The Maiden was Loth to Hearken to Nala's Message

Shringara

दूसरों को हमारी सज़ायें न दे

Dusron Ko Hamari Sazayen Na De

Bashir Badr

1 min read 5 versesसज़ाpunishmentतितली

5 verses · ~1 min

दूसरों को हमारी सज़ायें न दे चांदनी रात को बद-दुआयें न दे

फूल से आशिक़ी का हुनर सीख ले तितलियाँ ख़ुद रुकेंगी सदायें न दे

सब गुनाहों का इक़रार करने लगें इस क़दर ख़ुबसूरत सज़ायें न दे

मोतियों को छुपा सीपियों की तरह बेवफ़ाओं को अपनी वफ़ायें न दे

मैं बिखर जाऊँगा आँसूओं की तरह इस क़दर प्यार से बद-दुआयें न दे

इति

The Poet

बशीर बद्र

Bashir Badr

1935 · 1999

Bashir Badr achieved something exceedingly rare in the modern literary landscape by bringing the Urdu ghazal out of the exclusive courts of intellectuals and directly into the hearts of the common people. Born Syed Muhammad Bashir in 1935 in Ayodhya, he cultivated a poetic voice that used the simplest, most everyday Hindustani vocabulary to express the deepest nuances of love, heartbreak, and social tragedy. His couplets are universally recognized and frequently quoted by individuals who may never have read a formal poetry book. His life was marked by profound personal tragedy, most notably when his home and decades of literary archives were burned to ashes during the communal riots of 1992 in Meerut. Yet, instead of responding with hatred, he channeled his grief into verses that pleaded for communal harmony and human empathy. Honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri in 1999, he later relocated to Bhopal. Bashir Badr stands as a living legend whose ghazals are permanently etched into the cultural memory of the subcontinent.