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A harvard graduate and fulbright scholar,
Perveen Shakir was born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi, Pakistan. She also
studied English Literature and Linguistics at the University of Karachi and
taught the same to the undergraduates before joining the Civil Services of
Pakistan. She has given the most
beautiful female touch to Urdu Poetry..........
Now the perspective and themes are no more
those of a young emotional girl but that of a mature, sensitive women whose
individual perception has become a comprehensive, collective vision of throbbing
mind......... 3rd World International.
Parveen Shakir was undoubtedly the most
popular Urdu poetess of modern times. Urdu poetry lost her in the prime of her
life following a tragic accident in 1994.
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Khushbuu hai vo to chhuu ke badan ko guzar na jaaye
Khushbuu hai vo to chhuu ke badan ko guzar na jaaye
jab tak mere vajuud ke andar utar na jaaye
[vajuud = existence]
Khud phuul ne bhii ho.nTh kiye apane niim-vaa
chorii tamaam rang kii titalii ke sar na jaaye
[niim-vaa = half open; tamaam = whole/entire]
[titalii = butterfly]
is Khauf se vo saath nibhaane ke haq me.n hai
khokar mujhe ye la.Dakii kahii.n dukh se mar na jaaye
[Khauf = fear]
palko.n ko us kii apane dupaTTe se po.Nch duu.N
kal ke safar me.n aaj kii gard-e-safar na jaaye
[gard = dust]
mai.n kis ke haath bhejuu.N use aaj kii duaa
qaasid havaa sitaaraa ko_ii us ke ghar na jaaye
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