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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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yaad hai.n saare vo aish-e-baafaraaGat ke maze
yaad hai.n saare vo aish-e-baafaraaGat ke maze
dil abhii bhulaa nahii.n aaGaaz-e-ulfat ke maze
[aaGaaz-e-ulfat=beginning of love]
vo saraapaa naaz thaa begaanaa-e-rasm-e-jafaa
aur mujhe haasil the lutf-e-benihaayat ke maze
[saraapaa=from head to toe]
husn se apane vo Gaafil thaa mai.n apane ishq se
ab kahaa.N se laauu.N vo naa-vaaqfiyat ke maze
[naa-vaaqfiyat=ignorance]
merii jaanib se nigaah-e-shauq kii betaabiyaa.N
yaar kii jaanib se aaGaaz-e-sharaart ke maze
yaad hai.n vo husn-o-ulfat kii niraalii shoKhiyaa.N
iltamaas-e-uzr-o-tamahiid-e-shikaayat ke maze
sehate.n laakho.n merii biimaarii-e-Gam par nisaar
jis me.n uThe baarahaa un kii ayaadat ke maze
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