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Zoya

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Jul 10, 2006, 4:18:31 PM7/10/06
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Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (Born 1916), renowned writer, poet and columnist,
died in Lahore on Monday morning, July 10th 2006.

Zafar

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Jul 11, 2006, 12:12:55 PM7/11/06
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Zoya wrote:
> Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (Born 1916), renowned writer, poet and columnist,
> died in Lahore on Monday morning, July 10th 2006.

aah Qasimi!

kaun kehtaa hai k maut aa'yee to mar jaa'ooN gaa
maiN to dariyaa hooN, samandar meN utar jaa'ooN gaa!

Qasimi saahib kee shaKhseeyat ke ka'yee ruKh the, afsaana-nigaar,
shaa'ir, sahaafee aur mudeer. kuchh log un ke kisee aik ruKh ko doosre
par tarjheeh dete haiN. meree naaqis raa'ye meN un kee
afsaana-nigaaree ziyaada aham hai ... taaham aise as'haab kee kamee
naheeN jo un kee shaa'iree ziyaada pasand karte haiN. maiN Qasimi
saahib ke chand ash'aar paish kar rahaa hooN jo mere pasandeeda haiN
aur is waqt yaad aa rahe haiN:

andaaz hoo ba hoo teree aavaaz e paa kaa thaa
dekhaa nikal ke ghar se to jhonkaa havaa kaa thaa

--

ham to is ko bhee mashee'at kee saKhaavat hee kaheN
zindagee bhar saans lene ko havaa miltee rahee

aik pal bhee zinda rehnaa ik qiyaamat thaa hameN
aur tool e umr kee ham ko du'aa miltee rahee (tool e umr, how
prophetic!)

--

maiN to samajhaa thaa k lauT aate haiN jaane vaale
too ne to jaa ke judaa'yee meree qismat kar dee

poochh baiThaa hooN maiN tujh se tere kooche kaa pataa
rang e haalaat ne kaisee teree soorat kar dee

[vaise is mazmoon ko Munir Niazi ne kuchh yooN bartaa hai:

vaqt ke saath 'ajeeb saa ban jaataa hai aadamee
haalaat dekh ke ranj huvaa aaj us paree-jamaal kee]

aadaab arz hai,

Zafar

Vasmi

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Jul 13, 2006, 2:35:55 AM7/13/06
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Zafar wrote:
> Zoya wrote:
> > Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (Born 1916), renowned writer, poet and columnist,
> > died in Lahore on Monday morning, July 10th 2006.
>
> aah Qasimi!
>
> kaun kehtaa hai k maut aa'yee to mar jaa'ooN gaa
> maiN to dariyaa hooN, samandar meN utar jaa'ooN gaa!
>

nihaayat umdaah sher hai!
aur is vaqt ke liye nihaayat munaasib bhi.

urdu adab ke samandar meN Qasimi Saahab ne Khoob izaafah kiya.

Vasmi

Zoya

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Jul 13, 2006, 11:15:02 AM7/13/06
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Vasmi wrote:
> Zafar wrote:

> >
> > aah Qasimi!
> >
> > kaun kehtaa hai k maut aa'yee to mar jaa'ooN gaa
> > maiN to dariyaa hooN, samandar meN utar jaa'ooN gaa!
> >
>
> nihaayat umdaah sher hai!
> aur is vaqt ke liye nihaayat munaasib bhi.
>
> urdu adab ke samandar meN Qasimi Saahab ne Khoob izaafah kiya.
>
> Vasmi
>

Vasmi Sahib, liijiye puurii ghazal pesh-e-Khidmat hai:

Courtesy: Amjad Nabeel Sahib

kaun kehta hai ke maut aayee to mar jaauN ga
maiN to daryaa hooN samandar meiN utar jaauN ga

tera dar choR ke maiN aur kidhar jaauN ga
ghar meiN ghir jaauN ga seHra meiN bikhar jaauN ga

tere pehlu se jo uThooN ga to mushkil ye hai
sirf ik shakhs ko paauN ga jidhar jaauN ga

ab tire shehr meiN aauN ga musaafir ki taraH
saaya-e-abr ki maanind guzar jaauN ga

tera paimaan-e-vafaa raah ki deevaar banaa
varna socha tha ke jab chaahooN ga mar jaauN ga

chaara saazoN se alag hai mira me'yaar ke maiN
zakhm khaauN ga to kuch aur sanvar jaauN ga

ab to khursheed ko Doobe hue sadiyaaN guzriiN
ab use DhooNdne maiN taa.ba saHar jaauN ga

zindagi sham'a ki maanind jalaataa hooN Nadeem
bujh to jaauN ga magar subH to kar jaauN ga

