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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.
ai jazb-e-nihaa.N aur ko_ii hai ke vahii hai
ai jazb-e-nihaa.N aur ko_ii hai ke vahii hai
Khilavat-kadaa-e-dil me.n aavaaz hu_ii hai
kah de to zaraa sar tere daaman me.n chhipaa luu.N
aur yuu.N to muqaddar me.n mere be-vatanii hai
vo ra.ng ho yaa buu ho ke baad-e-saharii ho
ai baaG-e-jahaa.N jo bhii yahaa.N hai safarii hai
ye baarish-e-a.nvar ye ra.ngiini-e-guftaar
gul-baarii-o-gul-sairii-o-gul-pairahanii hai
ai zi.ndagii-e-ishq me.n samajhaa nahii.n tujh ko
jannat bhii jahannum bhii ye kyaa buulajabii hai
hai nutq jise chuumane ke vaaste betaab
sau baat kii ik baat terii be-sakhunii hai
mauje.n hai.n mai-e-surKh kii yaa khaTT-e-dahan hai.n
lab hai ki ko_ii sholaa-e-barq-e-ambii hai
jaage hai.n "Firaq" aaj Gam-e-hijaraa.N me.n taa-subah
aahistaa se aa jaao abhii aa.Nkh lagii hai
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