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Friday, August 29, 2008

Ahmed Faraz's ghazal: Is se pahle ki bewafa ho jayeN, kyuuN na aye dost ham judaa ho jayen...


Syed Ahmed Shah, who wrote under the pen name Ahmad Faraz attained enormous fame as Urdu poet in the latter part of the twentieth century.

Faraz [1931-2008] was the most popular poet after Faiz in Pakistan, as also in India. A romantic poet, he also took bold stand on issues. Read his ghazal:

इस से पहले कि बेवफा हो जाएँ
क्यूँ न ए दोस्त हम जुदा हो जाएँ

तू भी हीरे से बन गया पत्थर
हम भी कल जाने क्या से क्या हो जाएँ

हम भी मजबूरियों का उज़्र करें
फिर कहीं और मुब्तिला हो जाएँ

अब के गर तू मिले तो हम तुझसे
ऐसे लिपटें तेरी क़बा हो जाएँ
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बंदगी हमने छोड़ दी फ़राज़
क्या करें लोग जब खुदा हो जाएँ

अहमद फ़राज़

Now read the ghazal in Roman English script

is se pahle ki bewafa ho jaayeN
kyuuN na aye dost ham judaa ho jaayeN

tuu bhii hiire se ban gayaa patthar
ham bhii kal jaane kyaa se kyaa ho jaayeN

ham bhii majbuuriyoN ka uzr kareN
phir kahiiN aur mubtilaa ho jaayeN

ab ke gar tuu mile to ham tujhse
aise lipTeN terii qabaa ho jaayeN

bandagii hamne chhoD dii Faraaz
kyaa kareN log jab Khudaa ho jaayeN

Ahmad Faraaz

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