Karuna

इन आंखों से दिन रात बरसात होगी

In Aankhon Se Din Raat Barsat Hogi

Bashir Badr

1 min read 5 versesआँखeyeबरसात

5 verses · ~1 min

इन आँखों से दिन-रात बरसात होगी अगर ज़िंदगी सर्फ़-ए-जज़्बात[1] होगी

मुसाफ़िर हो तुम भी, मुसाफ़िर हैं हम भी किसी मोड़ पर फिर मुलाक़ात होगी

सदाओं को अल्फाज़[2] मिलने न पायें न बादल घिरेंगे न बरसात होगी

चराग़ों को आँखों में महफूज़[3] रखना बड़ी दूर तक रात ही रात होगी

अज़ल-ता-अब्द[4] तक सफ़र ही सफ़र है कहीं सुबह होगी कहीं रात होगी

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.