قبولیت ایک ایسا فن ہے جس میں مہارت حاصل کرنا ضروری ہے اگر ہم زندگی کے باقی دنوں میں اپنے دوستوں کو ساتھ رکھنا چاہتے ہیں اور اپنی عزت نفس کو برقرار رکھتے ہوئے اس دنیا سے رخصت ہونا چاہتے ہیں۔
acceptance is an art that must be mastered if we want to keep our friends for the span of life that remains to us, and presently step off the stage with our self-respect intact.
acceptance is an art that must be mastered if we want to keep our friends for the span of life that remains to us, and presently step off the stage with our self-respect intact.
چونکہ میں نے اپنے لکھے ہوئے اوپیرا خود کنڈکٹ کیے ہیں اور مجھے بھیڑوں کے کتوں سے پی محبت ہے؛ کیونکہ میں عام طور پر ٹویڈ (tweeds) کے کپڑے پہنتی ہوں، اور کبھی کبھار، سردیوں کی دوپہر کے کنسرٹس میں، انھی کپڑوں میں آرکسٹرا کی قیادت بھی کرتی ہوں؛ کیونکہ میں ایک سرگرم حقوقِ نسواں کارکن رہی ہوں اور ہولوے جیل کے اپنے سیل کی کھड़की سے ٹوتھ برش کے ذریعے 'دی مارچ آف دی وومن' کی دھن پر تال دینے کا موقع ہاتھ سے جانے نہیں دیا؛ کیونکہ میں نے کتابیں لھی ہیں، تقریریں کی ہیں، ریڈیو پر بولی ہوں، اور ہمیشہ اس بات کا خیال نہیں رکھتی کہ میری ٹوپی سیدھی ہے یا نہیں؛ ان اور ایسی ہی دوسری معقول وجوہات کی بنا پر، ایک خاص لحاظ سے میں بہت معروف ہوں۔
Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoon concerts, have even conducted in them; because I was a militant suffragette and seized a chance of beating time to The March of the Women from the window of my cell in Holloway Prison with a tooth-brush; because I have written books, spoken speeches, broadcast, and don't always make sure that my hat is on straight; for these and other equally pertinent reasons, in a certain sense I am well known.
Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoon concerts, have even conducted in them; because I was a militant suffragette and seized a chance of beating time to The March of the Women from the window of my cell in Holloway Prison with a tooth-brush; because I have written books, spoken speeches, broadcast, and don't always make sure that my hat is on straight; for these and other equally pertinent reasons, in a certain sense I am well known.
نیم مردہ نومبر کی مکھیوں کی طرح فرش پر رینگنا ایک الگ بات ہے، اور ریل ڈانس کرنا بالکل دوسری بات۔
crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another.
crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another.
میں اس سے زیادہ اور کوئی چیز کچی یا اکتا دینے والی نہیں سوچ سکتی کہ لوگ ہمیشہ اس طرح بات کریں جیسے وہ دروازے پر کان لگائے کھڑے ہوں۔
I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.
I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.
اگر کوئی چھوٹا سا کتا گرجا گھر کے اندر راہداری میں آ جائے تو کوئی کچھ نہیں کہتا، کوئی کچھ نہیں کرتا، لیکن اس کے باوجود، اسے جلد ہی احساس ہو جاتا ہے کہ کچھ گڑبڑ ہے۔ بالکل اسی طرح، جیسے جیسے میرے اور دالان کے قالین کے درمیان کا فاصلہ کم ہوتا گیا، مجھے بھی یہ احساس ہوتا گیا کہ واقعی کچھ بہت زیادہ گڑبڑ ہے۔
If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less, he soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Even so, as the distance between myself and the hearthrug diminished, did I become aware that something was very wrong indeed.
If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less, he soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Even so, as the distance between myself and the hearthrug diminished, did I become aware that something was very wrong indeed.
مجھے محسوس ہوتا ہے کہ مجھے [اپنے موسیقی] کے لیے لڑنا چاہیے، کیونکہ میں چاہتی ہوں کہ خواتین اپنی سوچ کو بڑے اور مشکل کاموں کی طرف موڑیں؛ نہ کہ صرف کنارے سے لگے رہیں، سمندر میں اترنے سے ڈریں۔
I feel I must fight for [my music], because I want women to turn their minds to big and difficult jobs; not just to go on hugging the shore, afraid to put out to sea.
I feel I must fight for [my music], because I want women to turn their minds to big and difficult jobs; not just to go on hugging the shore, afraid to put out to sea.
