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Nasir Kazmi was one of the leading Urdu poets of the post-partition era. Full of
unfulfilled ambitions and tragedies, his poetry had an autobiographical feel
about it.
The intention, which moved Nasir to try his hand at poetry, was a noble one. He
wanted to forever capture the eye pleasing and emotionally moving images in his
poems. Such preservation has amounted to an evergreen and immortal legacy left
behind by the poet. Although primarily his poetry constituted to Ghazals, he was
also found proficient in writing ‘Nazms’ and dramas. ‘Sar Ki Chaya’ is one such
work in this book where Nasir displays his various talents. Conceptually it’s a
drama, masterfully construed in a form of a ‘Nazm’.
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kuchh to ehasaas-e-ziyaa.N thaa pahale
kuchh to ehasaas-e-ziyaa.N thaa pahale
dil kaa ye haal kahaa.N thaa pahale
ab to manzil bhii hai Khud garm-e-safar
har qadam sang-e-nishaa.N thaa pahale
safar-e-shauq ke far_sang na puuchh
vaqt beqaid-e-makaa.N thaa pahale
ye alag baat ki Gam raas hai ab
is me.n andeshaa-e-jaa.N thaa pahale
yuu.N na ghabaraaye huye phirate the
dil ajab kunj-e-amaa.N thaa pahale
ab bhii tuu paas nahii.n hai lekin
is qadar duur kahaa.N thaa pahale
Dere Daale hai.n bagolo.n ne jahaa.N
us taraf chashm-e-ravaa.N thaa pahale
ab vo dariyaa na bastii na vo log
kyaa Khabar kaun kahaa.N thaa pahale
har Kharaabaa ye sadaa detaa hai
mai.n bhii aabaad makaa.N thaa pahale
kyaa se kyaa ho ga_ii duniyaa pyaare
tuu vahii.n par hai jahaa.N thaa pahale
ham ne aabaad kiyaa mulk-e-suKhan
kaisaa sun_saan samaa.N thaa pahale
ham ne baKhshii hai Khamoshii ko zubaa.N
dard majabuur-e-fuGaa.N thaa pahale
ham ne roshan kiyaa maamuur-e-Gam
varnaa har simt dhuaa.N thaa pahale
Gam ne phir dil ko jagaayaa 'Nasir'
Khaanaa_barbaad kahaa.N thaa pahale
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