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Maulana Hasrat Mohani (Urdu: مولانا
حسرت موہانی) (b. 1875 - d. 1951) was a romantic poet of Urdu language,
journalist, politician, parliamentarian and a fearless freedom fighter of
Indo-Pak Sub-continent . His real name was Syed Fazl ul Hasan. He was born in
1875 at Mohan in Unnao district of U.P. India.
He was a brilliant student as well as a topper in his first state level exams.
Later, he studied in Aligarh Muslim University, where some of his colleagues
were Molana Mohammad Ali Johar, Molana Shaukat Ali, etc. His teachers in poetry
were Tasleem Lucknawi and Naseem Dehlvi. A few of his books are
Kulliyat-e-Hasrat Mohani (Collection of Hasrat Mohani's poetry),
Sharh-e-Kalam-e-Ghalib (Explanation of Ghalib's poetry), Nukaat-e-Sukhan
(Important aspects of poetry, Mushahidaat-e-Zindaan(Observations in Prison],
etc. A very popular ghazal sung by Ghulam Ali, Chupke Chupke raat din... was
penned by Hasrat Mohani.
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ab to uTh sakataa nahii.n aa.Nkho.n se baar-e-intazaar
ab to uTh sakataa nahii.n aa.Nkho.n se baar-e-intazaar
kis tarah kaaTe ko_ii lail-o-nahaar-e-intazaar
[baar = weight]
un kii ulfat kaa yaqii.n ho un ke aane kii ummiid
ho.n ye dono.n suurate.n tab hai bahaar-e-intazaar
merii aahe.n naa_rasaa merii duaae.n naa_qubuul
yaa ilaahii kyaa karuu.N mai.n sharm_saar-e-intazaar
[naa_rasaa = not reaching; naa_qubuul = not acceptable]
un ke Khat kii aarazuu hai un ke aamad kaa Khayaal
kis qadar phailaa huaa hai kaarobaar-e-intazaar
[aamad = arrival]
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