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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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mastii ke phir aa gaye zamaane
mastii ke phir aa gaye zamaane
aabaad hu_e sharaab Khaane
[aabaad = bustling with life]
har phuul chaman me.n zar-ba-kaf hai
baa.NTe hai.n bahaar ne Khazaane
[zar = gold; ba-kaf = hands filled with; Khazaane = treasure]
sab ha.Ns pa.De khil-khilaa ke Gunche
chhe.Daa jo latifaa sabaa ne
[Gunche = buds; latifaa = playfully; sabaa = breeze]
sar-sabz huaa nihaal-e-Gam bhii
paidaa vo asar kiyaa havaa ne
[sar-sabz = green]
rindo.n ne p??? kar pilaa dii
vaa_iz ke na chal sake bahaane
[rind = one who drinks; vaa_iz = preacher]
kar duu.Ngaa mai.n har valii ko maiKhvaar
taufiiq jo dii mujhe Khudaa ne
[valii = saint; maiKhvaar = drinker]
[taufiiq = divine guidance/help]
ham ne to nisaar kar diyaa dil
ab jaane vo shoKh yaa na jaane
[nisaar = offer]
begaanaa-e-mai kiyaa hai mujh ko
saaqii kii nigaah-e-aashnaa ne
[begaanaa-e-may = stranger to wine]
[nigaah-e-aashnaa = familiar (seductive) glance]
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