Kaleem Ajiz

Eminent poet, educationist and Padam Shree recipient Dr. Kaleem Aajiz was born in a village in Patna district in the 1926. He was a gold medalist in BA from Patna College and then earned his Masters degree in Urdu from Patna University. He also got his doctorate from Patna University for his thesis on "Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar. He served as a lecturer for decades in the Department of Urdu at Patna University. In 1976, his first book of ghazals was released by the President of India in Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi. In the '60s and '70s he was the only Urdu poet who represented Bihar in the Red Fort Mushaira held every year in Delhi on the eve of Independence Day.

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mat burā us ko kaho, garche vo achchhā bhī nahīñ 

vo na hotā to ġhazal maiñ, kabhī kahtā bhī nahīñ 

jāntā thā ki sitamgar hai, magar kyā kiije 

dil lagāne ke liye, aur koī thā bhī nahīñ 

jaisā be-dard hai vo phir bhī, hai jaisā mahbūb 

aisā koī na huā, aur koī hogā bhī nahīñ 

vahī hogā jo huā hai, jo huā kartā hai 

maiñ ne is pyaar kā anjām to, sochā bhī nahīñ 

haa.e kyā dil hai, ki lene ke liye jaatā hai 

us se paimān-e-vafā, jis pe bharosā bhī nahīñ 

bārhā guftugū hotī rahī, lekin mirā naam 

us ne pūchhā bhī nahīñ, maiñ ne batāyā bhī nahīñ 

tohfa zaḳhmoñ kā, mujhe bhej diyā kartā hai 

mujh se nārāz hai lekin, mujhe bhūlā bhī nahīñ 

dostī us se nibah jaa.e, bahut mushkil hai 

merā to va.ada hai, us kā to irāda bhī nahīñ 

mere ash.ār vo sun sun ke, maze letā rahā 

maiñ usī se huuñ muḳhātib, vo ye samjhā bhī nahīñ 

mere vo dost mujhe, dād-e-suḳhan kyā deñge 

jin ke dil kā koī hissa, zarā TuuTā bhī nahīñ 

mujh ko banñā paḌā shā.ir, ki maiñ apnā ġham-e-dil 

zabt bhī kar na sakā, phuuT ke royā bhī nahīñ 

shā.irī jaisī ho 'ājiz' kī, bhalī ho ki burī 

aadmī achchhā hai lekin, bahut achchhā bhī nahīñ

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is naaz is andāz se tum haa.e chalo ho 

roz ek ġhazal ham se kahlvā.e chalo ho 

rakhnā hai kahīñ paañv, to rakkho ho kahīñ paañv 

chalnā zarā aayā hai to, itrā.e chalo ho

mai meñ koī ḳhāmī hai, na sāġhar meñ koī khoT 

piinā nahīñ aa.e hai, to chhalkā.e chalo ho

zulfoñ kī to fitrat hī hai, lekin mire pyāre 

zulfoñ se ziyāda, tumhīñ bal khaa.e chalo ho 

ham kuchh nahīñ kahte haiñ, koī kuchh nahīñ kahtā 

tum kyā ho, tumhīñ sab se kahlvā.e chalo ho 

vo shoḳh sitamgar to, sitam Dhaa.e chale hai 

tum ho ki 'kalīm' apnī ġhazal, gaa.e chalo ho 

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bayāñ jab 'kalīm' apnī, hālat kare hai 

ġhazal kyā paḌhe hai, qayāmat kare hai 

bhalā aadmī thā, pa nādān niklā 

sunā hai kisī se, mohabbat kare hai 

kabhī shā.irī is ko karnī na aatī 

usī bevafā kī badaulat kare hai 

chhurī par chhurī khaa.e jaa.e hai kab se 

aur ab tak jiye hai karāmat kare hai 

kare hai adāvat bhī vo is adā se 

lage hai ki jaise mohabbat kare hai 

ye fitne jo har ik taraf uTh rahe haiñ 

vahī baiThā baiThā sharārat kare hai 

qabā ek din chaak us kī bhī hogī 

junūñ kab kisī kī ri.āyat kare hai 

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zālim thā vo aur, zulm kī aadat bhī bahut thī 