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Naseer

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Jul 13, 2006, 11:38:19 AM7/13/06
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Zoya wrote:
> Vasmi wrote:
> > Zafar wrote:
>
> > >
> > > aah Qasimi!
> > >
> > > kaun kehtaa hai k maut aa'yee to mar jaa'ooN gaa
> > > maiN to dariyaa hooN, samandar meN utar jaa'ooN gaa!
> > >
> >
> > nihaayat umdaah sher hai!
> > aur is vaqt ke liye nihaayat munaasib bhi.
> >
> > urdu adab ke samandar meN Qasimi Saahab ne Khoob izaafah kiya.
> >
> > Vasmi
> >

Zoya Sahiba,

bahut KhuubSuurat Ghazal hai. shukariyya.

Naseer

Zoya

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Jul 13, 2006, 12:05:28 PM7/13/06
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Naseer wrote:
>
> Zoya Sahiba,
>
> bahut KhuubSuurat Ghazal hai. shukariyya.
>
> Naseer

shukryah Naseer Sahib! :)

ek aur ghazal dekhiiye, yaqiin hai aap ko yeh bhii pasaNd aayegii:

Courtesy: Amjad Nabeel Sahib

marooN to maiN kisi chehre meiN rang bhar jaauN
Nadeem kaash yehi aik kaam kar jaauN

ye dasht-e-tark-e-muhabbat ye tere qurb kii pyaas
jo izn ho to tiri yaad se guzar jaauN

miraa vujood miri rooH ko pukaarta hai
tiri taraf bhi chalooN to Theher Theher jaauN

tire jamaal ka partau hai sab HaseenoN per
kahaaN kahaaN tujhe DhooNdooN kidhar kidhar jaauN

maiN zindaa tha ke tira intizaar khatm na ho
jo too milaa hai to ab sochtaa hooN mar jaauN

ye sochataa hooN ki maiN but parast kyuN na hua
tujhe qareeb jo paauN to khud se Dar jaauN

kisi chaman meiN bas is khauf se guzar na hua
kisi kalee pe na bhoole se paauN dhar jaauN

Ye jee meiN aati hai takhleeq-e-fun ke lamHoN meiN
Ke khoon ban ke rag-e-sang meiN utar jaauN

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Amjad

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Jul 13, 2006, 2:19:45 PM7/13/06
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zoya saHiba

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi saHib ki vafaat ne bila.shuba dunyaa-e-adab meiN voh
khalaa paida ho gayaa hai jis ko pur hone mein muddateN guzar jaaiN gi.


voh aik azeem shaa'ir, adeeb, afsaana navees, kaalam nigaar, mufakkir,
mudabbir hone ke saath saath aik insaan dost shakhsiyat ke maalik bhi
the :

khud apne baare mein farmaate haiN :

ye faqat mera takhallus hi nahiN hai ke Nadeem
mere kirdaar ka kirdaar hai aur naam ka naam

filvaqt Qasmi saHib ki aik aur nazm "Hukm" se iqtibas pesh kar rahaa
hooN :

*********************

maiN ke aik shaa'ir hooN

nak'hatoN ka rakhvaala
narmiyoN ka matwaala

meri ye tamanna hai
meri maut yooN aaye

pichlee raat ko jaise

aik taara TooTa ho
aik teer chooTa ho

(december 1967)

**************************

umeed hai yahaaN A.N.Qasmi saHib ka mazeed kalaam paRhne ka mauqa mile
ga.

shukria

Amjad

Zoya

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Jul 13, 2006, 4:48:18 PM7/13/06
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Amjad wrote:
> Zoya saHiba

>
> Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi saHib ki vafaat ne bila.shuba dunyaa-e-adab meiN voh
> khalaa paida ho gayaa hai jis ko pur hone mein muddateN guzar jaaiN gi.
>
> voh aik azeem shaa'ir, adeeb, afsaana navees, kaalam nigaar, mufakkir,
> mudabbir hone ke saath saath aik insaan dost shakhsiyat ke maalik bhi
> the :
>
> Amjad

aadaab Amjad Sahib,

is thread meiN shirkat kaa shukriyah!

maiN jaantii huuN k aap Qasmi Sahib ko jaante the aur un se mil bhii
chuke haiN. agar ho sake to un se mulaaqaat ke dauraan huii kuChh
baateN Alup par bhii share kiijiiyega.

shukriyah!

__________Zoya

Mohib

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Jul 16, 2006, 8:33:21 PM7/16/06
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aadaab arz hai !

