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सर से चादर बदन से क़बा ले गई

Sar Se Chadar Badan Se Qaba Le Gayi

Bashir Badr

1 min read 6 versesग़ज़लghazalज़िंदगी

6 verses · ~1 min

सर से चादर बदन से क़बा ले गई ज़िन्दगी हम फ़क़ीरों से क्या ले गई

मेरी मुठ्ठी में सूखे हुये फूल हैं ख़ुशबुओं को उड़ा कर हवा ले गई

मैं समुंदर के सीने में चट्टान था रात एक मौज आई बहा ले गई

हम जो काग़ज़ थे अश्कों से भीगे हुये क्यों चिराग़ों की लौ तक हवा ले गई

चाँद ने रात मुझको जगा कर कहा एक लड़की तुम्हारा पता ले गई

मेरी शोहरत सियासत से महफ़ूस है ये तवायफ़ भी इस्मत बचा ले गई

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.