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samer · #31 08-27-2008, 01:59 AM

baraso.n ke baad dekhaa ik shaKhs dil_rubaa saa
ab zahan me.n nahii.n hai par naam thaa bhalaa saa

abaruu khi.nche khi.nche se aa.Nkhe.n jhukii jhukii sii
baate.n rukii rukii sii lahajaa thakaa thakaa saa

alfaaz the ke jugnuu aavaaz ke safar me.n
ban jaaye jangalo.n me.n jis tarah raastaa saa

Khvaabo.n me.n Khvaab us ke yaado.n me.n yaad us kii
niindo.n me.n ghul gayaa ho jaise ke rat_jagaa saa

pahale bhii log aaye kitane hii zindagii me.n
vo har tarah se lekin auro.n se thaa judaa saa

agalii muhabbato.n ne vo naa_muraadiyaa.N dii.n
taazaa rafaaqato.n se dil thaa Daraa Daraa saa

kuchh ye ke muddato.n se ham bhii nahii.n the roye
kuchh zahar me.n bujhaa thaa ahabaab kaa dilaasaa

phir yuu.N huaa ke saavan aa.Nkho.n me.n aa base the
phir yuu.N huaa ke jaise dil bhii thaa aabalaa saa

ab sach kahe.n to yaaro ham ko Khabar nahii.n thii
ban jaayegaa qayaamat ik vaaqi_aa zaraa saa

tevar the beruKhii ke andaaz dostii ke
vo ajanabii thaa lekin lagataa thaa aashnaa saa

ham dasht the ke dariyaa ham zahar the ke amrit
naahaq thaa zo.Num ham ko jab vo nahii.n thaa pyaasaa

ham ne bhii us ko dekhaa kal shaam ittefaaqan
apanaa bhii haal hai ab logo 'Faraz' kaa saa

**apsyadav** · #32 08-27-2008, 04:16 AM

We'll miss you a lot !!!

**Naveed Hassan Joiya** · #33 08-27-2008, 05:36 AM

**Naveed Hassan Joiya** · #34 08-27-2008, 05:40 AM

Faraz reciting his poetry

**Naveed Hassan Joiya** · #35 08-27-2008, 05:43 AM

**Syed** · #36 08-27-2008, 08:07 AM

Prominent internationally known progressive poet Ahmed Faraz is no more with us to recite his lovely but rebellious poetry. At last he lost the fight against multiple diseases he was suffering from.

After remaining under treatment at a Chicago hospital for kidney disease and cerebral damage that paralysed the right side of his body, he was brought to his motherland. He breathed his last at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and was laid to rest at H-8 graveyard in Islamabad Tuesday. He will be missed by all for his distinctive poetry.

Born on January 14, 1931 and belonging to a respectable Syed family of Kohat, the descendents of �Haji Bahadar� � a famous saint, Syed Ahmad Shah studied in Edwardes College Peshawar and then did his MA in Urdu and Persian. Using Faraz as poetic name (Takhallus), he was compared with Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Faiz Ahmad Faiz. This great son of Agha Barq Kohati held a unique position as one of the best poets of the times, with a fine but simplistic style of writing. Ahmed Faraz learned and studied Persian and Urdu at the University of Peshawar.

During his college time, Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Ali Sardar Jafri were the best progressive poets, who impressed him and became his role models. He initially worked as a scriptwriter at Radio Pakistan Peshawar and then moved on to teach Urdu at Peshawar University. In 1976, he became the founding director general (later chairman) of the Pakistan Academy of Letters.

Outspoken about politics, he went into self-exile during the Ziaul Haq era after he was arrested for reciting certain poems at a �mushaira� criticising the military rule. He stayed for six years in Britain, Canada and Europe before returning to Pakistan where he was initially appointed chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters and later chairperson of the Islamabad-based National Book Foundation for several years. He was awarded with numerous national and international awards, including Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 2004, in recognition of his literary achievements, which he returned in 2006 after becoming disenchanted with the Musharraf-led regime and its policies.

�My conscience will not forgive me if I remained a silent spectator to the sad happenings around us. The least I can do is to let the dictatorship know where it stands in the eyes of citizens whose fundamental rights have been usurped. I am doing this by returning the Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Civil) and refusing to associate myself in any way with the regime....,� a statement issued by the late poet had said.

Maintaining a tradition established by his mentor, the revolutionary Faiz Ahmad Faiz, he wrote some of his best poetry during his exile. Famous amongst poetry of resistance has been �Mahasara.� One amongst his great ghazals is the famous Ranjish Hi Sahi. He authored a number of books.

A tall, mild-mannered man with a sense of humour, Faraz was a great admirer of Ghalib, but said: �If I were to look for influences that shaped my imagination, it would be a classical Persian poet like Bedil.�

He spent early days of his life in Kohat but later shifted to Peshawar. He used to have literary sittings with noted Urdu/Hindko poets and researchers Farigh Bukhari, Raza Hamdani, Professor Dr Khatir Ghaznavi and Professor Mohsin Ihsan in the Walled City of Peshawar.

Though his mother language was Hindko, he used Urdu as medium to express his feelings and won acclaim not only in the country but also abroad. Realising the need for enriching Hindko language in the last years of his life, Faraz called for awarding Hindko masterpieces to encourage class publications in the language. He also wrote prologue to �Koonjan� � Hindko poetic collection of Professor Dr Khatir Ghaznavi, a literary giant from Peshawar who died last month after a prolonged illness and had a close association with Faraz.

**JawadG** · #37 08-27-2008, 08:20 AM

**Syed** · #38 08-27-2008, 08:29 AM

you people have a Great Stuff....Great work...Really Appreciating!!!

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A Tribute To Ahmad faraz.....A Legend Of Urdu Poetry!!!

A Tribute To Ahmad faraz.....A Legend Of Urdu Poetry!!!

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