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कभी कभी मेरे दिल में ख़याल आता है
Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein Khayal Aata Hai
Sahir Ludhianvi4 verses · ~2 min
कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है के जैसे तुझको बनाया गया है मेरे लिये तू अबसे पहले सितारों में बस रही थी कहीं तुझे ज़मीं पे बुलाया गया है मेरे लिये कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है
कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है के ये बदन ये निगाहें मेरी अमानत हैं ये गेसुओं की घनी छाँव हैं मेरी ख़ातिर ये होंठ और ये बाहें मेरी अमानत हैं कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है
कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है के जैसे तू मुझे चाहेगी उम्र भर यूँही उठेगी मेरी तरफ़ प्यार की नज़र यूँही मैं जानता हूँ के तू ग़ैर है मगर यूँही कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है
कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है के जैसे बजती हैं शहनाइयां सी राहों में सुहाग रात है घूँघट उठा रहा हूँ मैं सुहाग रात है घूँघट उठा रहा हूँ मैं सिमट रही है तू शरमा के मेरी बाहों में कभी कभी मेरे दिल में, ख़याल आता है
इति
The Poet
साहिर लुधियानवी
Sahir Ludhianvi
1921 · 1980
Sahir Ludhianvi possessed a voice that refused to separate the agony of romance from the brutal inequalities of the world. Born Abdul Hayee in 1921 in Punjab, he adopted the pen name Sahir, meaning magician, and proved it entirely accurate through a lifelong mastery of Urdu poetry. As a prominent figure in the Progressive Writers Movement, he rejected the traditional obsession with the idealized beloved. Instead, he forced his readers to look at the poverty, the exploitation, and the hypocrisies of society that destroy love before it can even bloom. When he entered the Hindi film industry, he fundamentally changed the stature of the lyricist. Directors and composers adapted their music to his words, rather than the other way around. Through films like Pyaasa and Kabhi Kabhie, he brought profound literary dignity and fierce anti establishment critique to mainstream cinema. He passed away in 1980, but his poetry remains a burning torch. Sahir remains the ultimate poet of the disenchanted, a man who wrote beautiful verses to express an absolute refusal to accept an ugly world.
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