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rahi haiN daad-talab unkii — Ghazal – JaaN Nisaar Akhtar
A lovely Ghazal by JaaN Nisaar Akhtar rahii haiN daad-talab unkii shauKhiyaaN ham se adaa shanaas bahut haiN, magar kahaaN ham se [daad-talab = wanting praise, adaa-shanaas = those who can appreciate beauty] sunaa diye the kabhi kuchh Ghalat-salat qisse voh aaj tak haiN usi taraH bad-gumaaN ham se [bad-gumaaN = mistrustful] ye kunj kyoN…
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Maan – By Irfan Abid
A Ghazal that touches your heart everytime you read it by Irfan Abid. You can read more poetry by Abid Sahib, posted all over the web. I haven’t talked to him in a while, but I have always wanted to archive this Ghazal somewhere.. and what better place to put it than my own blog.…
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Nazm uljhi hui hai seene meiN – Gulzaar
nazm uljhi hui hai seene meiN – a nazm by Gulzaar with video (sung by Bhupinder)
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bikhre ash’aar (3)
Here are some couplets I read today by Riaz Khairabadi zaahid sharaab peene de, masjid meiN baiTh kar yaa vo jagah bataa de jahaaN par Khudaa na ho Khuda ke haath hai bikna na bikna ma_e kaa ab saaqi baraabar masjid-e-jaame’ ke ab rakh di dukaaN maiN ne —————————– Hasrat Mohani: nahiiN aati to yaad…
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gumaaN
There’s this feeling, that one can get, every now and then, of something nagging. It doesn’t necessarily have to do with anything.. anything in particular, but something.. perhaps, someone, perhaps not. I think in this new nazm, I tried to capture it, though I might have failed miserably, but heck, it ended up being a…