Azm Bahzad

Azm Behzaad is a prominent Urdu poet. He was the grandson of one of the great poets of Urdu Bahzad Lakhnawi. He was highly appreciated for his diction and metaphors. He was adored for his ‘tarannum’. 

He worked as an Urdu copywriter in an advertising. He also wrote scripts for radio and T.V programmes.His first book of poetry ‘Taabeer Se Pehley’ was published in 1997.

Real Name:
Mukhtar Ahmad
Born: 31 Dec 1958 | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Died: 04 Mar 2011 | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Relatives:
Behzad Lakhnavi (Grand Father)

 
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Transcript

maiñ umar ke raste meñ chup-chāp bikhar jaatā 

ik din bhī agar apnī tanhā.ī se Dar jaatā 

maiñ tark-e-ta.alluq par zinda huuñ so mujrim huuñ 

kaash us ke liye jiitā apne liye mar jaatā 

us raat koī ḳhushbū qurbat meñ nahīñ jaagī 

maiñ varna sañvar jaatā aur vo bhī nikhar jaatā 

us jān-e-takallum ko tum mujh se to milvāte 

tasḳhīr na kar paatā hairān to kar jaatā 

kal sāmne manzil thī pīchhe mirī āvāzeñ 

chaltā to bichhaḌ jaatā ruktā to safar jaatā 

maiñ shahr kī raunaq meñ gum ho ke bahut ḳhush thā 

ik shaam bachā letā ik roz to ghar jaatā 

mahrūm fazāoñ meñ māyūs nazāroñ meñ 

tum 'azm' nahīñ Thahre maiñ kaise Thahar jaatā 

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maiñ ne kal ḳhvāb meñ ā.inda ko chalte dekhā 

rizq aur ishq ko ik ghar se nikalte dekhā 

raushnī DhūñD ke laanā koī mushkil to na thā 

lekin is dauḌ meñ har shaḳhs ko jalte dekhā 

ek ḳhush-fahm ko rote hue dekhā maiñ ne 

ek be-rahm ko andar se pighalte dekhā 

roz palkoñ pe ga.ī raat ko raushan rakkhā 

roz āñkhoñ meñ ga.e din ko machalte dekhā 

sub.h ko tañg kiyā ḳhud pe zarūrat kā hisār 

shaam ko phir isī mushkil se nikalte dekhā 

ek hī samt meñ kab tak koī chal saktā hai 

haañ kisī ne mujhe rasta na badalte dekhā 

'azm' is shahr meñ ab aisī koī aañkh nahīñ 

girne vaale ko yahāñ jis ne sambhalte dekhā 

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Is ghazal ka teesray sher, unkay 11 saal ke bete Masood ke guzar jaane par likha tha, ek baa gham nazar aata hai is sher mein. 

kitne mausam sargardāñ the mujh se haath milāne meñ 

maiñ ne shāyad der lagā dī ḳhud se bāhar aane meñ 

ek nigāh kā sannāTā hai ik āvāz kā banjar-pan 

maiñ kitnā tanhā baiThā huuñ qurbat ke vīrāne meñ 

aaj us phuul kī ḳhushbū mujh meñ paiham shor machātī hai 

jis ne be-had ujlat bartī khilne aur murjhāne meñ 

ek malāl kī gard sameTe maiñ ne ḳhud ko paar kiyā 

kaise kaise vasl guzāre hijr kā zaḳhm chhupāne meñ 

jitne dukh the jitnī umīdeñ sab se barābar kaam liyā 

maiñ ne apne ā.inda kī ik tasvīr banāne meñ 

ek vazāhat ke lamhe meñ mujh par ye ahvāl khulā 

kitnī mushkil pesh aatī hai apnā haal batāne meñ 

pahle dil ko aas dilā kar be-parvā ho jaatā thā 

ab to 'azm' bikhar jaatā huuñ maiñ ḳhud ko bahlāne meñ 

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jo baat shart-e-visāl Thahrī vahī hai ab vaj.h-e-bad-gumānī 

idhar hai is baat par ḳhamoshī udhar hai pahlī se be-zabānī 

kisī sitāre se kyā shikāyat ki raat sab kuchh bujhā huā thā 

fasurdagī likh rahī thī dil par shikastagī kī na.ī kahānī 

ajiib āshob-e-vaz.a-dārī hamāre a.asāb par hai taarī 

laboñ pe tartīb-e-ḳhush-kalāmī diloñ meñ tanzīm-e-nauha-ḳhvānī 

hamāre lahje meñ ye tavāzun baḌī sa.ūbat ke ba.ad aayā 

ka.ī mizājoñ ke dasht dekhe ka.ī ravayyoñ kī ḳhaak chhānī 

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be-had ġham haiñ jin meñ avval umr guzar jaane kā ġham 

har ḳhvāhish kā dhīre dhīre dil se utar jaane kā ġham 

har tafsīl meñ jaane vaalā zehn savāl kī zad par hai 

har tashrīh ke pīchhe hai anjām se Dar jaane kā ġham 

jaane kab kis par khul jaa.e shahr-e-fanā kā darvāza 

jaane kab kis ko aa ghere apne mar jaane kā ġham 

ye jo bhiiḌ hai be-hāloñ kī dauḌ hai chand nivāloñ kī 

nān-o-namak kā bojh liye jaldī se ghar jaane kā ġham 

dariyā paar utarne vaale ye bhī jaan nahīñ paa.e 

kise kināre par le Duubā paar utar jaane kā ġham 

'azm' udāsī kā ye sahrā yuuñ qadmoñ se lipTā hai 

jalne vāloñ ko mil jaa.e jaise Thahar jaane kā ġham 

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us aañkh se vahshat kī tāsīr uThā laayā 

maiñ jāgte rahne kī tadbīr uThā laayā 

maiñ nīyat-e-shab-ḳhūñ se ḳheme meñ gayā lekin 

dushman ke sirhāne se shamshīr uThā laayā 

vo sub.h-e-rihā.ī thī yā shām-e-asīrī thī 

jab maiñ dar-e-zindāñ se zanjīr uThā laayā 

āvāra-mizājī par harf aane se pahle hī 

dil tere taġhāful kī tasvīr uThā laayā 

ai ḳhvāb-e-pazīrā.ī tū kyuuñ mirī āñkhoñ meñ 

andesha-e-duniyā kī ta.abīr uThā laayā 

vo sañg-e-malāmat thā jis ko tirā dil kah kar 

us kūche se mujh jaisā rah-gīr uThā laayā 

us shaḳhs se maiñ sab ko ujlat meñ milā baiThā 

aur apne liye kaisī tāḳhīr uThā laayā 

maidān-e-shikāyat se kyā apne sivā laatā 

ik rañj thā maiñ jis kī ta.amīr uThā laayā 

us bazm-e-suḳhan meñ ham kyā pahuñche ki shor uTThā 

lo 'azm' koī zaḳhmī tahrīr uThā laayā