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Faiz Ahmed Faiz (فيض احمد فيض),
(1984 - 1911) is considered by many to be a poet in the great tradition of Urdu
poets like Ghalib and Iqbal. He was born in Sialkot, in the Punjab of
pre-independence India (now Pakistan). After the partition of 1947, he decided
to live in Pakistan, and died in Lahore. Faiz was a member of the Anjuman
Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind (Progressive Writers' Movement), and an avowed
Marxist. In 1962 he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union.
In the 1930s Faiz Ahmed Faiz married Alys Faiz, a British woman. They had two
daughters. Alys Faiz's influence on Faiz's life and poetry is reputed to have
been great.
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bahaar aa_ii
bahaar aa_ii to jaise ek baar
lauT aaye hai.n phir adam se
vo Khvaab saare, shabaab saare
jo tere ho.nTho.n pe mar miTe the
jo miT ke har baar phir jiiye the
nikhar gaye hai.n gulaab saare
jo terii yaado.n se mushk_buu hai.n
jo tere ushshaaq kaa lahuu hai.n
ubal pa.De hai.n azaab saare
malaal-e-ahavaal-e-dostaa.N bhii
Khumaar-e-aaGosh-e-mahavashaa.N bhii
Gubaar-e-Khaatir ke baab saare
tere hamaare
savaal saare, javaab saare
bahaar aa_ii to khul gaye hai.n
naye sire se hisaab saare
[mushk_buu = musk like fragrance]
[ushshaaq = lovers; azaab = difficulties/pain]
[malaal-e-ahavaal-e-dostaa.N = sorrow at
friends' condition]
[Khumaar-e-aaGosh-e-mahvashaa.N = intoxication
of being in one's beloved's embrace]
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