' and his Banjara-nama, plead for a renunciation of pride in ...''}}</ref> The poem quickly captured the popular imagination, and achieved fame in the [[Indian subcontinent]] that has lasted for over two centuries. Critics have observed that, despite the deliberate simplicity of its language, the poem's idioms and imagery were dazzling in their span, and portrayed lives of wealth and power as ultimately subject to a [[nomad]]'s whims (an allusion to death).<ref name="ref32caqof"/><ref name="ref32vovoh">{{Citation | title=The Lucknow omnibus |author1=ʻAbdulḥalīm Sharar |author2=Abdul Halim Sharar |author3=Rosie Llewellyn-Jones |author4=Veena Talwar Oldenburg | publisher=Oxford University Press, 2001 | isbn=978-0-19-565329-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1swAQAAIAAJ | quote=''... His natural and simple poetry is expressed in commonplace words. Banjara Nama is ...''}}</ref> The poem continues to be hailed as distilling "''the teachings of thousands of years into one summary form''."<ref name="cinemanth2010fgf">{{Citation | title=सब ठाठ पड़ा रह जावेगा जब लाद चलेगा बंजारा ('All your splendor will lie useless, when the nomad packs-up and leaves') | publisher=CINE Manthan | url=http://cinemanthan.com/2013/10/09/sabthathpada/ | quote=''... गीत कई हजार वर्षों की शिक्षाओं को एक सार रुप में सामने लेकर आता है ... इंसान अकेला आया है अकेला ही जायेगा। खाली हाथ आया था और धरती पर जमा की हुयी हर एक चीज हर एक सम्पत्ति यहीं छोड़ कर जायेगा (The poem distills the teachings of thousands of years into one summary form ... Man comes alone and will leave alone. He comes empty handed and every little thing in all the material collections he makes in this world will be left behind when he leaves) ...''}}</ref>

==Refrain and example verse==
All verses in the poem end on the same refrain: ''Sab thaath para reh javega, Jab laad chalega banjara'' (''All your splendor will lie useless, when the nomad packs-up and leaves'').<ref name="ref84vemuh">{{Citation | title=Masterpieces of Urdu nazm | author=K. C. Kanda | publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 1997 | isbn=978-81-207-1952-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hT3h1mWbjA4C | quote=''... سب ٹھاٹھ پڑارہ جاویگا جب لاد چلے گا بنجارہ ...''}}</ref> By itself, the refrain is frequently used in popular culture as a reminder that death is the "great leveler" and it is short-sighted to sacrifice [[conscience]] to [[greed]]. The refrain is sometimes used in political and parliamentary speeches in India as well.<ref name="ref09pagal">{{Citation | title=Lok Sabha debates | author=House of the People (Lok Sabha), Parliament of India | publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat, Government of India, 1996 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sq1XAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... Some times, l wonder as to how much money does a man need? "Sab thaath pada rah jayega, Jab bandh chalega banjara." Nothing will remain there. Yet the people are after money. People have lust for power because it is easy to make money ...''}}</ref>
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![[Urdu]]
![[Devnagri]] transcription
!English translation
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<blockquote>
گر تو ہے لکھی بنجارہ اور کھیپ بھی تیری بھاری ہے 
اے غافل تجھ سے بھی چڑهتا اک اور بڑا بیوپاری ہے 
کیا شکر مصری قند گری کیا سانبھر میٹھا کھاری ہے 
کیا داکھ منقا سونٹھ مرچ کیا کیسر لونگ سپاری ہے 
سب ٹھاٹھ پڑا رہ جاویگا جب لاد چلے گا بنجارہ 
</blockquote>
|
<blockquote>
गर तू है लक्खी बंजारा और खेप भी तेरी भारी है 
ऐ ग़ाफ़िल तुझसे भी चढ़ता इक और बड़ा ब्योपारी है 
क्या शक्कर मिसरी क़ंद गरी, क्या सांभर मीठा-खारी है 
क्या दाख मुनक़्क़ा सोंठ मिरच, क्या केसर लौंग सुपारी है 
सब ठाठ पड़ा रह जावेगा जब लाद चलेगा बंजारा 
</blockquote>
|
<blockquote>
If you are a millionaire, and your stores are brimming, 
Know, O ignorant! There is always another merchant who is even greater than you. 
What of your sugar, candy, jaggery and nuts? What of your doughs, sweet and salty? 
What of your grapes, raisins, ginger and pepper? What of your saffron, cloves and betel? 
All your splendor will lie useless, when the nomad packs-up and leaves. 
</blockquote>
|}

==Usage of common language==
Contrary to the then prevalent tradition of using refined literary language in poetry, Nazeer Akbarabadi chose idioms and words from the casual language spoken in the street, both in Banjaranama and in his other works. Though the poem as a whole is completely comprehensible to native [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] speakers in the modern-day, some words are considered archaic today, such as ''dakh'' (داکھ, दाख, ''grape'', from the [[Sanskrit]] द्राक्ष, ''draksh'') which has been completely replaced by the [[Persian language|Persian]]-derived term ''angoor'' in modern Hindi.<ref name="ref02gahom">{{Citation | title=Pakistan pictorial, Volume 4 | author=University Grants Commission | publisher=Pakistan Publications, 1980 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3lCAAAAYAAJ | quote=''... commoners as he preferred to compose verses in a language and idiom most suited to the genius of the man in the street. He wrote such fluent poems like 'Banjara' (Gypsy) ...''}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Nazeer Akbarabadi]]
*[[Banjara]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:18th-century poems]]
[[Category:Indian poems]]
[[Category:Urdu-language poems]]

Banjaranama - Revision history

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