Salam all !!!
Its really sad more than the death of John Elia, that we here at Gupshup Poetry Forum are posting our collection but no one has yet shared his/hers thoughts on the lost of such a great Urdu Poet, John Elia (Ina lillahe waa ina elahey rajioon).
Keeping the above in mind, Im going to post a thread and hope to receive your remarks !
woh na sirf aik azeem shayar thay, balkay, aik azeem likhari bhi thay, if you have ever noticed his Editorials in Suspense, tau unkay kalam mein ajab taqat hay jo kay tehreeron mein chashni say ghoal deti hay…
kehtay hain kay, he said his first sher when he was 8, and it was
Iss Qaddar Zorr Say Tamachay Parray Hain…
Daikh Tau Surkhi Meray Rukhsaar Ki
…
khuda unko apni jawar-e-rehmat mein jaga day… Inna Lillah e Wa Inna Elehi RajeOon…
Bichra Kuch Iss Ada Say Kay Rutt Hi Badal Gai…
Ik Shakhs Saray Shehar Ko Veeran Kar Gaya…
John Elia Sahib ka tarz-e-Bayaan bohot he mukhtalif thaa or undaz-e-bayaan bilkul he mukhtalif unki zindagi kaa akhi shair thaa …!
JAANEY KIA WAQIA HEY HONEY KO
JEE BOHOT CHAHTAA HAY RONEY KO
Waqai woh eaik haqiqat pasand shaair thay
unka aik shair or aik nazam jo mujhay bohot pasand hay paish kar raha hoon !
US DIN PEHLI BAAR HOWA THAA MUJHKO RAFAQAT KA EHSAAS
JAB USKAY MALBOOS KI KHUSHBOO GHAR PONCHAANEY AAI HAY
Or unki aik nazam hay
Naya ik rishat paida kion karain hum
Bichana hey to jhagra kiun karian hum
Khamoshi say ada ho rasm-e-doori
Koi hangaama barpa kion karain hum
Yeah kafi hay keh hum dushman nahi hain
Wafa daari kaa dawa kion karain hum
Wafa, Ikhlaas, Qurbani, Mohabat
Ab In lafzon kaa peecha kion karain hum
Hamari he tamanna kion karo tum
Tumhari he tamanna kion karain hum
Allah unko jawar-e-rehmat main jagah atta farmaye
AMEEN