Simply Faiz (Poet of the Month)

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**Aaj bazaar main pa ba jolan chalo
**
**aaj bazaar main pa bajolan chalo
**let us walk in bazaar in shackles

Chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoreeda kafi nahin
wet eyes and restless soul is not enough

Tohmat-e-ishq-posheeda kafi nahin
being charged for nurturing concealed love is not enough

**aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo
**let us walk in bazaar in shackles

**Dast afshan chalo, mast-o-raqsan chalo
**let us go with afshan in hand, in trance and dancing

**Khak bar sar chalo, khoon badaman chalo
**go with dust on head and blood on garb

**Rah takta hai sub shehr-e-janaan chalo
**Go as the city of my beloved is waiting

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Hakim-e-shehr bhi, majma-e-aam bhi
**City’s ruler and crowd of commoners

**Teer-e-ilzam bhi, sang-e-dushnam bhi
**arrow of false charge, stone of accusation

**Subh-e-nashaad bhi, roz-e-naakaam bhi
**morning of sorrow, day of failure

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Unka dum-saaz apnay siwa kaun hai
**who is their friend except me

**Shehr-e-janaan main ab baa-sifa kaun hai
**who is untainted in the city of beloved

**Dast-e-qatil kay shayan raha kaun hai
**who deserve the killers or executioners hand

**Rakht-e-dil bandh lo, dil figaro chalo
**get ready for the journey of heart, go wounded heart

**Phir hameen qatl ho aain yaro chalo
**let me go to be executed
**aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo
**let us walk in bazaar in shackles

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Raat Yun Pyar main teri khoi hui yaad aai
Jaise Veerane main chupke se bahar aajae

Jaise sehraon main holay se chale baad e Naseem
Jaise Beemar ko be wajah qarar ajae

[TLK]

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*Aaj bazaar main pa ba jolan chalo * **aaj bazaar main pa bajolan chalo **let us walk in bazaar in shackles

Chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoreeda kafi nahin wet eyes and restless soul is not enough

Tohmat-e-ishq-posheeda kafi nahin being charged for nurturing concealed love is not enough

**aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo **let us walk in bazaar in shackles

**Dast afshan chalo, mast-o-raqsan chalo **let us go with afshan in hand, in trance and dancing

**Khak bar sar chalo, khoon badaman chalo **go with dust on head and blood on garb

**Rah takta hai sub shehr-e-janaan chalo **Go as the city of my beloved is waiting

** Hakim-e-shehr bhi, majma-e-aam bhi **City’s ruler and crowd of commoners

**Teer-e-ilzam bhi, sang-e-dushnam bhi **arrow of false charge, stone of accusation

**Subh-e-nashaad bhi, roz-e-naakaam bhi **morning of sorrow, day of failure

** Unka dum-saaz apnay siwa kaun hai **who is their friend except me

**Shehr-e-janaan main ab baa-sifa kaun hai **who is untainted in the city of beloved

**Dast-e-qatil kay shayan raha kaun hai **who deserve the killers or executioners hand

**Rakht-e-dil bandh lo, dil figaro chalo **get ready for the journey of heart, go wounded heart

**Phir hameen qatl ho aain yaro chalo **let me go to be executed **aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo **let us walk in bazaar in shackles

This is one of the most brilliant piece of Faiz. Just amazing

[muqawwee123]

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Yes TLK its very thought provoking.

I had a garma garm behas with one of my colleague who said Faiz didn't write for country and his poetry was based on mere romanticism. I said hearing name of Faiz, the poetry comes to my mind is 'nisar main teri galiyon pe ae watan', 'aaj bazar main pa ba jolan chalo' and 'Bol ke lab azad hain tere' that is purely for the country and even ghazals like 'gulon main rung bhare' contains shairs which can easily be related to ones love for country and not just restricted to one person.

[TLK]

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Yes TLK its very thought provoking.

I had a garma garm behas with one of my colleague who said Faiz didn't write for country and his poetry was based on mere romanticism. I said hearing name of Faiz, the poetry comes to my mind is 'nisar main teri galiyon pe ae watan', 'aaj bazar main pa ba jolan chalo' and 'Bol ke lab azad hain tere' that is purely for the country and even ghazals like 'gulon main rung bhare' contains shairs which can easily be related to ones love for country and not just restricted to one person.

add, 'Hum ke tehray Ajnabi" to that list that he wrote on the fall of Dhaka. Your colleague knows not much about Faiz if he claims that he was only a romantic poet

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^ Exactly. He had finally accepted that.