I have posted an entry at my blog about Qasmi saahab. It can be viewed
at http://mohib.net/blog/2006/07/a-tribute-to-ahmed-nadeem-qasmi/.

The reason I am posting the link and not the entire post is that there
are Ghazal renditions by Nayyara Noor, Ghulam Ali and Jagjit Singh in
the original post that can't be transported here.

Thanks a lot,
Mohib

Kali Hawa

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Jul 19, 2006, 11:51:42 PM7/19/06
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>
> > aah Qasimi!
> >
> > kaun kehtaa hai k maut aa'yee to mar jaa'ooN gaa
> > maiN to dariyaa hooN, samandar meN utar jaa'ooN gaa!
> >
>
> nihaayat umdaah sher hai!
> aur is vaqt ke liye nihaayat munaasib bhi.

This one even better:

zindagi sham'a ki maanind jalaataa hooN Nadeem
bujh to jaauN ga magar subH to kar jaauN ga


Kali Hawa

Amjad

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Jul 25, 2006, 3:25:27 PM7/25/06
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>
> aadaab Amjad Sahib,
>
> is thread meiN shirkat kaa shukriyah!
>
> maiN jaantii huuN k aap Qasmi Sahib ko jaante the aur un se mil bhii
> chuke haiN. agar ho sake to un se mulaaqaat ke dauraan huii kuChh
> baateN Alup par bhii share kiijiiyega.
>
> shukriyah!
>
> __________Zoya


zoya saHiba

aadaab arz hai

Qasmi saHib ko maiN do teen HavaaloN se jaanta tha, lekin tafseeli
mulaaqaat 2004 meiN un ke daftar (Lahore) meiN hui. us vaqt unki mooN
boli beTi Mansoora Ahmed saHiba bhi maujood theeN.

aik to vaise un se milne ka ishtiaaq tha, doosra ham ne aik NGO banaai
thi jis ke meHz ta'aaruf ke liye unke paas jaana hua.

uski vajah ye thi ke mera aabaai ilaaqa aur Qasmi saHib ka aabaai
ilaaqa aik hi khitte meiN hai, jise SAKEISAR kehte haiN. is ilaaqay ko
vaadi-e-soon bhi kehte haiN.
Qasmi saHib ki SAKEISAR ke baare meiN aik nazm bhi hai, jis meiN
sakeisar aur vaadi-e-soon ka zikr hai.

to hamaari NGO ka head office isi vaadi-e-soon sakeisar ke ilaaqay meiN
ban'na tha, to ham ne socha ke qasmi saHib se mulaaqaat bhi ho jaaye gi
aur is NGO ka ta'aaruf bhi ho jaaye ga.

us vaqt Qasmi saHib ne meri farmaaish per mujhe ye she'r bhi likh ker
dia tha jo aaj bhi mere paas maujood hai :

ae saHar aaj hameN raakh samajh ker na uRaa
ham ne jal jal ke tire raaste chamkaaye haiN

taqreeban aik ghanTe ki is mulaaqaat meiN ham ne qasmi saHib ke saath
kuch tasveereN bhi kheinchi aur unki kuch kitaaboN per unke dastakhat
bhi liye, jo aaj mere liye qeemati acaaca haiN

fil.vaqt Qasmi saHib ki aik ghazal suniye aur mujhe ijaazat deejiye :),
ghazal ka matla unki shakhsiyat ki behtareen akkaasi karta hai :

maiN voh shaa'ir hooN jo shaahoN ka canaa khwaaN na hua
ye hai voh jurm, jo mujh se kisi unvaaN na hua

is gunah per miri ik umr andheray meiN kaTee
mujh se is maut ke maile meiN chiraaghaaN na hua

kal jahaaN phool khile jashn hai zakhmoN ka vahaaN
dil vo gulshan hai ujaR ker bhi jo veeraaN na hua

aankheN kuch aur dikhaati haiN, magar zehn kuch aur
baagh mehke magar aHsaas-e-bahaaraaN na hua

yooN to her daur meiN girte rahe insaan ke nirkh
in ghulaamoN mein koi Yousuf-e-kin'aaN na hua

maiN khud aasudah hooN, kam kosh hooN, ya patthar hooN
zakhm khaa ker bhi mujhe dard ka irfaaN na hua

saari dunyaa mutalaatim nazar aati hai Nadeem
mujh per ik tanz hua rauzan-e-zindaaN na hua

(March 1966)

shukria

Amjad

Zoya

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Amjad wrote:

