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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Faiz Ahmad Faiz' Nazm: Voh log bohat khush-qismat the jo ishq...


Does Faiz Ahmad Faiz need any introduction to the aficionados of Urdu poetry? Anyone with a faint interest in poetry, knows Faiz.

The legendary poet was born in Sialkot in 1911. A committed leftist and a leading progressive voice, he is arguably the most important Urdu poet of the 20th century after Allama Iqbal. Read his Nazm:

वो लोग बोहत खुश-किस्मत थे
जो इश्क़ को काम समझते थे
या काम से आशिकी करते थे

हम जीते जी मसरूफ रहे
कुछ इश्क़ किया, कुछ काम किया
काम इश्क के आड़े आता रहा
और इश्क से काम उलझता रहा
फिर आखिर तंग कर हमने
दोनों को अधूरा छोड दिया

फैज़ अहमद फैज़


Now read it in Roman English:

voh log bohat khush-qismat the
jo ishq ko kaam samajhte the
yaa kaam se aashiqii karte the

ham jiite jii masruuf rahe
kuchh ishq kiyaa, kuchh kaam kiyaa
kaam ishq ke aaDe aataa rahaa
aur ishq se kaam ulajhtaa rahaa
phir aaKhir tang aa kar hamne
donoN ko adhuuraa chhoD diyaa

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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