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Nawab Mirza Khan (Urdu: نواب مرزا خان) (b. 1831 - d.
1905), commonly known as Daagh Dehelvi (Urdu: داغ دہلوی) was an
outstanding Indian poet famous for his Urdu ghazals and belonged to the Delhi
school of Urdu poetry. He wrote poems and ghazals under the takhallus (Urdu word
for nom de plume) 'Daag Dehlvi' (the meanings of 'Daag', an
Urdu noun, include stain, grief and taint while 'Dehlvi' means
belonging to or from Delhi).
Daag had started reciting poetry at the
age of ten. His forte was the ghazal. His poetry does not wallow in despair. The
tone of his poems is rather exuberant. He was a self-acknowledged romantic but
contrary to the impression one gets from his poetry, he eschewed wine. He had
innumerable disciples. Usage of common words and phrases and thus simplicity was
distinctive of his style. His work comprises four volumes consisting of 16,000.
Daag mostly wrote ghazals which are sets
of two-line couplets. Some of his couplets are highly quotable. For example, Tu
hai harjai to apnaa bhi yehi taur sahi Tu nahin aur sahi, aur nahin, aur sahi
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na jaao haal-e-dil-e-zaar dekhate jaao
na jaao haal-e-dil-e-zaar dekhate jaao
ki jii na chaahe to naachaar dekhate jaao
bahaar-e-umr me.n baaG-e-jahaa.N kii sair karo
khilaa huaa hai ye gulazaar dekhate jaao
uThao aa.Nkh na sharmaao ye to mahafil hai
Gazab se jaanib-e-aGayaar dekhate jaao
huaa hai kyaa abhii ha.ngaamaa abhii kuchh hogaa
fugaa.N me.n hashr ke aasaar dekhate jaao
tumhaarii aa.nkh mere dil se besabab-bevajah
hu_ii hai la.Dane ko tayyaar dekhate jaao
na jaao ba.nd kiye aa.Nkh raharavaan-e-adam
idhar-udhar bhii Khabaradaar dekhate jaao
ko_ii na ko_ii har ik sher me.n hai baat zaruur
janaab-e-"Daag" ke ashaar dekhate jaao
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