Maa

Hi All,

Please welcome the best shaayer of our times. In my opinion this man stands taller than Javed Akhtar and joins the ranks of Gulzar and Bashir Badr. He is Nida Fazli.

Here is a masterpiece by him called Maa.

The ghazal is,

besan ki sondhi roti par khatti chatni jaisi maan ,
yaad aata hai chouka-baasan, chimta phunkani jaisi maan.

baans ki khurri khaat ke oopar har aahat par kaan dhare
aadhi soyi aadhi jaagi thaki dupahari jaisi maan.

chidiyon ke chahakaar men goonje radha-mohan ali-ali
murge ki aavaaj se khulati, ghar ki kundi jaisi maan.

bivi, beti, bahan, padosan thodi-thodi si sab men
din bhar ik rassi ke oopar chalati natani jaisi maan.

baant ke apna chehra, matha, ankhen jane kahan gayi
phate purane ik album men chanchal ladki jaisi maan.
-Nida fazli

Glossary:
Sondhi = Earthy of soil
Chouka - Baasan = kitchen-utensils
Chimta - phuukni = small utensil to pick roti from tawa - a tube of metal to blow in chulha
Khurri = a bed which is woven with rope made of coconut hair
Kundi = chain of door of house
Natni = a female from a caste/tribe in India, whose business is to show such stunts on roadside.

what I like about this piece is the imagination, word selection, which is so apt, that it directly sends you to that era of rural India, from where poet has come. You don't even have to think about words and stop to understand them. They (words) spontaneously go deep down in you and stay there. Read it two three times. You fall in love with this poem.

Enjoy
Abid

Aankhon

Hi All,

Just stumbled on this sher. This is simple, easy.... good or bad... you decide...

the sher is

Paigaam liya hai kabhi paigam diya hai
Ankhon ne mohabbat mein bada kaam kiya hai

-Hafeez Banarasi

Let me know of your thoughts

Abid

Abhi baqi Hai

Hi,

I read this ghazal just a few hours back.... even name of the poet is new for me.... still shers are good.... giving them here

dard ki had se guzarnaa to abhi baqi hai
Toot kar mera bikharnaa to abhi baqi hai

paas aake mera dukh-dard bataanevale
mujhse katara ke guzarnaa to abhi baaqi hai

-by Rashid Kamil

Glossary
Katara = chhup kar, sneakily

Enjoy
Abid

Tabassum

Hi All,

Today's sher are by a Sufi poet.... there poetry is always on a different plane...
but this sher here is slightly toned down...


nazar me dhal ke ubharte hain dil ke afasane 
ye aur baat hai duniyaa nazar na pahachane 

ye bazm dekhi hai meri nigaah ne ki jahaan 
bagair shamaa bhi jalte rahe hain paravaane
- Tabassum

All words are easy and meaning straightforward....
think more... go inside... especially first sher.. it is beautiful

Enjoy
Abid

Ghalib

Hi All,

Today........... good old ghalib....

The sher is,

Tha zindagi mein bhi maut ka khatka laga hua
Udne se peshtar bhi mera rang zard tha
-Mirza Ghalib


Glossary
Khatka - dar, the feeling you get when you are watching a horror movie
Peshtar - before
Zard - Yellow (color of death)


Enjoy
Abid

Seemab

Hi,

A couple of shers by seemab akbarabadi.... a good poet... original and simple

ab mujh ko hai qaraar to sab ko qaraar hai
dil kya thaher gaya ki zamana thaher gaya

yaa rab nahi main vaqif-e-rudad-e-zindagi
itanaa hii yaad hai ki jiyaa aur mar gayaa

-Seemab Akbarabadi

Glossary
Vaqif-e-rudad-e-zindagi = aware of story of life

Enjoy
Abid

Jaaiye

Hi All,

Sorry for infrequent update/posting.... but will get progressively bad I am sure...

Sher for today,

I don't know the shaayer for this sher... but my guess is it must be Qateel Shifai...

sher is,

Naaraz hai to jaaiye lekin yeh shart hai
Hum se na boliye to kisi se na boliye.

The beauty of this sher is the honesty with which poet has told possesiveness and jealousy he feels when his lover is talking or interacting with someone else... He is candid about his feeling and it is a beautiful expression of love/passion/possesiveness. I can't think of any better way to tell that.. it is simple, basic and clear as it can be...

Enjoy

Abid