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Click above to listen this nazm in Meena Kumari’s own voice.
ye nuur kaisaa hai
raaKh kaa saa rang pahne
barf kii laash hai
laave kaa saa badan pahne
guuNgii chaahat hai
rusvaa’ii kaa kafan pahne
har ek qatraa muqaddas hai maile aaNsuu kaa
ek hujuum-e-apaahij hai aab-e-kausar par
ye kaisaa shor hai jo be-aavaaz phailaa hai
rupahlii chaaNv meN – badnaamioN kaa Deraa hai
ye kaisii jannat hai jo chaunk-chaunk jaatii hai
ek intizaar-e-mujassam ka naam – Khamoshii
aur ehsaas-e-bekaraaN pe ye sarhad kaisii?
dar-o-diivaar kahaaN ruuh kii aavaargii ke
nuur kii vaadii talak lams kaa ek safar-e-taviil
har ek moR pe bas do hii naam milte haiN
maut kah lo – jo muhabbat nahiiN kahne paa’o
nuur : light, splendour
kafan : shroud
rusvaa’ii : disrepute
qatraa : drop
muqaddas : holy
hujuum : crowd
apaahij : handicapped
aab-e-kausar : The water of the river Kausar, fabled to flow in Paradise with milk and nectar
mujammas : clothed with a body; embodied; incarnate
safar-e-taviil : long journey
Meena Kumari
{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }
Mohib sb. ASAK,
I appreciate and really love the urdu poetry work you are doing here. It is just amazing to listen to some of these “not easily available” songs and ghazals. Though I would like to make a point, I found many of your lyrics having some mistakes. May be you want to post the write lyrics and want to keep the readers interest alive otherwise credibility is at stake. one example is below.
ye noor kaisaa (not kaisa noor) hai
raaKh kaa saa rang pahne
barf kii laash hai
laave kaa saa badan (not kafan) oRhe
I hope it helps and please carry on. It is fantastic work.
Thanks
Najam
hey!
very well made website,a big collection of gazals,really nice work.
One more correction to be pointed. Its “Ehsaas-e-Bekaran” not Ehsaas-e-fekaran” I’m sure this is typoo.
Thanks
hey bro,
the sound clip for this one doesnt play!!
but clips from other posts do, so might it be a missing file error?
thanks in advance!
Salam ale kum Mohib bhaai,
Ek ehasaan kar dijie………agar karam ho to iss nazm ki ek copy mil jaae….
Shukriaa..
with link also provided help that mp3 or vedio
alfaaz nahi hain………….
Subhaan allah….Meena ji ki taarif k liye labj nahi hai is jamin par bane abhi tak……
Kya kahe is Adaakari ko………….kudrat ka karishma koi ya kudrat ne kiya huwa ek majaak…..unke saath……….
Shukriyaa Mohib……
Please guide me if I can download all these SHAYARIs of MEENA ji….