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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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itanaa to zindagiii me.n kisii kii Khalal pa.De
itanaa to zindagiii me.n kisii kii Khalal pa.De
ha.Nsane se ho sukuun naa rone se kal pa.De
jis tarah ha.Ns rahaa huu.N mai.n pii-pii ke ashk-e-Gam
yuu.N duusaraa ha.Nse to kalejaa nikal pa.De
ek tum ke tum ko fikr-e-nasheb-o-faraaz hai
ek ham ke chal pa.De to baharahaal chal pa.De
[nasheb=descent; faraaz=ascent]
muddat ke baad us ne jo kii lutf kii nigaah
jii Khush to ho gayaa magar aa.Nsuu nikal pa.De
saaqii sabhii ko hai Gam-e-tashnaalabii magar
may hai usii ke naam pe jis ke ubal pa.De
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