> zoya saHiba


>
> Qasmi saHib ko maiN do teen HavaaloN se jaanta tha, lekin tafseeli
> mulaaqaat 2004 meiN un ke daftar (Lahore) meiN hui. us vaqt unki mooN
> boli beTi Mansoora Ahmed saHiba bhi maujood theeN.
>

> uski vajah ye thi ke mera aabaai ilaaqa aur Qasmi saHib ka aabaai
> ilaaqa aik hi khitte meiN hai, jise SAKEISAR kehte haiN. is ilaaqay ko
> vaadi-e-soon bhi kehte haiN.
> Qasmi saHib ki SAKEISAR ke baare meiN aik nazm bhi hai, jis meiN
> sakeisar aur vaadi-e-soon ka zikr hai.
>

> Amjad

Aadaab Amjad Sahib!

Qasmi Sahib ke baare meiN aur tafsiil se jaan kaarii dene ke liye aap
ka bahut shukriyah!

aur is thread meiN un kaa kalaam post karne kaa bhii shukriyah!

aap Alup par aate jaate rahaa kareN, aap ke aane se yahaaN raunaq baRh
jaatii hai. :)

___________Zoya

khaknasheen

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Aug 1, 2006, 7:19:46 AM8/1/06
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salams all,
janab qasmi sahab ki wafaat ka ilm isi group ki badolat hua. Unki
batain share karnay k liyay main ap sabka behad mashkoor hun. bilashuba
woh mulk k liyay sarmaya hasti thay.

lijiyay inki shairi share kartay chaltay hain.

lab e khamosh se afsha ho ga
raz har rang main ruswa ho ga

tum nahin thay to sar e bam khial
yad ka koi sitaara ho ga

kis tawaqo pe kissi ko dekhain
koi tum se bi haseen kiya ho ga

zenat e halqa aaghosh bano
door betho gay to charcha ho ga

zulmat shab main be sharmatay ho
drd chamkay ga to phir kiya ho ga

jis bi fankar ka shehkar ho tum
us ne sadion tumhain socha ho ga.

shukria
-----------------
Iftikhar

Afzal A. Khan

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Aug 1, 2006, 1:38:09 PM8/1/06
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Iftikhar Saheb,

Hum log ALUPers ke kalaam par to apni raaye ka izhaar kar sakte
haiN, aur karte bhee haiN. Lekin deegar sh'uraa ke liye kisee
qism ki tanqeed ya izhaar-e-raaye zara mushkil hai aur
"embarrassing" bhee. Aap ne jo ghazal 'inaayat farmaayi hai, us
ka yeh sher thoRa khaTakta hai. Agar deegar ALUPers naa~munaasib
na samjheN to woh bhee is par apne KHayaalaat pesh kareN :

Zeenat-e-halqa-e-aaGHosh bano
Door baiThoge to charcha hoga

Is ke 'ilaawa ek baat aur. Aap ne tehreer farmaaya hai ke
(marhoom) Qasimi Saheb "mulk ke liye sarmaaya-e-hasti the".
Koi shaKHs apne "field" men kitna hi maahir-e-fan kyoN na ho,
kya apne mulk ka "sarmaaya-e-hasti" ho sakta hai ? YahaaN
maiN ne lafz "hasti" ka link "mulk" se joRa hai. HaaN,
"baa'is-e-naaz" vg. jaise alfaaz ist'emaal kiye ja sakte haiN.

M'aazrat ke saath,


Afzal

Naseer

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Afzal A. Khan wrote:

> Iftikhar Saheb,
>
> Hum log ALUPers ke kalaam par to apni raaye ka izhaar kar sakte
> haiN, aur karte bhee haiN. Lekin deegar sh'uraa ke liye kisee
> qism ki tanqeed ya izhaar-e-raaye zara mushkil hai aur
> "embarrassing" bhee. Aap ne jo ghazal 'inaayat farmaayi hai, us
> ka yeh sher thoRa khaTakta hai. Agar deegar ALUPers naa~munaasib
> na samjheN to woh bhee is par apne KHayaalaat pesh kareN :
>
> Zeenat-e-halqa-e-aaGHosh bano
> Door baiThoge to charcha hoga

Janaab-i-Afzal Sahib,

ek talKH tajrube ke ba'd mujhe muNh kholne par nihaayat diqqat maHsuus
ho rahii hai. baa vujood is ke kih maiN in do shi'roN ke muta'alliq
raae rakhtaa huuN, jab tak aap koii vaazi' ishaarah nahiiN kareN ge,
maiN apnii nanhii sii jaan jokhoN me nahiiN Daalnaa chaahtaa!

ba-sad iHtiraam,
Naseer

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