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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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chaa.Nd nikale kisii jaanib terii zebaa_ii kaa
chaa.Nd nikale kisii jaanib terii zebaa_ii kaa
rang badale kisii suurat shab-e-tanhaa_ii kaa
[jaanib = direction/side; zebaa_ii = beauty; shab = night]
daulat-e-lab se phir ai Khusrav-e-shirii.n-dahan
aaj rizaa ho ko_ii harf shanaasaa_ii kaa
[lab = lip; Khusravii = regal/royal; shiirii.n = sweet; dahan = mouth]
[rizaa = order/approval; harf = letter/word; shanaasaa_ii = acquaintance]
diidaa-o-dil ko sambhaalo ki sar-e-shaam-e-firaaq
saaz-o-saamaan baham pahu.Nchaa hai rusvaa_ii kaa
[diidaa-o-dil = sight and heart; baham = togetehr/with one another]
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