Below are some of thought provoking Nazm / Ghazal by Faiz
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(1) Hum dekhenge**

Hum dekhenge
Lazim hai ke hum bhi dekhenge
Woh din ke jis ka waada hai
Jo loh-e-azl pe likha hai
Hum dekhenge

Jab zulm-o-sitam ke koh-e-garaan
Rui ki tarah ud jayenge
Hum mehkumoon ke paun tale
Yeh dharti dhad dhad dhadkagi
Aur ehl-e-hukum ke sar upar
Jab bijli kad kad kadkegi
Hum dekhenge

Jab arz-e-khuda ke Kabe se
Sab but uthwaye jayenge
Hum ahl-e-safa mardood-e-haram
Masnad pe bithaye jayenge
Sab taaj uchale jayenge
Sab takht giraye jayenge

Bas naam rahega Allah ka
Jo ghayab bhi hai hazir bhi
Jo nazir bhi hai manzar bhi
Uthega analhaq ka naara
Jo main bhi hoon aur tum bhi ho
Aur raaj karegi khalq-e-khuda
Jo main bhi hoon aur tum bhi ho

Hum dekhenge
Lazim hai ke hum bhi dekhenge
Hum dekhenge

(2) Ye Kon Sakhi hai

yeh kaun sakhi haiN
jin ke lahu ki
ashrafiaaN, chhan chhan, chhan chhan,
dharti ke peham piyaase
kashkol meiN Dhalti jaati haiN
kashkol ko bharti haiN
yeh kaun jawaaN haiN arz-e-ajam
yeh lakh~luT
jin ke jismoN ki
bharpoor javaani ka kundan
yuN khaak meiN reza reza hai
yuN koocha koocha bikhra hai
ai arz-e-ajam, ai arz-e-ajam!
kiyuN noche ke haNs haNs phaiNk diye
in aaNkhoN ne apne neelam
in hoNtoN ne apne marjaaN
in haatoN ki “be~kal chaandi
kis kaam aaii, kis haath lagi?”

“ai poochne waale pardesi!
yeh tifl-o-javaaN
us noor ke nauras moti haiN
us aag ki kachchhee kaliaaN haiN
jis meeThe noor aur kaRwi aag
se zulm ki andhi raat meiN phooTa
subh-e-baghaavat ka gulshan
aur subh hui man man, tan tan,
in jismoN ka chaandi sona
in chehroN ke neelam, marjaaN,
jag~mag jag~mag, rukhshaaN rukhshaaN
jo dekhna chaahe pardesi
paas aaye dekhe jee bhar kar
yeh zeest ki raani ka jhoomar
yeh amn ki devi ka kaNgan!”

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aaiiye haath uThaaye.n ham bhii

*aaiiye haath uThaain ham bhii *
*ham jinhe.n rasm-e-dua yaad nahii *
*ham jinhe.n soz-e-mohabbat ke siwaa *
*koi butt, koi Khudaa yaad nahii *

*aaiiye arz guzare.n k nigaar-e-hastii *
*zahar-e-imaroz main sheerenii-e-fardaa.N bhar de *
*wo jinhe.n tabe garaa.N baarii-e-ayyaam nahii *
*un kii palakon pe shab-o-roz ko halkaa kar de *

*jin kii aaNkhon ko ruKh-e-subha kaa yaaraa bhii nahii *
*un kii raaton main koii shamaa munawwar kar de *
*jin ke qadamon ko kisii rah kaa sahaaraa bhii nahiin *
*un kii nazaron pe koii raah ujaagar kar de *

*jin kaa diin pairavii-e-kazbo-riyaa hai un ko *
*himmat-e-kufr mile, jurat-e-tahaqiiq mile *
*jin ke sar muntazir-e-teG-e-jafaa hain un ko *
*dast-e-qatil ko jhaTak dene kii taufiiq mile *

*ishq kaa sarr-e-nihaa.N jaan-tapaa.N hai jis se *
*aaj iqaraar karen aur tapish miT jaaye *
*harf-e-haq dil main KhaTakataa hai jo kaNTe kii tarah *
*aaj izahaar karen or Khalish miT jaaye *

[UZ]

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tum aaye ho na shab-e-intazaar guzarii hai
talaash me.n hai sahar baar baar guzarii hai

junuu.N me.n jitanii bhii guzarii bakaar guzarii hai
agarche dil pe Kharaabii hazaar guzarii hai

huii hai hazarat-e-naaseh se guftaguu jis shab
wo shab zaruur sar-e-kuu-e-yaar guzarii hai

wo baat saare fasaane me.n jisakaa zikr na thaa
wo baat unako bahot naa-gavaar guzarii hai

na gul khile hai.n, na unase mile, na mai pii hai
ajiib rang me.n ab ke bahaar guzarii hai

chaman me.n Gaarat-e-gulachii.N se jaane kyaa guzarii
qafas se aaj sabaa beqaraar guzarii hai

[fara]

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Awesome thread..

