chaman me.n subah ye kahatii thii ho kar chashm-e-tar shabnam

chaman me.n subah ye kahatii thii ho kar chashm-e-tar shabanam
bahaar-e-baaG to yuu.N hii rahii lekin kidhar shabanam

arq kii buu.nd us kii zulf se ruKhasaar par Tapakii
taajjub kii hai jaage ye pa.Dii Khurshiid par shabnam

hame.n to baaG tujh bin Khaanaa-e-maatam nazar ayaa
idhar gul phaarate the jeb, rotii thii udhar shabanam

kare hai kuchh na kuchh taasiir sohabat saaf taabo.n kii
huii aatish se gul ke baiThate rashq-e-sharar shabnam

bhalaa tuk subah hone do ise bhii dekh leve.nge
kisii aashiq ke rone se nahii.n rakhati Khabar shabnam

nahii.n asbaab kuchh laazim subak saaro.n ke uThane ko
gaiii u.D dekhate apane baGair az baal-o-par shabnam

na paayaa jo gayaa is baaG se hargiz suraaG usakaa
na palTii phir sabaa idhar, na phir aaii nazar shabnam

na samajhaa Dard hamane bhed yaa.N kii shaadii-o-Gam kaa
sahar khandaan hai kyo.N rotii hai kis ko yaad kar shabanam?

very nice asif ge

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phiRa aj haq kaliye jaa’N fida karay koi
wafa bhi jhooM uthay yo wafa karay koi
nimaaZ 14 sadi se hai muntaziR logo|
HussaiN ke tarha aye ada karay koi
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~~Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.~~*

good asif

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na samajhaa Dard hamane bhed yaa.N kii shaadii-o-Gam kaa
sahar khandaan hai kyo.N rotii hai kis ko yaad kar shabanam?
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sniff

Asif, you are back and u brought Mir Dard along sniff again

thanks all

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Naiklarki–it is good to be back–well as u know Khawaja Mir Dard (rahmatullah alayhi) was a Naqshbandi Sufi and wali Allah as well as a great poet and his poems are Urdu’s greatest mystical ghazals…so i was in that mood when i posted them. Iss ghazal ko sufiyaana nazr se dekho…tau maani badal jaayenge aur lutf aur ho jaayega

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Asif,

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Ya he was a naqshbandi and he belonged to sufi creed. Yes, he was a decedant of Khwaja Baha ud din(rahmatullah alayhi) from father’s side and Hazrat Ghaus e Azam(rahmatullah alayhi)from mothers side but still i wouldn’t go as far as calling him a walli Allah:)
He was a mystic and undoubtedly the only true mystic poet of urdu language but he did write secular,not-so-very-unconventional and sensous poetry about the earthly love. Actually we can put half of his poetry under the secular catagory though the other half is far better than this secular half :slight_smile:

here r two sh’rs for you…ofcourse mystical in nature

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kabhi khush bi kiya hei dil kisi rind e sharaabi ka
bhiRa de mohn se mohn saqi hamara aur gulaabi ka

chhupay her giz na misl e boo wo pardooN mein chhupaaye se
maza paRta hei jis gul e paerahan ko be’hijaabi ka
wah this is awsome

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these two shairs can be interpreted thus:

kabhi khush bi kiya hei dil kisi rind e sharaabi ka
bhiRa de mohn se mohn saqi hamara aur gulaabi ka

agar aap rind-e-sharaabi se maani aik sukr mein gum aur haalaat-e-wajd o bast mein paRa aadmi lain aur issi tarah “sharaab” ko maa’arifat-e-Ilahi aur ishq-e-Ilahi se tashbeeh dein aur Saqi ko Pir-o-Murshid kay maanon mein paRhein tau yeh shair waqia’ee aik sufiyana maana ikhtiyaar kar leta hai. aur yeh maani lena zyaadah tawil bhi nahin hai kyonke hamesha se sufiyaa e karaam nay apni kayfiyaat ko aisay hii cheezon se bayaan kiya hai kinaya aur misl istimaal kar kay

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Waisay agar ishq-e-majaazi mein bhi samajhein tau donon shair zabardast hain

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that is Dard’s greatness–both mystical and sensual meanings can be understood from the same poem

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