Adam's ghazal: Voh baatein teri, voh fasaane tere...

Abdul Hameed 'Adam' is known as much for the beauty of his ghazal as much as its simplicity. He was born in Gujranwala in 1910 in undivided India.

Adam, who passed away in 1981, was a prolific poet who left behind nearly a dozen volumes of his poetry. Read his ghazal:

वोह बातें तेरी, वोह फ़साने तेरे
शुगुफ्ता शुगुफ्ता बहाने तेरे

बस एक दाग-ए-सजदा मेरी कायनात
जबीनें तेरी आस्ताने तेरे

बस एक ज़ख्म नज़ारा हिस्सा मेरा
बहारें तेरी आशियाने तेरे

फकीरों का जमघट घडी दो घडी
शराबें तेरी, बादा-खाने तेरे

ज़मीर-ए-सदफ में किरन का मुकाम
अनोखे अनोखे ठिकाने तेरे

बहार-ओ-खिज़ां कम-निगाहों के वहम
बुरे या भले सब ज़माने तेरे

अदम भी तेरा है हिकायत-कदा
कहाँ तक गए हैं फ़साने तेरे

अदम

Now read the same ghazal in Roman script, here:

voh baateN terii, voh fasaane tere
shugufta shugfuta bahaane tere

bas ek daaGh-e-sajda merii kaainaat
jabiineN terii aastaane tere

bas ek zaKhm nazaara hissa meraa
bahaareN terii aashiyaane tere

faqiiroN ka jamghaT ghaDii do ghaDii
sharaabeN terii, baada-Khaane tere

zamiir-e-sadaf meN kiran ka muqaam
anokhe anokhe Thikaane tere

bahaar-o-Khizaan kam-nigaahoN ke vaham
bure yaa bhale sab zamaane tere

Adam bhii teraa hai hikaayat-kadaa
kahaaN tak gaye haiN fasaane tere

Abdul Hameed 'Adam'