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Monday, June 11, 2007

Safi Lakhnawi's ghazal: Ghazal usne chheri mujhe saaz dena, zara umr-e-rafta ko aavaaz denaa...


Safi Lakhnavi was one of the most prominent poets of Lucknow school of Urdu poetry. He was born in 1862. He was immensely popular in his era and was hailed as 'Lassan-ul-Qaum'.

Safi was an authority on the language and his command over the idiom was unparalleled. He passed away in 1950. Read his famous ghazal here:

ग़ज़ल उसने छेड़ी मुझे साज़ देना
ज़रा उम्र-ए-रफ्ता को आवाज़ देना

कफ़स ले उडूं मैं, हवा अब जो सनके
मदद इतनी ए बाल-ए-परवाज़ देना

न खामोश रहना मेरे हम-सफीरो
जब आवाज़ दूँ तुम भी आवाज़ देना

कोई सीख ले दिल की बे-ताबियों को
हर अंजाम में रंग-ए-आगाज़ देना

दलील-ए-गराँ-बारी-ए-संग-ए-गम से
सफी टूट कर दिल का आवाज़ देना

सफी लखनवी

Now read in English [Roman Transliteration]:

ghazal usne chheDii mujhe saaz denaa
zaraa umr-e-raftaa ko aavaaz denaa

qafas le uDuuN maiN, havaa ab jo sanke
madad itnii aye baal-e-parvaaz denaa

na Khamosh rahnaa mere ham-safiiro
jab aavaaz duuN tum bhii aavaaz denaa

koii siikh le dil kii be-taabiyoN ko
har anjaam meN rang-e-aaGaaz denaa

daliil-e-garaaN-baarii-e-sang-e-Gam se
Safi TuuT kar dil kaa aavaaz denaa

Safi Lakhnawi

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