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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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ye jo hai hukm mere paas na aaye ko_ii
ye jo hai hukm mere paas na aaye ko_ii
is liye ruuTh rahe hai.n ki manaaye ko_ii
taak me.n hai nigah-e-shauq Khudaa Khair kare
saamane se mere bachataa huaa jaaye ko_ii
haal afalaaq-o-zamii.n kaa jo bataayaa bhii to kyaa
baat vo hai jo tere dil kii baataaye ko_ii
[afalaaq=sky]
aapane 'Daag' ko muu.Nh bhii na lagaayaa afsos
us ko rakhataa thaa kaleje se lagaaye ko_ii
ho chukaa aish kaa jalasaa to mujhe Khat bhejaa
aap kii tarah se mehamaan bulaaye ko_ii
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