Urdu Poetry Forum

**Abr-e-guraizaN** · #1 08-26-2008, 08:36 AM

Aap sab ke ilm me ye baat to aahi chuki hai ke hum apne daur k ek azeem aur maayaye naaz shayer AHMAD FARAZ ko kho chuke hain….woh ab hamare saath nahi hain.

Inna Lilla hi wa Inna Ilaiy hi rajeoun

He was one of the greatest Urdu Poet in Pakistan.He was admitted in a hospital in Chicago for the past few days.
Yesterday, he passed away in Islamabad after a prolong illness.

Hum unki maghfiarat ki dua karte hain…Allah unke darjaat buland kare…Ameen!

Ye thread hum Ahmad faraz ko tribute kar rahe hain….
Yahan Aap zyada se zyada unki Ghazaliya'at Post Karen…..
Agar chahen to unke bare me har chhoti se chhoti baat jo aap jante hon, aap ke Ilm me ho yahan share Karen…..
Ye thread 31 August 2008 tak open hai…Aap jitna chahen Ahmad Faraz Sahab ko yaad Karen….That will be the Mark of Respect which we have for Him…in our hearts…in our thoughts!!!

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**Abr-e-guraizaN** · #2 08-26-2008, 08:42 AM

Mai bhi chup ho jaunga bujhti huyi shamm'oN ke saath
Aur kuchh lamhe thehar...E Zindigi...E Zindigi

Jab talak zinda hain Ankhon ke Furdah Taqche
Neelgon honthon se phutegi sadaa ki Raushni
Jism ki girti huyi deewar ko thaame huye
Mom ke but aatishiN chehre sulagti murti
Meri beenayi ki ye Makhlooq Zinda hai abhi

Aur kuchh Lamhe thehar....E Zindigi....E Zindigi

Ho to jane de mere lafzon ke maani se tahii
meri tehreereN, Dhuyen ki rengti parchhayiyaN
Jinke paikar apni awazon se khali belahu!
Mehav ho jane to de yaadon se khwabon ki tarha
Ruk to jayen aakhri sanson ki wehshi Andhiyaan
Phir haat lena m,ere maathey se tu apna haath
Mai bhi chup ho jaunga bujhti huyi shamo ke saath

Aur kuchh Lamhe thehar....E Zindigi....E Zindigi!!!

~Ahmad Faraz

Ahmed Faraz (January 14, 1931 in Nowshera - Pakistan) was considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century and greatest living Urdu poet of present times. Faraz was his 'takhallus', whereas his real name was Syed Ahmed Shah.

Faraz, who has been compared with Mohammad Iqbal and Faiz Ahmed Faiz, holds a unique position as one of the best poets of current times, with a fine but simplistic style of writing, even common people can easily understand and identify with. Ethnically a Pashto-speaking Pashtun, Ahmed Faraz learned and studied Persian and Urdu at the Peshawar University where he taught these subjects later.

In an interview with Rediff he recalls how his father, a teacher, once bought clothes for him on Eid. He didn't like the clothes meant for him, but preferred the ones meant for his elder brother. This lead him to write his first couplet:

Layen hain sab ke liye kapde sale se
Layen hain hamare liye kambal jail se

He was told by his parents once to learn mathematics from a female class fellow during the summer vacation. "I was weak in mathematics and geography. I still don't remember maps and roads".

Instead of learning mathematics he played bait-bazi with her, a game in which one person recites a couplet and the other one recites another couplet starting from the last letter of the previous one. He always lost, even though he memorized hundreds of couplets for her, but when he started manufacturing his own couplets she couldn't catch him anymore. Coming from a respectable family of Syeds, descendents of ''Haji Bahadar" a famous saint of Kohat, he moved to Peshawar with entire family. Studied in famous Edwards College Peshawar and then did his Masters in Urdu and Persian. Initially Syed Ahmad Shah Faraz thus became Ahmed Faraz.

During his college time, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Ali Sardar Jafri were the best progressive poets, who impressed him and became his role models. He initially worked as a script writer 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 Academy of Letters.

Outspoken about politics, he went into self-imposed exile during the Zia-ul-Haq era after he was arrested for reciting certain poems at a mushaira criticizing the military rule. He stayed for three years in Britain, Canada and Europe before returning to Pakistan, where he was initially appointed Chairman Academy of Letters and later chairperson of the Islamabad-based National Book Foundation for several years. He has been awarded with numerous national and international awards.

He was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 2004, in recognition of his literary achievements. He returned the award in 2006 after becoming disenchanted with the government and its policies.

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

About his current writings he said: "I now only write when I am forced to from the inside."

