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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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mai.n Dhuu.NDhataa huu.N jise vo jahaa.N nahii.n milataa
mai.n Dhuu.NDhataa huu.N jise vo jahaa.N nahii.n milataa
na_ii zamii.n nayaa aasamaa.N nahii.n milataa
na_ii zamii.n nayaa aasamaa.N bhii mil jaaye
naye bashar kaa kahii.n kuchh nishaa.N nahii.n milataa
vo teG mil ga_ii jis se huaa hai qatl meraa
kisii ke haath kaa us par nishaa.N nahii.n milataa
vo meraa gaa.Nv hai vo mere gaa.Nv ke chuulhe
ki jin me.n shole to shole dhuaa.N nahii.n milataa
jo ik Khudaa nahii.n milataa to itanaa maatam kyuu.N
yahaa.N to ko_ii meraa hamazabaa.N nahii.n milataa
kha.Daa huu.N kab se mai.n cheharo.n ke ek ja.ngal me.n
tumhaare chehare kaa kuchh bhii yahaa.N nahii.n milataa
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