Sunday, December 18, 2005

Urdu poet from Mumbai to Mirreekh (Jupiter)

I really admire the poetry of Irtiza Nishat, a Mumbai-based poet. In case you never heard about him, here is a couplet of him.

Aasmaan, Mirreekh tak jaane ke baad
Chaai ki dukaan lagta hai mujhe

Howzzat, hope you are not bewildered. But a few more couplets I would like to share:

Sabse dilchasp yahi gham hai meri basti ka
Maut pasmaanda ilaqe mein dawa lagti hai

Mustahaq ke haq se kamzarfon ke saaghar bhar diye
Naqd ke naa-ahl paimaano yeh tumne kya kiya


Mohabbat mein hamesha martabe neeche utarte hain
Sadaf se abr gauhar baar zer-e-aab milta hai


Anwar Khan termed him a poet of 'barahna asloob'. He writes a daily piece of poetry in Urdu newspaper Inquilab under the pseudonym, Alif Noon Read one of his daily Qitas:

Ek se ek hai Rustam ke gharane wala
Hai koi Qibla-Awwal ko chhuDaane wala?
Aur ek naara-e-takbeer ba-awaaz e buland

Aur phir koi nahin samne aane wala

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