Poet Nushoor Wahidi's ghazal: Dil ki ek daastan suna na sake...

Nushoor Wahidi, whose real name was Hafizur Rahman, was born in Balia district in Uttar Pradesh in 1912. He spent his youth in Kanpur.

A well-known poet, he attained fame as well as critic's appreciation. He was also popular in the mushairas. Nushoor Wahidi [also Vahidi] passed away in 1983. Now, read his ghazal:

याद आती रही भुला न सके 
शमा जलती रही, बुझा न सके 

चाँद तारे, गुल-ओ-चमन मिल कर 
दिल की एक दास्ताँ सुना न सके 

आस बांधी थी जिन सितारों से
देर तक वोह भी जगमगा न सके

नग़मा क्या, मुतरिबान-ए-अहद-ए-जदीद
तार टूटे हुए मिला न सके

आज वोह रहबर-ए-खलाएक हैं
खुद को जो आदमी बना न सके

ग़म  के मारे हुए क़ुलूब नुशूर
दर्द की सरहदों को पा न सके

नुशूर वाहिदी 

Read the ghazal in Roman English:

yaad aatii rahii bhulaa na sake
shamaa jalti rahii, bujhaa na sake

chaand taare gul-o-chaman mil kar
dil kii ek daastaaN sunaa na sake

aas baandhii thi jin sitaaroN se
der tak voh bhii jagmagaa na sake

naGhma kyaa, mutribaan-e-ahad-e-jadiid
taar TuuTe hue milaa na sake

aaj voh rahbar-e-Khalaaeq haiN
Khud ko jo aadmii banaa na sake

Gham ke maare hue quluub Nushoor
dard kii sarhadoN ko paa na sake

Nushoor Wahidi