Shaharyar's Nazm: Khwab ka dar band hai...

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 verse titled 'Khwaab ka dar band hai'.

मेरे लिए रात ने
आज फ़राहम* किया [faraaham=provide]
एक नया मरहला
नींदों ने ख़ाली किया
अश्कों से फ़िर भर दिया
कासा मेरी आँख का
और कहा कान में ...
मैंने हर एक जुर्म से
तुमको बरी कर दिया
मैंने सदा के लिए
तुमको रिहा कर दिया

जाओ जिधर चाहो तुम
जागो कि सो जाओ तुम
ख़्वाब का दर बंद है

शहरयार


Now read the Roman transliteration:


mere liye raat ne
aaj faraaham kiyaa
ek nayaa marhala

niindoN ne khaalii kiyaa
ashkoN se phir bhar diyaa
kaasa merii aaNkh kaa
aur kahaa kaan meN

main.Ne har ek jurm se
tumko barii kar diyaa
main.Ne sadaa ke liye
tumko rihaa kar diyaa

jaao jidhar chaho tum
jaago ki so jaao tum
Khwaab ka dar band hai

Shaharyar