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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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aarazuu hai vafaa kare ko_ii
aarazuu hai vafaa kare ko_ii
jii na chaahe to kyaa kare ko_ii
gar marz ho davaa kare ko_ii
marane vaale kaa kyaa kare ko_ii
[marz=illness]
koste hai.n jale hue kyaa kyaa
apane haq me.n duaa kare ko_ii
[kosanaa=to curse]
un se sab apanii apanii kahate hai.n
meraa matalab adaa kare ko_ii
tum saraapaa ho suurat-e-tasviir
tum se phir baat kyaa kare ko_ii
[saraapaa=from head to toe; suurat-e-tasviir=like a picture]
jis me.n laakho.n baras kii huure.n ho.n
aisii jannat ko kyaa kare ko_ii
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