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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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koii ye kaise bataa ye ke vo tanhaa kyo.n hai.n
koii ye kaise bataa ye ke vo tanhaa kyo.n hai.n
vo jo apanaa thaa vohii aur kisii kaa kyo.n hai.n
yahii duniyaa hai to phir aisii ye duniyaa kyo.n hai.n
yahii hotaa hai.n to aakhir yahii hotaa kyo.n hai.n
ek zaraa haath ba.Dhaa, de to paka.Dale daaman
usake siine me.n samaa jaaye hamaarii dha.Dakan
itanii qurbat hai.n to phir faasalaa itanaa kyo.n hai.n
[qurabat=nearness]
dil-e-barabaad se nikalaa nahii.n ab tak koii
ek luTe ghar pe diyaa karataa hai.n dastak koii
aas jo TuuT gayii phir se ba.ndhaataa kyo.n hai.n
tum masarrat kaa kaho yaa ise Gam kaa rishtaa
kahate hai.n pyaar kaa rishtaa hai.n janam kaa rishtaa
hai.n janam kaa jo ye rishtaa to badalataa kyo.n hai.n
[masarrat=happiness]
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