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Kaifi Azmi (Urdu: کیفی اعظمی) (b.
1919 - d. May 10, 2002) was an Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter.
Kaifi Azmi was born as Akhtar Hussain Rizvi into a family of landlords in the
small town of Mejwaan, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. His father,
Syed Fateh Hussain Rizvi, though a landlord, took up employment first in a small
native state called Balharah as a tahsildar and later, he worked in other areas
of Uttar Pradesh. He decided to send his sons to schools imparting modern
education, including English, against the stiff opposition of his relatives.
However, Azmi could not get this opportunity because his elders wanted him to
become a theologian. He was admitted to Sultan Al-Madaris, a reputed seminary in
Lucknow. However, his nonconformist nature created many problems for the
authorities of the seminary
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aavaaraa sajde
ik yahii soz-e-nihaa.N kul meraa sarmaayaa hai
dosto mai.n kise ye soz-e-nihaa.N nazr karuu.N
ko_ii qaatil sar-e-maqtal nazar aataa hii nahii.n
kis ko dil nazr karuu.N aur kise jaa.N nazr karuu.N?
tum bhii mahaboob mere tum bhii ho dil_daar mere
aashnaa mujh se magar tum bhii nahii.n tum bhii nahii.n
Khatm hai tum pe masiihaa_nafasii chaaraagarii
meharam-e-dard-e-jigar tum bhii nahii.n tum bhii nahii.n
apanii laash aap uThaanaa ko_ii aasaan nahii.n
dast-o-baazuu mere naakaaraa hue jaate hai.n
jin se har daur me.n chamakii hai tumhaarii dahaliiz
aaj sajde vohii aavaaraa hue jaate hai.N
duur manzil thii magar aisii bhii kuchh duur na thii
leke phiratii rahii raste hii me.n vahashat mujh ko
ek zaKhm aisaa na khaayaa ke bahaar aa jaatii
daar tak leke gayaa shauq-e-shahaadat mujh ko
raah me.n TuuT gaye paa.Nv to maaluum huaa
juz mere aur meraa rah_numaa ko_ii nahii.n
ek ke baad Khudaa ek chalaa aataa thaa
kah diyaa aql ne tang aake 'Khudaa ko_ii nahii.n'
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