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Shringara

हमारा दिल

Hamara Dil

Bashir Badr

1 min read 6 versesग़ज़लghazalदिल

6 verses · ~1 min

हमारा दिल सवेरे का सुनहरा जाम हो जाए चराग़ों की तरह आँखें जलें, जब शाम हो जाए

मैं ख़ुद भी एहतियातन, उस गली से कम गुजरता हूँ कोई मासूम क्यों मेरे लिए, बदनाम हो जाए

अजब हालात थे, यूँ दिल का सौदा हो गया आख़िर मुहब्बत की हवेली जिस तरह नीलाम हो जाए

समन्दर के सफ़र में इस तरह आवाज़ दो हमको हवायें तेज़ हों और कश्तियों में शाम हो जाए

मुझे मालूम है उसका ठिकाना फिर कहाँ होगा परिंदा आस्माँ छूने में जब नाकाम हो जाए

उजाले अपनी यादों के हमारे साथ रहने दो न जाने किस गली में, ज़िंदगी की शाम हो जाए

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.