Is duniya mein sab se bara iflaas mohabbat ki kami hai.
Jis shakhs mein mohabbat karney ki salahiyat hi paida nahin hoti woh apne private dozakh mein har waqt jalta rehta hai.
Jo mohabbat karta hai woh jannat ke mazey loot'ta hai.
Lakin mohabbat ka darwaza un logon par khulta hai jo apni anaa aur apney nafs se munh morr letey hain.
Apni anaa ko kisi ke saamney paamaal kar dena ishq-e-majazi hai.
Apni anaa ko bhut soun ke aage paamaal kar dena ishq-e-haqiqi hai.
**(From Ashfaq Ahmed's Zavia)
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Bhut se logon ke paas deen ka aur nafsiyaat ka bara ilm hota hai.
Lakin un ki zindagian bari khaali hoti hein.
Is ki waja yeh hai ke sirf bahar ka ilm insaan ke andar ko tabdeel nahin kar sakta.
Har shakhs jaanta hai ke zulm se zulm padia hota hai, phir bhi har shakhs doosrey par zulm karta hai.
*(From Ashfaq Ahmed's Baba sahiba)
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Khansa[Quintet/Quinary]-e-Ghalib bar Ghazal Bahaadur Shaah Zafar****:
this kalaam is a unique one because two of the GREATEST Urdu poets have composed it. Khamsa is a 5-liner consisting of 5 misr’as.
it consists of 11 band and in each band the FIRST 3 misr’as are from Ghalib while the last 2 misr’as are part of ash’aar of a Ghazal written by Zafar which is in deed a mash’hoor-e-zamaana Ghazal.
it’s too long too write so i’m posting the link to the audio by me recorded sometimes earlier.