A tribute to nasir kazmi

sara soomro · #1 Saturday, March 07, 2009

Syed Nasir Raza Kazmi, (1925-1972) was a renowned Urdu poet of Pakistan. He was one of the greatest poets of this era, especially in the use of "istha'aaray" and "chhoTii behr".

Nasir Kazami was born on December 8, 1925 at Ambala in British India. He was educated at Ambala, Simla and Lahore. He returned to Ambala in 1945 and started looking after his ancestral land. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he came to Lahore. He did some journalistic work with "Auraq-e-Nau" as an editor and became editor-in-chief of the magazine "Humayun" in 1952. Later he was associated with Radio Pakistan, Lahore and other literary publications and organizations.

Nasir Kazmi started his poetic life in 1940 by following the style of Akhtar Sherani and wrote romantic poems and sonnets. Later he began writing ghazals under the guidance of Hafeez Hoshyarpuri. He was a great admirer of Mir Taqi Mir and probably the melancholy and "Ehsaas-e-Mehroomi" in his poetry was a direct result of that. His tutor in poetry was Hafeez Hoshyarpuri, who himself used a lot of symbols from nature in his poems.

His last four tragically were published after his death. He died in Lahore on March 2, 1972 due to tuberculosis. Few people know that he did some great translations of English poets, especially his translation of Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" by the title of "Brooklyn Ghaat Ke Paar" is a real masterpiece and worth reading.

books

Barg-e-Nae (1952)
Deewaan (1972)
Pehli Baarish (1975)
Nishat-e-Khwab (Collection of nazams, 1977)
Sur Ki Chhaya (Drama, 1981)
Khushk Chashme ke Kinare (Prose, 1982)

dayar-e-dil ki rat main chirag sa jala gaya
mila nahi to kya hua wo shaql to dikha gaya

judaion k zakhm dard-e-zindagi ne bhar diye
tujhe bhi nind a gai mujhe bhi sabr a gaya

ye subah ki safediyan ye dopahar ki zardiyan
ab aine main dekhta hun main kahan chala gaya

pukarti hain fursaten kahan gai wo sohbaten
zamin nigal gai unhen ya asman kha gaya

wo dosti to khair ab nasib-e-dushmanan hui
wo choti choti ranjishon ka lutf bhi chala gaya

ye kis khushi ki ret par gamon ko nind a gai
wo lahar kis taraf gai ye main kahan sama gaya

gaye dinon ki lash par pare rahoge kab talak
utho amalkasho utho k afatab sar pe a gaya

sara soomro · #2 Saturday, March 07, 2009

kuch yadgar-e-shahar-e-sitamgar hi le chalen
aye hain is gali main to pathar hi le chalen

yun kis tarah katega kari dhup ka safar
sar par khayal-e-yar ki chadar hi le chalen

ranj-e-safar ki koi nishani to pas ho
thori si khak-e-kucha-e-dilbar hi le chalen

ye kah k cherti hai hamain dilgiraftagi
ghabra gaye hain ap to bahar hi le chalen

is shahar-e-becharag main jayegi tu kahan
a ai shab-e-firaq tujhe ghar hi le chalen

sara soomro · #3 Saturday, March 07, 2009

tere khayal se lau de uthi hai tanhai
shab-e-firaq hai ya teri jalwarai

tu kis khayal main hai ai manzilon k shadai
unhen bhi dekh jinhen raste main nind ai

pukar ai jaras-e-karawan-e-subah-e-tarab
bhatak rahe hain andheron main tere saudai

rah-e-hayat main kuch marhale to dekh liye
ye aur bat teri arazu na ras ai

ye saniha bhi muhabat main barha guzra
k us ne hal bhi pucha to ankh bhar ai

phir us ki yad main dil beqarar hai 'Nasir'
bichar k jis se hui shahar shahar ruswai

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