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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Zafar Sehbai's ghazal: Ye lamha to Khuda jaisa haseen hai...

Zafar Sahbai is an important Urdu poet from Central India. Sehbai has several poetry collections to his credit.

He stays away from self-promotion and rarely attends mushairas. However, he has earned a name for himself among lovers of Urdu poetry and has earned acclaim from critics.

Sahbai lives in Bhopal. Read his ghazal:

यह दुनिया एक ख्वाबों की ज़मीं है
यहाँ सब कुछ है और कुछ भी नहीं है

तेरे छूने से पहले वाहमा था
मुझे अब अपने होने का यकीं है

जो सोचो तो सुलग उठती हैं साँसें
तेरा एहसास कितना आतिशीं है

मोहाजिर बन गए हैं मेरे आंसू
न आँचल है न कोई आस्तीं है


जगह दूँ कैसे तुझको अपने दिल में
यहाँ तो तेरा गम मसनद-नशीं है

मेरे चेहरे पे कोई झुक रहा है
यह लम्हा तो खुदा जैसा हसीं है

ज़फर सहबाई

Now read the same ghazal in Roman transliteration:

yah dunyaa ek KhwaaboN kii zamiiN hai
yahaaN sab kuchh hai aur kuchh bhii nahiiN hai

tere chhuune se pahle vaahma thaa
mujhe ab apne hone ka yaqiiN hai

jo socho to sulag uThti haiN saaNseN
teraa ehsaas kitnaa aatishiiN hai

mohaajir ban gaye haiN mere aaNsuu
na aaNchal hai na koii aastiiN hai

jagah duuN kaise tujhko apne dil meN
yahaaN to teraa Gam masnad-nashiiN hai

mere chehre pe koii jhuk rahaa hai
yah lamhaa to Khudaa jaisaa hasiiN hai

Zafar Sahbai



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