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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Shad Azeemabadi's ghazal: Tamannaon mein uljhaya gaya hooN, khilaune de kar bahlaya gaya huN...

Shad Azimabadi [pronunciation:Shaad] was born in Patna in Bihar province in 1846. A self-taught man, he worked hard to attain excellence in Urdu poetry.

Shad passed away in 1927. However, his poetry has had lasting influence on the poets of the later generation and he is remembered as a classical master of Urdu shayri.


Read his ghazal:


तमन्नाओं में उलझाया गया हूं
खिलौने दे कर बहलाया गया हूं

हूं इस कूचे के हर ज़र्रे से आगाह
इधर से मुद्द्तों आया गया हूं

नहीं उठते क्यों क़दम जानिब-ए-दैर
किसी मस्जिद में बहकाया गया हूं

दिल-ए-मुज़्तर से पूछ ऐ रौनक़-ए-महफ़िल
मैं ख़ुद आया नहीं, लाया गया हूं

शाद अज़ीमाबादी


Now read the Roman transliteration:


tamannaaoN meN uljhaya gaya huN
khilaune de kar bahlaaya gaya huN

huN is kuuche ke har zarre se aagaah
idhar se muddatoN aaya gaya huN

nahiin uThte kyoN qadam jaanib-e-dair
kisii masjid meN bahkaaya gaya huN

dil-e-muztar se puuchh ai raunaq-e-bazm
maiN khud aaya nahiiN laaya gaya huN

Shaad Azeemabadi

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