A POEM OF ZUBAIR RIZVI AND SOME EARLY AUTUMN VIEWS AROUND DAL LAKE IN KASHMIR

Zubair Rizvi ( Born 1935 at Amroha  ) is   finest amongst Modern Urdu Poets of the country. He served All India Radio for about  30 years . He also served at Radio Kashmir Srinagar for some years . He has also  served as secretary of Delhi Urdu Academy for about  two years.

Zubair Rizvi’s  prominent works include Lahar Lahar Nadiya Gahri (Collection of Poems), Hasht-e-Deewar, Musafat-e-shab, Purani Baat Hai, Dhoop Ka Saibaan, etc. He  also  edited the much-admired Urdu magazine, 'Zehn-e-Jadid'.He has tried his hand at all genres of urdu poetry. I quote a sample …

(Zindagi Tujh Se Mil kar zamaanaa huaa)

zindagi Tujh se mil kar zamaanaa huaa,

Aa tujhe Aaj ham maikade le chalein

Raat ke naam honthhon ke saagar likhein

Apani Aankhon me kuchh rat-jage le chalein

kyaa Haseen log hain

in kii Aaraa_ish-e-Khal-o-Khat ke liye

Apani ankhon ke ham Aaiine le chalein

Ajanabi chehare me dost banate nahin

rishte-Naaton kii chaandi barastii nahin

qurbatein sohabatein jin kii yaad Aayengi

Aise kuchh doston ke pate le chalein

Un kii Aankhon ne jalate sulagate hue

Manzaron ke sivaa kuchh bhi dekhaa nahin

phuul-o-Khushbu sabaa zam-zamein le chalein

zindagi Tujh se mil kar zamaanaa Huaa

(Zubair Rizvi)

life! An age passed by when we met last,

Come be my guest at the tavern tonight.

Let these lips celebrate the night with the goblet,

let our  eyes  carry  night’s awakening.

How beautiful  are the people  around ;

let us mirror affection through our eyes

And  see them comfortable .

Strangers do not make friends

Nor does the silvery bond of a relation take its birth.

Whose separation and company shall be remembered  ,

Let us carry addresses of  some such friends  .

Those eyes which saw nothing except

Blaze  and hell fires,

Let us carry  flowers , fragrance ,Morning breeze

and respite for them .

(Simple English rendering  by Autar  Mota )

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Zubair Rizvi ( Born 1935 at Amroha  ) is   finest amongst Modern Urdu Poets of the country.He served All India Radio for more than 30 years . He also served at Radio Kashmir Srinagar for some years . He also served as secretary of Delhi Urdu Academy for about  two years. His noted works include Lahar Lahar Nadiya Gahri (Collection of Poems), Hasht-e-Deewar, Musafat-e-shab, Purani Baat Hai, Dhoop Ka Saibaan, etc. He  also  edited the much-admired Urdu magazine, 'Zehn-e-Jadid'.He has tried his hand at all genres of urdu poetry .
( Autar Mota ) 

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