Maintaining a tradition established by his mentor, the revolutionary Faiz Ahmed Faiz, he wrote some of his best poetry during those days in exile. Famous amongst poetry of resistance has been "Mahasara"

One amongst his great ghazals is the famous Ranjish Hi Sahi. He has so far written 13 books and all put together comes as "Shehr e Sukhn aarasta hai" his latest publication so far.

**Abr-e-guraizaN** · #3 08-26-2008, 09:07 AM

Ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhaanay kay liyay aa
aa phir say mujhay chhorr kay jaanay kay liyay aa

pehlay say maraasim na sahi phir bhi kabhi to
rasm-o-rahay duniya hi nibhaanay kay liyay aa

kis kis ko bataayengay judaai kaa sabab ham
tu mujh se khafaa hai to zamaanay kay liyay aa

kuchh to meri pindaar-e-mohabbat ka bharam rakh
tu bhi to kabhi mujh ko manaanay kay liyay aa

ek umr say hun lazzat-e-giryaa se bhi mehruum
aye raahat-e-jaan mujh ko rulaanay kay liyay aa

ab tak dil-e-khush_feham ko tujh say hain ummeedain
ye aakhari shammain bhi bujhaanay kay liyay aa

Soulfree_7 · #4 08-26-2008, 09:23 AM

Yunhi Mausam Ki Aada Daikh Ker Yaad Aya Hai
Kiss Kadar Jald Badal Jatay Hai Insaan Jaana

Zindagi Teri Aata Thi So Tere Naam Ki Hai
Hum Ne Jasie Bhi Basar Ki Tera Ehsaan Jaana

Dil Yeh Kehta Hai K Shayad Ho Afsurda Tu Bhi
Dil Ki Kia Baat Karien Dil Toh Hai Nadaan Jaana

Mudato Se Yehi Alam Na Koi Tawako Na Umeed
Dil Pukaray He Chala Jaata Hai Jaana Jaana

-Ahmad Faraz-

Ina Lila He Wa Ina Aleey He Rajoun...
Shair-e-Pakistan Aub Hum Meey Nahi Rahay
Allah Unko Janat-ul-Firdos Meey Jaga Naseeb Karay

**Bigb** · #5 08-26-2008, 09:31 AM

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon.

Dost ban kar bhii nahiin saath nibhaane vaalaa
Wahii andaaz hai zaalim kaa zamaane vaalaa

Ab isse log samajhate hain giraftaar meraa
SaKht nadim hai mujhe daam mein laane vaalaa

Kyaa kahein kitne maraasim the hamaare iss se
Woh jo ik shaKhs hai muuNh pher ke jaane vaalaa

Tere hote hue aa jaatii thii saarii duniyaa
Aaj tanhaa huuN to koii nahiin aane vaalaa

Muntazir kis kaa huuN TuuTii huii dahliiz pe main
Kaun aayegaa yahaaN kaun hai aane vaalaa

Main ne dekaa hai bahaaron mein chaman ko jalte
Hai koii Khvaab kii taabiir bataane vaalaa

Kyaa Khabar thii jo merii jaan mein ghulaa hai itnaa
Hai vahii mujh ko sar-e-daar bhii laane vaalaa

Tum taqalluf ko bhii iKhlaas samajhate ho 'Faraz'
Dost hotaa nahiin har haath milaane vaalaa

**Bigb** · #6 08-26-2008, 09:34 AM

'Faraz' ab koii saudaa koii junuuN bhii nahiin
Magar qaraar se din kaT rahe hon yuuN bhii nahiin

Lab-o-dahan bhii milaa guftaguu kaa fan bhii milaa
Magar jo dil pe guzaratii hai kah sakuuN bhii nahiin

Merii zubaaN kii luknat se bad_gumaaN na ho
Jo tuu kahe to tujhe umr bhar miluuN bhii nahiin

'Faraz' jaise koii diyaa turbat-e-havaa chaahe hai
Tuu paas aaye to mumkin hai main rahuuN bhii nahiin

**Bigb** · #7 08-26-2008, 09:44 AM

Iss se pahle ke bevafaa ho jaayein
Kyon na ai dost ham judaa ho jaayein

Tuu bhi heere se ban gayaa patthar
Ham bhii kal kyaa se kyaa ho jaayein

Ham bhi majabuuriyon kaa uzr karein
Aur kahiin aur mubtalaa ho jaayein

Ishq bhii khel hai nasiibon kaa
Khaak ho jaayein kimiyaa ho jaayein

Ab ke gar tuu mile to ham tujh se
Aise lipaTein terii qabaa ho jaayein

Bandagii ham ne chhoD dii hai 'Faraz'
Kyaa karein log jab Khudaa ho jaaye.n

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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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