اگر کچھ لوگوں کی بات مان لی جائے تو فنکار اس دنیا میں اپنا فن دکھانے کے لیے نہیں بلکہ اس کے بارے میں باتیں کرنے کے لیے آئے ہیں۔ اور اس چاپلوسی پر مبنی دعوتوں کو دیکھ کر جو ایک ادنیٰ ترامیم کرنے والا شخص سیڑھی کے نچلے سے دوسرے پینے پر بیٹھ کر صدارت کرنے کے لیے پاتا ہے، انسان کا دماغ خطرناک حد تک اثر قبول کرنے کی حالت میں معلوم ہوتا ہے، اور فنکار ایسی مخلوق ہیں جن میں نہ تو کوئی حیا ہوتی ہے اور نہ ہی ذرا سا حسِ مزاح۔
If some people are right, artists are put into this world not to practice their art, but to talk about it. And judging by the flattering invitations many a humble climber will receive to pontificate from the lowest rung but one of the ladder, humanity is in a dangerously receptive frame of mind, and artists a race devoid of either modesty or sense of humor.
If some people are right, artists are put into this world not to practice their art, but to talk about it. And judging by the flattering invitations many a humble climber will receive to pontificate from the lowest rung but one of the ladder, humanity is in a dangerously receptive frame of mind, and artists a race devoid of either modesty or sense of humor.
اگر آپ کو کسی موضوع میں شدید دلچسپی ہو، تو یہ ماننا مشکل ہو جاتا ہے کہ آپ خاص طور پر اس کے لیے موزوں نہیں ہیں۔
if you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it.
if you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it.
میں نے اکثر دیکھا ہے کہ جب قسمت آپ کو یکے بعد دیگرے بدقسمتیوں سے دوچار کرنے کا ارادہ رکھتی ہے، تو وہ اس کی شروعات آپ کی جھولی میں کوئی نایاب خوش قسمتی گرا کر کرتی ہے، جس سے اس انجام کا فنی اثر مزید بڑھ جاتا ہے۔
I have often noticed that when Fate has a phenomenal run of ill luck in store for you, she begins by dropping a rare piece of good fortune into your lap, thereby enhancing the artistic effect of the sequel.
I have often noticed that when Fate has a phenomenal run of ill luck in store for you, she begins by dropping a rare piece of good fortune into your lap, thereby enhancing the artistic effect of the sequel.
مجھے ایک جنونی 'کاش میں مر جاؤں' والے جذبے کے ساتھ ناچنا بہت پسند تھا، خاص طور پر جب موسیقی مجھے پسند آئے... لیکن افسوس! دس میں سے صرف ایک ساتھی ایسا ہوتا تھا جسے تال کی کوئی سمجھ ہوتی تھی، اور اس سے بھی بدتر بات یہ تھی کہ وہ نو ساتھی ہمیشہ پیچھے رہتے تھے، کبھی بھی بیٹ (beat) سے آگے نہیں ہوتے تھے۔... کبھی کبھار میں چھوٹے، ہلکے ساتھیوں کو سختی سے ان کی گُدی سے پکڑ لیتی تھی، یوں کہہ لیں، اور انہیں اس راستے پر گھما دیتی تھی جس پر انہیں چلنا چاہیے تھا، لیکن میں دیکھتی تھی کہ وہ لطف اندوز نہیں ہو رہے ہیں، اور عجیب بات یہ ہے کہ میں چاہتی تھی کہ یہ ناتواں لوگ بھی میرے ساتھ ناچنے سے لطف اندوز ہوں۔
I loved dancing with a delirious 'I wish I could die' passion, especially when the music appealed to me ... but alas! only one in ten partners had any notion of time, and what made it worse, the nine were always behind, never before the beat. ... Sometimes I would firmly seize smaller, lighter partners by the scruff of the neck, so to speak, and whirl them along in the way they should go, but I saw they were not enjoying themselves, and oddly enough I wanted these wretches to like dancing with me.
I loved dancing with a delirious 'I wish I could die' passion, especially when the music appealed to me ... but alas! only one in ten partners had any notion of time, and what made it worse, the nine were always behind, never before the beat. ... Sometimes I would firmly seize smaller, lighter partners by the scruff of the neck, so to speak, and whirl them along in the way they should go, but I saw they were not enjoying themselves, and oddly enough I wanted these wretches to like dancing with me.
رات در رات میں بستر پر سوتے ہوئے یہ گنگناتی تھی، 'کل میں ایک ساتھ آرام دہ، مضبوط، تیز، چاق و چوبند، درست، بے باک اور خود پر قابو رکھنے والی بن جاؤں گی!' کیونکہ گالف نامی زندگی کے کھیل میں اس سے کم کسی چیز سے کام نہیں چلتا۔
night after night I went to sleep murmuring, 'To-morrow I will be easy, strong, quick, supple, accurate, dashing and self-controlled all at once!' For not less than this is necessary in the Game of Life called Golf.
night after night I went to sleep murmuring, 'To-morrow I will be easy, strong, quick, supple, accurate, dashing and self-controlled all at once!' For not less than this is necessary in the Game of Life called Golf.
