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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Parveen Shakir's famous Urdu ghazal: Baad muddat use dekhaa logo...


Parveen Shakir's poetry had stunned the masses as well as critics. Born in 1952, she grew up to become the most popular Urdu poet of her age. She died young but has left behind a vast treasure and a legacy for women poets. She passed away in 1994.

Read her ghazal:

बाद मुद्दत उसे देखा, लोगो
वो ज़रा भी नहीं बदला, लोगो

खुश न था मुझसे बिछड़ कर वो भी
उसके चेहरे पे लिखा था लोगो

उसकी आँखें भी कहे देती थीं
रात भर वो भी न सोया, लोगो

अजनबी बन के जो गुजरा है अभी
था किसी वक़्त में अपना, लोगो

दोस्त तो खैर, कोई किस का है
उसने दुश्मन भी न समझा, लोगो

रात वो दर्द मेरे दिल में उठा
सुबह तक चैन न आया, लोगो

परवीन शाकिर

Now read the ghazal in Roman English script:

baad muddat use dekhaa, logo
vo zaraa bhii nahiiN badlaa, logo

Khush na thaa mujhse biChhaD kar vo bhii
uske chehre pe likhaa thaa logo

uskii aaNkheN bhii kahe detii thiiN
raat bhar vo bhii na soyaa, logo

ajnabii ban ke jo guzraa hai a bhii
thaa kisii vaqt meN apnaa, logo

dost to Khair, koii kis kaa hai
usne dushman bhii na samjhaa, logo

raat vo dard mere dil meN uThaa
subah tak chain na aayaa, logo

Parvin Shakir

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