Mohsin Naqvi – The Great Poet’s Collection

March 11, 2009 at 5:08 pm (Poetry, Poets)
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Aankhain khuli rahain gi toh manzar bih ayengai
Zinda hai dil toh aur sitamgarr bhi ayengai

Pehchaan lo tamaam faqeeron kay khadd-o-khaal
Kuch log shab ko bhais badal kar bhi ayengai

Gehri khamosh jheel kay paani ko yun na chaidh
Cheenthay uday toh teri qaba par bhi ayengai

Khud ko chhupa na sheesha garon ki dukhaan mai
Sheeshay chamak rahey hain toh pathar bhi ayengai

Aye shehr yaar dasht say fursat nahi — magar!!
Niklay safar pay hum toh teray ghar bhi ayengai

*Mohsin* abhi saba ki sakhawat pay khush na ho
Jhonkay yehi basoorat-e-sarr sarr bhi ayengai…

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Badla na teray bad b mozo-e-guftago”
“Tu ja chuka hai phir b meri mehfalon mein hai”
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mohsin
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Qatl kabhi chuptay thay sang kee deevaar ke beech
ab tou khulnay lagay maqtal bharay bazaar ke beech
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Mein nay iss torr say chaha tujhy aksar jana
Jesay mahtab ko bay-ant sumandar chahay
Jesay soraj ki kiran seep k dil mein utray
Jesay khushbo ko hawa rang say hatt kar chahay

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Qatal chuptay thay kabi sang ki deewar k bech
Ab to khulny lagy maqtal bhary bazar k beech

Apni poshak k chin jany pe afsoos na kar
Sar salamat nae rehty yahan dastar k bech

Surkhian aman ki talqeen mein masroof rahen
Haroof barod ugalty rahy akhbar k bech

Kash iss khuwab ki tabeer ki mohlat na mily
Sholy ugtay nazar aay mujhy gulzar k bech

dhalty soraj ki tamazat nay bikhar kar dekha
sar kasheeda mira saya saf-e-ashjar k bech

Rizq, malbos, makaN, sans, marz, qarz, dawa
Munqisem ho gya insaN inhe afkar k bech

Dekhy jaty na thy aanso mry jis say Mohsin
Aj hansty howy dekha usay aghyar k bech

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Iltimas-e-Dua From All of You with another great ghazal of Mohsin

KABI TU MOHEET-E-HAWAAS THA, SO NAHE RAHA
MEIN TERY BAGHER UDAAS THA, SO NAHE RAHA

MERI WUSATON KI HAWAS KA KHANA KHARAB HO
MERA GAON SHEHR K PAS THA, SO NAHE RAHA

TERI DASTARAS MEIN THEN BAKH’SHESHEN, SO NAHE RAHEN
MRY LAB PE HARF-E-SPAAS THA, SO NAHE RAHA

MRA AKS MUJH SAY ULAJH PARA TO GIRA KHULI
KABI MEIN B CHEHRA SHANAS THA, SO NAHE RAHA

MRY BAD NOHA BA LAB HAWAYEN KAHA KAREN
WOH JO IK DAREEDA LIBAAS THA, SO NAHE RAHA

MEIN SHIKASTA DIL HUN SAF-E-ADDO KI SHIKAST PER
WOH JO LATF-E-KHOF-O-HIRAAS THA, SO NAHE RAHA
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shayari

 

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Two of my favourites :

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Great Urdu Poet Ahmed Faraz is no more with us

September 5, 2008 at 3:56 pm (Poetry, Poets)
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ImageISLAMABAD, Aug 26, 2008: Renowned poet and literary figure Ahmed Faraz has passed away here on Monday.

He was under treatment at a local hospital in Islamabad, according to Geo News. His son Shibli Faraz has also confirmed the news that Faraz has passed away.

Syed Ahmad Shah or Ahmed Faraz (January 14, 1934 – August 25, 2008) is considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century and greatest living Urdu poet of present times. Faraz is his pseudonym ‘takhallus’, whereas his real name is Syed Ahmed Shah. Ahmed Faraz died at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad on August 25, 2008

Faraz, who has been compared with Mohammad Iqbal and Faiz Ahmed Faiz, holds a unique position as one of the best poets of current times, with a fine but simplistic style of writing, even common people can easily understand and identify with. Ethnically a pashto-speaking Pashtun, Ahmed Faraz learned and studied Persian and Urdu at the Peshawar University where he taught these subjects later.

His poems were so upsetting to the powerful, he was exiled during the regime of Gen. Zia al-Haq. The Dawn said the military dictator couldn’t tolerate Faraz’s association with the Peoples Party government after he became the head of the Pakistan Academy of Letters.

When democratic rule returned, he was named head of Pakistan’s National Book Foundation.

 Ahmed Faraz ki yaad mien! [احمد فراز کی یاد میں]

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