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Click above to listen this ghazal in Meena Kumari’s own voice.
aaGhaaz to hotaa hai anjaam nahiiN hotaa
jab merii kahaanii meN vo naam nahiiN hotaa
jab zulf kii kaalikh meN ghul jaaye ko’ii raahii
bad-naam sahii lekin gum-naam nahiiN hotaa
haNs haNs ke javaaN dil ke ham kyouN na chune TukRe
har shaKhs kii qismat meN ina’am nahiiN hotaa
bahte hu’e aaNsuu ne aaNkhoN se kahaa tham kar
jo mae se pighal jaaye vo jaam nahiiN hotaa
din Duube haiN yaa Duubii baaraat liye kashtii
saahil pe magar ko’ii kohraam nahiiN hotaa
Meena Kumari
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Please come up with all the Gazals & Nazm by Meenakumari from “I write, I recite” as it is not available.
The life truly reflects from her voice & words! Hope, she would have stayed longer!!!
what a mesmerising voice!! she wrote and rendered it from heart. we love you meena
Meena truly was a compassionate human beig that portrayed tragic existence in such sensitive words that penetrates the soul.
It was really a mindblowing and fantastic poetry. Keep it up dear……
Please come up with your new ghazals Miss meena.
I am really gratefull to you for providing such a nice ghazal..
“haNs haNs ke javaaN dil ke ham kyouN na chune TukRe
har shaKhs kii qismat meN ina’am nahiiN hotaa” This two liner sums up a lot if you understand it.
Salam,
I really congratulate you and your website for such a marvelous work… One small Request Please have all the poems and the data.. in URDU aswell.. Its really difficult to read in English only..
Thanks for your understanding
Best Regards
Qazi Gaffar
Qazi saahab,
aadaab arz hai !
Thank you for your suggestion which is indeed worthy enough to be implemented. I don’t have any problem in putting up the Ghazals/nazms in Urdu except that it is quite time consuming to type in Urdu and I am very busy with my other responsibilities. If someone volunteers to type in Urdu, then I would surely post that.
Thanks,
Mohib
I love these poems, they are wonderful!!!
i like very much this poem ,please i want more poetry from Meena Kumari
i never read her before.
It is nice and deep piece of poetry.
wah !!!!!!!!!!hain sab sy madhur wo geet jinhain ham dard ke sur main gaatey hain,,,,,,,,,,,,
Meena kumari as well did the same for us through her mesmerising voice,,,as the voice is the only medium which penetrates the soul and it leaves you some times so speechless that …….i have got the cd as ”i write n i recite”……its like…..
”i have plucked your voice
and worn it on my ears
like a pair of ear rings”
how can i pour myself into words ,,,no more words to pour into….into what can i pour myself , into words….so this is how i feel about her voice…gr8est ever…melody …..so beautiful n full of depth….
Thank you so much for uploading this great work from great artist’s.
Lovely thanks to Aligarian for providing such a lovely collection
and i really longing for these ghazals and especially in her own voice
and looking for more collections in her own voice.
superb one of my fav. ghazals by meena kumari..what a poetry and what a voice…wow…simply superb..!
khuda tou milta hai insaan hee nahee milta— ye wo cheez haii jo dekhi hai mene kanhee kanhee—————–she was a great human being
i like it its a true song i thaink its good song and also good singing
As i read her poems i can imagine what time she went through and most of all truely from the heart MashAllah buhaat khoob .Allah ounhey janaat fildors mai jaga daye Ameen.
bahut umda.dil ko chu gayi ye ghazal.
ahmed faraz was very good poet in world.
tu meri zindagi hai jaan i love you
EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT to say the least
ahaa…… This wonderful poetry in the voice of Meena is really very wonderful and deeply inspired me
..wht a nice.. i really congratilated this web site.
It is delightful to hear her very feminine voice reciting her poem. Her voice has always been known, more than any other actresses of her time and since, for being very feminine, soft and romantic. She was very careful of her accent and proper diction. Meena or Mah Jabeen, not only had a very beautiful face, but a kind soulful personality as well. May Allah rest her soul in peace. Ameen.
Aaghaz to hone do phir anjaam karoge
Kisi ke katla ka iljam mere naam karoge