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mujh ko ik baar to seene se lagaa lo jaanaaN!
Here’s another Ghazal that came about last year as well. I have always liked the word “jaanaaN” used as a radeef in Ghazals and have always wanted to write a Ghazal with the same. And hence the following Ghazal was penned: mujh ko ik baar to seene se lagaa lo jaanaaN mujh ko is gardish-e-dauraaN…
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Qi’ta
Here’s a small quatrain (qi’ta) that I wrote last year as well. A simple thought expressed in a simple manner: maiN ne kab tumse koii shikva kiyaa? maiN ne kab bevafaa kahaa tumko? mujhko apne pe hi yaqeen na thaa maiN ne ilzaam kab diyaa tumko? 09/17/06
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Iztiraab
Here’s my second nazm… which I totally love! No no, I’m so not “tooting” my own horn.. it really ended up being a nice nazm. Iztiraab (which means “bechaini”) is the title of this nazm: iztiraab ======= aaj phir raat tirii yaad se bojhal guzri aaj phir chaaNd mire haal pe ghamgeen rahaa aaj phir…
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peer-e-tasmaa-paa
Here’s an amazing nazm by Kaifi Azmi entitled Peer-e-tasmaa-paa (the old man of the sea who would ask the travellers to drop him across the water on their shoulders and with really strong legs, he would choke his carriers) Kaifi’s nazm really talks about a much deeper meaning where he identifies himself with the carrier,…
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be karaaN raat ke sannaaTe meiN
Posting a beautiful nazm by NM Rashid. My blog seems to be heavy on poetry, but that’s to be expected, just the things that tickle my fancy. tere bistar pe miri jaan kabhii be karaaN raat ke sannaaTe meiN jazba-e-shauq se ho jaate haiN aaza madhosh aur lazzat ki giraaNbaari se zehan ban jaataa hai…