FIRAQ GORAKHPURI ON HIMSELF

                                           

FIRAQ  GORAKHPURI ON HIMSELF....

FIRAQ  GORAKHPURI ON HIMSELF....

Raghupati Sahay Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896-1982) was one of the most eminent Urdu poets of the twentieth century. He has left his imprint on the three important genres of Urdu poetry ; Ghazal, Nazm and Rubai. Apart from romance, human pain, longing , loneliness  and the sentimentality of the entire universe is central theme  of Firaq's poetry.Equally fluent in Hindi and Urdu, Persian and Sanskrit, he incorporated elements from his deep, self-taught knowledge of the Vedic and Puranic ethos into his poetry.

Firaq also gives a glimpse of his life   in many couplets .I quote:- 

(1)

"Munh se hum apne bura to nahin kehte ke Firaq,

Hai tera dost magar aadmi achha bhi nahin."

( A couplet of Firaq ) 

(2)

"Aane vaali naslein  tum par faḳhr karengi ham-asron,

Jab bhi un ko dhyaan aayega tum ne Firaq ko dekha  hai.."

( A couplet of Firaq )

(3)

" Logon ki samajh mein aa na sakaa

 kuchh mujh ko bhi hai taa’jub sa,

Sunn meri udaasi ka kaaran 

aey humdum bahut akela huun.."

( A couplet of Firaq )

(4)

Kisi ko kya na milaa zindagi mein waa-e-naseeb,

Hamaare haath bas ik dil raha, raha bhi nahin…

Wo aankh kahti hai aisay ka kya thikaana hai ,

‘Firaq’ aadmi to hai bhala, bhala bhi nahin……

( Firaq Gorakhpuri  from Gul e Nagma )

(5)

Aaye thay  hanstey khailtey maikhaane mein “ Firaq “

Jab pee chukey sharaab to sanjeeda ho gaye.........

(A couplet of  Firaq Gorakhpuri )

(6)

Mein  khizaan bhi huun mein  bahaar bhi,

Meri zindagi hai woh zindagi..

Ke misaal e barg e gul e chaman,

Jo gaahe kafan gaahe pairhan..

( A couplet from Gul e Nagma )

(7)

Yeh udaas udaas bujhi bujhi,

Koyi  zindagi hai Firaq ki..

Magar aaj kisht e sukhanwari ,

Hai ussi ke dum se chaman chaman...

( A couplet from Gul e Nagma )

(8)

Suuntay hain ishq naam ke guzre hain ik buzurg

Hum log bhi faqir ussi silsile ke hain..

( A couplet of Firaq )

(9)

Shiv ka vishpaan tau suna hoga,

Mein bhi aey dost peegaya aansoo..

( A couplet of Firaq )

(10)

Muddatein guzri teri yaad bhi na aai hamein,

Aur hum bhool gaye hon tujhe aisa bhi nahin

( A couplet of Firaq )

(11)

Koyi meri aankhon se dekhta teri bazm-e-naaz ki vusatein,

Woh har ek gosha makaan makaan woh har ek lamha zaman zaman..

( From Gule Nagma )

(12)

Kam se kam maut se aisi mujhe umeed nahin,  Zindagi tu ne to dhoke pe diya hai dhoka....

( A couplet of Firaq )

(13)

Zindagi ko bhi munh dikhaana hai,

Ro chukay teray beqaraar bahut...

( A couplet of Firaq )

Iss qaaynaat e gham Ki fusurda fizaaon mein,

Bikhraa gaye hain aa ke woh kuchh muskaraahatein...

( A couplet of Firaq )

(14)

"Nirdhan kavi ke paas kyaa -kuchh peeda kuchh preet,

Kuchh andekhay sapne hain _ dard bharay kuchh geet.."

( A Doha of Firaq ) 

Renowned Urdu critic, Prof Gopi Chand Narang termed 'Firaq' the poet "of the labyrinths of emotions, the sensuousness and transcendence of beauty, and the merging shades of pain and ecstasy".

( Avtar Mota)

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