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Monday, June 11, 2007

Renowned Urdu poet Shaharyar's ghazal


Akhlaq Mohammad Khan alias Shaharyar is a renowned Urdu poet who writes ghazals as well as Nazms. He is considered a poet of modernist stream in Urdu poetry.

Shaharyar got immense popularity because of his lyrics in the movie Umrao Jaan. His poetry was loved by both the masses as well as the elite [literary aficionados].

Read his ghazal:

ज़िंदगी जैसी तवक्को* थी नहीं, कुछ कम है
हर घडी होता है अहसास कहीं कुछ कम है
[*tavaqqo=expectation]

घर की तामीर तसव्वुर ही में हो सकती है
अपने नक्शे के मुताबिक़ यह ज़मीन कुछ कम है

बिछड़े लोगों से मुलाक़ात कभी फिर होगी
दिल में उम्मीद तो काफी है, यकीन कुछ कम है

अब जिधर देखिए लगता है कि इस दुनिया में
कहीं कुछ ज़्यादा है, कहीं कुछ कम है

आज भी है तेरी दूरी ही उदासी का सबब
यह अलग बात कि पहली सी नहीं कुछ कम है

शहरयार

Now read it in Roman script:

zindagii jaisii tavaqqo thii nahiiN, kuchh kam hai
har ghaDii hotaa hai ahsaas kahiiN kuchh kam hai

ghar ki taamiir tasavvur hii meN ho saktii hai
apne naqshe ke mutaabiq yeh zamiiN kuchh kam hai

bichhDe logoN se mulaaqaat kabhii phir hogii
dil meN ummiid to kaafii hai, yaqiiN kuchh kam hai

ab jidhar dekhiye lagtaa hai ki is duniaa meN
kahiiN kuchh zyaadaa hai, kahiiN kuchh kam hai

aaj bhii hai terii duuri hii udaasii ka sabab
yah alag baat ki pahlii sii nahiiN kuchh kam hai

Shaharyar

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