اس میں کوئی شک نہیں کہ دوسرے مصنفین نے اکثر کسی بات کو اس سے کہیں زیادہ شاندار اور باریک بینی سے بیان کیا ہوگا جتنا کہ الفاظ کے کسی ماہر فنکار کی رسائی میں ہو سکتا ہے، کیونکہ ایک شاندار جملہ وہ قسمت کی بات ہے جو کبھی کبھار ہی ہوتی ہے۔ اور چونکہ انسانی فطرت کے مصالحے اور پوشیدہ کرب ہمیشہ ایک جیسے رہتے ہیں، اور کچھ نفسیاتی لمحات بار بار آتے رہتے ہیں، تو کسی مستعار ہتھوڑے کی چوٹ سے ایسے لمحے کو ہمیشہ کے لیے جکڑ لینے سے زیادہ پرکشش اور کیا ہو سکتا ہے؟
No doubt other writers have often put a thing more brilliantly, more subtly than even a very cunning artist in words can hope to emulate, a supreme phrase being a bit of luck that only happens now and then. And inasmuch as the condiments and secret travail of human nature are always the same, and that certain psychological moments must ever and ever recur, what more tempting than to pin down such a moment with the blow of a borrowed hammer?
No doubt other writers have often put a thing more brilliantly, more subtly than even a very cunning artist in words can hope to emulate, a supreme phrase being a bit of luck that only happens now and then. And inasmuch as the condiments and secret travail of human nature are always the same, and that certain psychological moments must ever and ever recur, what more tempting than to pin down such a moment with the blow of a borrowed hammer?
जिस अपराधी की चोरी पकड़ी जा चुकी हो और जो पछतावे में हो, उससे ज़्यादा भरोसेमंद इंसान कोई नहीं होता।
no one is more trustworthy than the repentant sinner who has been found out.
no one is more trustworthy than the repentant sinner who has been found out.
[गॉल्फ़ के बारे में:]... भले ही मैं जानता था कि मैं एक साधारण खिलाड़ी से ज़्यादा कुछ नहीं बन पाऊँगा, फिर भी उस बेतहाशा उम्मीद की लहर को दबाना नामुमकिन था, जिससे हर अधेड़ उम्र का शुरुआती खिलाड़ी वाकिफ़ होता है।
[On golf:] ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middle-aged beginners.
[On golf:] ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middle-aged beginners.
एकांत के सुकून और आधुनिक सभ्यता की सुविधाएँ शायद ही कभी एक साथ मिलती हैं।
The charms of seclusion are seldom combined with the conveniences of civilization.
The charms of seclusion are seldom combined with the conveniences of civilization.
कुछ लेखकों को हमेशा दूसरों के उद्धरण (कोट) देने की जो आदत होती है, अच्छे साहित्य से प्रेम करने वालों को उसका विरोध करना चाहिए। यह एक ऐसी दीमक जैसी आदत है जो अंततः विचारों के प्रवाह को धुंधला कर देती है, या कम से कम उनकी सहजता को मार देती है। अगर यह सच है कि शैली ही इंसान का व्यक्तित्व है, तो क्या होगा जब कोई इंसान हमेशा अपनी शख्सियत को किसी और की शख्सियत के सहारे ही चलाता रहेगा?
The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?
The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?
ज़्यादातर समझदार पाठकों को, और यहाँ तक कि आम पाठकों को भी, उद्धरण पढ़ना बोरिंग लगता है।
the majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore.
the majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore.
लेखक को उद्धरण देने के इस प्रलोभन से बचना चाहिए और अपने ही शब्दों व हुनर से अपनी बात रखनी चाहिए। हम संगीतकारों के लिए यह कितना आसान होता कि अगर हमारे काम में कोई भावनात्मक मोड़ आता, तो हम ब्रह्म या शूबेर्ट की धुन के कुछ टुकड़े उसमें सीधे जोड़ देते। बल्कि कई संगीतकारों ने ऐसा करने में कोई झिझक भी नहीं दिखाई। लेकिन मैंने कभी इस बात का समर्थन होते नहीं सुना; शायद इसलिए क्योंकि छोटे-मोटे झपटमार का वह भद्दा सा निशान—यानी उल्टे इनपुट कॉमा (उद्धरण चिह्न)—को संगीत की लिपि में आसानी से फिट नहीं किया जा सकता।
the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for us musicians if, arrived at a given emotional crisis in our work, we could simply stick in a few bars of Brahms or Schubert. Indeed many composers have no hesitation in so doing. But I have never heard the practice defended; possibly because that hideous symbol of petty larceny, the inverted comma, cannot well be worked into a musical score.
the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for us musicians if, arrived at a given emotional crisis in our work, we could simply stick in a few bars of Brahms or Schubert. Indeed many composers have no hesitation in so doing. But I have never heard the practice defended; possibly because that hideous symbol of petty larceny, the inverted comma, cannot well be worked into a musical score.
जब मैंने यूनानी कला को करीब से जाना, तो मुझे तुरंत समझ आ गया कि अति और पूर्णता एक-दूसरे के दुश्मन हैं; लेकिन दूसरी ओर, यह दुनिया और इसके आस-पास की करोड़ों दुनियाएँ ऊर्जा और आग के सहारे ही ज़िंदा हैं... !
when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !
when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !