Friday, May 11, 2007

Manzimyara Manzimyara

Manzimyara manzimyara onthane kahn labith
Ahnez ahnez kaapi hind dah warakh barith

Ajekated, shareef te shakeel chhui baech
Ahansa su gow pozui gode wan me zaech

Sofi saebnen korum jawab, na onum Teli
Tyuhund awlad aestan kootah jaan, saen zaat ma meli

Akh rishte haz chhu Qureshi te byakh chhui Wani
Yi kyasa ma chhu dolmut zan ne me zaani

Parway ne Bhat ti chhim anmit te beyi anim Baba
Ahansa magar asi yiyi ne yiman saet hisaaba

Ade Banday dimonaya kine dimonay Qazi
Wech kya karaan rishte chum na thawun razi

Mufti ti haz chhim beyi haz chhim Khan
Yiman kith chhi keran zanem panun paan

Nahvi saebni tula kath kine tohi gachew Shah
Tul waen kehn karakh na beyi khas rachah

Goday korwam inkaar ki asi lagi ne Mir
Syed ti saeri nakli kahn chhune peer

Haay myane khudaya sharaftukh rood ne zamanay
Syod syod chandaan rishte, tath ti karaan bahanay


This is an effort at the dramatization of the dialogue between family of a prospective bride or groom and a species in kasheer known as manzyumyor (middle-man). There are so many other castes in kashmir, I had no intention to leave you guys out. But, sorry, my vocabulary of castes is limited. It is a pity that we have been muslims for so long, but never have risen above casteism. I wonder if there is a last name musalmaan or a surname muslim???

Disclaimer: The castes are not mentioned in any order - ascending or descending (wAllahi that does not even make any sense).

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