kabhi jhuTe sahaare gham mein ras aaya nahin karte
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Kaleem-ud-Din Ahmed famously quoted that, 'Urdu ghazal is a semi-savage genre'. But the critic who called Ghazal "semi-savage", disavowed his earlier comment in his last days. When someone asked him how he finally became fond of the genre of Ghazal, he replied, ‘One day I was listening to a Mushaira on the radio and a poet was reciting his Ghazal in a mellifluous tone, the couplets of that Ghazal unsettled me and shook me to the core’.
kabhī jhūTe sahāre ġham meñ raas aayā nahīñ karte
ye bādal uḌ ke aate haiñ magar saayā nahīñ karte
yahī kāñTe to kuchh ḳhuddār haiñ sehn-e-gulistāñ meñ
ki shabnam ke liye dāman to phailāyā nahīñ karte
vo le leñ gosha-e-dāman meñ apne yā falak chun le
mirī āñkhoñ meñ aañsū baar baar aayā nahīñ karte
salīqa jin ko hotā hai ġham-e-daurāñ meñ jiine kā
vo yuuñ shīshe ko har patthar se Takrāyā nahīñ karte
jo qīmat jānte haiñ gard-e-rāh-e-zindagānī kī
vo Thukrā.ī huī duniyā ko Thukrāyā nahīñ karte
qadam mai-ḳhāna meñ rakhnā bhī kār-e-puḳhta-kārāñ hai
jo paimāna uThāte haiñ vo tharrāyā nahīñ karte
'nushūr' ahl-e-zamāna baat pūchho to larazte haiñ
vo shā'ir haiñ jo haq kahne se katrāyā nahīñ karte
kabhi jhuTe sahaare gham mein ras aaya nahin karte
ye baadal uD ke aate hain magar saya nahin karte
yahi kanTe to kuchh KHuddar hain sehn-e-gulistan mein
ki shabnam ke liye daman to phailaya nahin karte
wo le len gosha-e-daman mein apne ya falak chun le
meri aankhon mein aansu bar bar aaya nahin karte
saliqa jin ko hota hai gham-e-dauran mein jine ka
wo yun shishe ko har patthar se Takraya nahin karte
jo qimat jaante hain gard-e-rah-e-zindagani ki
wo Thukrai hui duniya ko Thukraya nahin karte
qadam mai-KHana mein rakhna bhi kar-e-puKHta-karan hai
jo paimana uThate hain wo tharraya nahin karte
'nushur' ahl-e-zamana baat puchho to larazte hain
wo sha'ir hain jo haq kahne se katraya nahin karte
- Book : Sawad-e-manzil (Pg. 253)
- Author : Nushoor Wahedi
- Publication : Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Delhi (2009)
- Edition : 2009
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