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Monday, June 11, 2007

Kaifi Azmi's ghazal: Main agar thak gaya, Qafila to chale...


Kaifi Azmi was born in Azamgarh in 1918. His real name is Syed Athar Husain.

A romantic rebel and one of the finest poets of his age, Kaifi Azmi was a staunch leftist. Apart from his Nazms, Kaifi also wrote lyrics for Bollywood movies.

खार-ओ-खस तो उठें, रास्ता तो चले
मैं अगर थक गया, काफ़ला तो चले

चांद, सूरज, बुजुर्गों के नक्श-ए-क़दम
खैर बुझने दो उनको हवा तो चले

हाकिम-ए-शहर, यह भी कोई शहर है
मस्जिदें बंद हैं, मैकदा तो चले

उसको मज़हब कहो या सिआसत कहो!
खुद्कुशी का हुनर तुम सिखा तो चले

इतनी लाशें मैं कैसे उठा पाउँगा
आप ईंटों की हुरमत बचा तो चले

बेल्चे लाओ, खोलो ज़मीन की तहें
मैं कहाँ दफ़न हूँ, कुछ पता तो चले

कैफी आजमी

Now read the ghazal in Roman script:

Khaar-o-Khas to uTheN, raastaa to chale
maiN agar thak gayaa, qaaflaa to chale

chaaNd, suuraj, buzurgoN ke naqsh-e-qadam
Khair bujhne do unko havaa to chale

haakim-e-shahar, yah bhii koii shahar hai
masjideN band haiN, maikadaa to chale

usko mazhab kaho yaa siaasat kaho!
Khudkushii ka hunar tum sikhaa to chale

itnii laasheN maiN kaise uThaa paauNgaa
aap iiNToN kii hurmat bachaa to chale

belche laao, kholo zamiiN ki taheN
maiN kahaaN dafan huuN, kuchh pataa to chale

Kaifi Aazmi

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