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Firaq Gorakhpuri's real name was
Raghupati Sahay. He was born in 1896 in Gorakhpur, India. He left his imprint on
three important genres of Urdu poetry - ghazal, nazm and rubaayee. He wrote more
than 40,000 couplets. He was a poet of love and beauty. His poems are published
in three anthologies - Rooh-o-Qaayanat, Gul-e-Ra'naa, Nagma-numaa. He passed
away in 1982.
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shaam-e-Gam kuchh us nigaah-e-naaz kii baate.n karo
shaam-e-Gam kuchh us nigaah-e-naaz kii baate.n karo
beKhudii ba.Dhatii chalii hai raaz kii baate.n karo
nakhat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N, daastaan-e-shaam-e-Gam
subah hone tak isii a.ndaaz kii baate.n karo
[nakhat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N=disarrayed fragrant hair]
ye sukuut-e-yaas ye dil kii rago.n kaa TuuTanaa
Khaamoshii me.n kuchh shikast-e-saaz kii baate.n karo
[sukuut=silence; yaas=disappointment]
[shikast-e-saaz=breakdown of musical instruments]
har rag-e-dil vazd me.n aatii rahe dukhatii rahe
yuu.N hii us ke jaa-o-bejaa naaz kii baate.b karo
[vajd=extreme happiness; jaa-o-bejaa=right and wrong]
kuchh qafas kii tiiliyo.n se chhan rahaa hai nuur saa
kuchh fazaa kuchh hasarat-e-paravaaz ki baate.n karo
[qafas=cage/prison; nuur=light; hasarat-e-paravaaz=desire to fly]
jis kii furqat ne palaT dii ishq kii kaayaa "Firaq"
aaj usii isaa-nafas dam-saaz kii baate.n karo
[furqat=separation; isaa-nafas=breath of Christ]
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