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कभी यूँ मिलें कोई मसलेहत, कोई ख़ौफ़ दिल में ज़रा न हो

Kabhi Yun Milen Koi Masalehat, Koi Khauf Dil Me Zara Na Ho

Bashir Badr
2 min read 6 versesग़ज़लghazalप्रेम

6 verses · ~2 min

कभी यूँ मिलें कोई मसलेहत, कोई ख़ौफ़ दिल में ज़रा न हो मुझे अपनी कोई ख़बर न हो, तुझे अपना कोई पता न हो

वो फ़िराक़ हो या विसाल हो, तेरी याद महकेगी एक दिन वो ग़ुलाब बन के खिलेगा क्या, जो चिराग़ बन के जला न हो

कभी धूप दे, कभी बदलियाँ, दिलो-जाँ से दोनों क़ुबूल हैं मगर उस नगर में न क़ैद कर, जहाँ ज़िन्दगी का हवा न हो

वो हज़ारों बाग़ों का बाग़ हो, तेरी बरक़तों की बहार से जहाँ कोई शाख़ हरी न हो, जहाँ कोई फूल खिला न हो

तेरे इख़्तियार में क्या नहीं, मुझे इस तरह से नवाज़ दे यूँ दुआयें मेरी क़ुबूल हों, मेरे दिल में कोई दुआ न हो

कभी हम भी जिस के क़रीब थे, दिलो-जाँ से बढ़कर अज़ीज़ थे मगर आज ऐसे मिला है वो, कभी पहले जैसे मिला न हो

इति

Bashir Badr

The Poet

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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.

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