[muqawwee123]

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Awesome thread..

fara whats your favorite from Faiz

[muqawwee123]

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KAB YAAD MEIN TERA SAATH NAHI
KAB HAATH MEIN TERA HAATH NAHI
SAD SHUKAR K APNI RAATON MEIN
AB HIJAR KI KOI RAAT NAHI…

       MUSHKIL HAIN AGAR HAALAAT WAHAN
       DIL BECH AAEIN JAAN DE AAEIN........
       DIL WALO KOOCHA-E-JANA MEIN
       KYA AISE BHI HAHLAAT NAHI???????

       JIS DHAJ SE KOI MKTAL MEIN GAYA
       WO SHAAN SALAMAT REHTI HAI
       YE JAAN TO AAANI JAANI HAI
       ISS JAAN KI TO KOI BAAT NAHI

       MAIDAAN-E-WAFA DARBAAR NAHI
       YAAN NAAM-O-NASAB KI POOCH KAHAN
       AASHIQ TO KISI KA NAAM NAHI
       KUCH ISHQ KISI KI ZAAT NAHI.............

       YE BAAZI ISHQ KI BAAZI HAI
       JO CHAHEY LAGA DO DAR KAISA????
       GAR JEET GAAY TO KYA KEHNA
       HAREY BHI TO BAAZI MAAT NAHI

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“Jago Hua Savera”, Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s first film as a writer which was released in Pakistan in 1958, was shown for the first time in India in a special screening organized here Thursday.

          The Pakistani film, directed by A.J. Kardar and written by Manik                Bandopadhay, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and A.J. Kardar, was shown at a                special screening at Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF)                2012. 
          
          The film was introduced by Faiz's daughter Salima Hashmi - a                leading painter and writer of Pakistan.
          
          The occasion also marked the birth centenary of the noted poet.
          
          **The 87-minute-long archival film revolves around a section of                people, mainly fishermen of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The                film highlights the human weaknesses, strengths, and their                undaunted, undefeatable spirit. It mournfully depicts the plight                of Lal Mian, a fisherman who struggles to build a boat.
          **
          The mood of the film is simple, serious and straightforward as the                family members are shown trying to get money to buy the boat they                need. The hopelessness of their objective has been graphically                underscored by the conditions in which they live.
          
          The film reflects the socialist ideology through the struggle of                the people. 
          
          "The film has a Pakistan-Kolkata connection, renowned Bengali                actress of those times Tripti Mitra has acted in this film. I am                really happy that I am able to screen this film in Kolkata,"                Hashmi said.

http://www.ummid.com/news/2012/January/12.01.2012/urdu_poets_film_shown.htm

Faiz Ahmed Faiz poem upon return from Dhakka, Bangladesh, after the partition of East and West Pakistan, 1972.

hum ke Thairey ajnabi itni madaraatooN ke baad
phir banain gaiN aashnaa kitni mulaqatooN ke baad

Kab nazar maiN aaey ge bai_daGh sabzey ki bahar
Khoon ke dhabbey dhulain gaiN kitni barsaatooN ke baad

dil to chaaha par shikasht-e-dil nay muhlat he na di
uch giley shikvey bhi kar laitey manajaatooN ke baad

thay buhat bai_dard lamhey Khatm-e-dard-e-ishq ke
theeN buhat bai_mehar subhaiN meherbaaN raatooN ke baad

un se jo kehney gaey thai “faiz” jaaN sadqa kiye
unkahee he reh gai voh baat sab baatooN ke baad
**
TRANSLATION

**
Hospitalities exchanged, yet we who strangers stay
With how many encounters, shall amiability display?

After how many rains, shall the blood stains fade,
And when, in our sight, shall unspotted fields sway?

All that the heart desired, its breaking permitted not,
No grievance did those contained praises betray.

Merciless were moments, that witnessed the end of pain,
Benevolent nights brought in a cruel break of day.

That which, on your life, you determined to convey
Unspoken on your lips, Faiz, the decided words lay

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Ye Haath Salamat Hain Jab Tak

Is Khoon May Hararat Hai Jab Tak
Is Dil May Sadaqat Hai Jab Tak
Is Nutq May Taqat Hai Jab Tak

In Tauq O Salasil Ko Ham Tum

Sikhlaaingay Shorish i Parbat O Nay

Wo Shorish Jis Kay Aagee Zaboon

Hangama eTabli Qaisar O Kay

Azaad Hain Apne Fikr O Amal

Bharpoor Khazeena Himmat Ka

Ik Umr hai Apne Har Saa’at

Imrooz Hai Apna Har farda

Ye Sham O Sahar Ye Shams O Qamar

Ye Akhtar O Kaukab Apne Hain

Ye Lauh O Qalam Ye Tabl O Alam

Ye Maal O Hasham Sab Apne Hain

Ye Haath Salamat Hain Jab Tak
Is Khoon May Hararat Hai Jab Tak