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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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daayaraa
roz ba.Dhataa huu.N jahaa.N se aage
phir vahii.n lauT ke aa jaataa huu.N
baarahaa to.D chukaa huu.N jin ko
i.nhii.n diivaaro.n se Takaraataa huu.N
roz basate hai.n ka_ii shahar naye
roz dharatii me.n samaa jaate hai.n
zal-zalo.n me.n thii zaraa sii girah
vo bhii ab roz hii aa jaate hai.n
jism se ruuh talak ret hii ret
na kahii.n dhuup na saayaa na saraab
kitane aramaa.N hai kis seharaa me.n
kaun rakhataa hai mazaaro.n kaa hisaab
nafz bujhatii bhii bha.Dakatii bhii hai
dil kaa maamuul hai ghabaraanaa bhii
raat a.Ndhere ne a.Ndhere se kahaa
ik aadat hai jiye jaanaa bhii
qaus ek rang kii hotii hai tuluu'a
ek hii chaal bhii paimaanaa bhii
goshe goshe me.n kha.Dii hai masjid
mushkil kyaa ho ga_ii mayaKhaane kii
ko_ii kahataa thaa sama.ndar huu.N mai.n
aur merii jeb me.n qataraa bhii nahii.n
Khairiyat apanii likhaa karataa huu.N
ab to taqadiir me.n Khataraa bhii nahii.n
apane haatho.n ko pa.Dhaa karataa huu.N
kabhii quraan kabhii giitaa kii tarah
cha.nd rekhaao.n me.n samaauu.N mai.n
zindagii qaid hai siitaa kii tarah
raam kab lauTe.nge maaluum nahii.n
kaash raavan hii ko_ii aa jaataa
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