majbūr the ham, us se mohabbat bhī bahut thī 

go tark-e-ta.alluq meñ suhulat bhī bahut thī 

lekin na huā ham se ki ġhairat bhī bahut thī 

us but ke sitam sah ke dikhā hī diyā ham ne 

go apnī tabī.at meñ baġhāvat bhī, bahut thī 

vāqif hī na thā, ramz-e-mohabbat se vo varna 

dil ke liye, thoḌī sī ināyat hī bahut thī 

yuuñ hī nahīñ mash.hūr-e-zamāna mirā qātil 

us shaḳhs ko is fan meñ mahārat bhī bahut thī 

kyā daur-e-ġhazal thā ki lahū dil meñ bahut thā 

aur dil ko lahū karne ki fursat bhī bahut thī 

har shaam sunāte the hasīnoñ ko ġhazal ham 

jab maal bahut thā to saḳhāvat bhī bahut thī 

bulvā ke ham 'ājiz' ko pashemāñ bhī bahut haiñ 

kyā kījiye kam-baḳht kī shohrat bhī bahut thī 

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kis tarah koī dhuup meñ pighle hai jale hai 

ye baat vo kyā jaane jo saa.e meñ pale hai 

dil dard kī bhaTTī meñ ka.ī baar jale hai 

tab ek ġhazal husn ke sāñche meñ Dhale hai 

kyā dil hai ki ik saañs bhī ārām na le hai 

mahfil se jo nikle hai to ḳhalvat meñ jale hai 

bhūlī huī yaad aa ke kaleje ko male hai 

jab shaam guzar jaa.e hai jab raat Dhale hai 

haañ dekh zarā kyā tire qadmoñ ke tale hai 

Thokar bhī vo khaa.e hai jo itrā ke chale hai 

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ye samundar hai kināre hī kināre jaao 

ishq har shaḳhs ke bas kā nahīñ pyāre jaao 

yuuñ to maqtal meñ tamāshā.ī bahut aate haiñ 

aao us vaqt ki jis vaqt pukāre jaao 

dil kī baazī lage phir jaan kī baazī lag jaa.e 

ishq meñ haar ke baiTho nahīñ haare jaao 

kaam ban jaa.e agar zulf-e-junūñ ban jaa.e 

is liye is ko sañvāro ki sañvāre jaao 

koī rasta koī manzil ise dushvār nahīñ 

jis jagah chāho mohabbat ke sahāre jaao 

ham to miTTī se ugā.eñge mohabbat ke gulāb 

tum agar toḌne jaate ho sitāre jaao 

Dūbnā hogā agar Dūbnā taqdīr meñ hai 

chāhe kashtī pe raho chāhe kināre jaao 

tum hī socho bhalā ye shauq koī shauq huā 

aaj ūñchā.ī pe baiTho kal utāre jaao 

maut se khel ke karte ho mohabbat 'ājiz' 

mujh ko Dar hai kahīñ be-maut na maare jaao 

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kyā ġham hai agar shikva-e-ġham aam hai pyāre 

tū dil ko dukhā terā yahī kaam hai pyāre 

tere hī tabassum kā sahar naam hai pyāre 

tū khol de gesū to abhī shaam hai pyāre 

is vaqt tirā jān-e-jahāñ naam hai pyāre 

jo kaam tū kar de vo baḌā kaam hai pyāre 

jab pyaar kiyā chain se kyā kaam hai pyāre 

is meñ to taḌapne hī meñ ārām hai pyāre 

chhūTī hai na chūTegī kabhī pyaar kī aadat 

maiñ ḳhuub samajhtā huuñ jo anjām hai pyāre 

ai kaash mirī baat samajh meñ tirī aa.e 

merī jo ġhazal hai mirā paiġhām hai pyāre 

maiñ huuñ jahāñ sau fikr meñ sau rañj meñ sau dard 

tū hai jahāñ ārām hī ārām hai pyāre 

go maiñ ne kabhī apnī zabāñ par nahīñ laayā 

sab jaan rahe haiñ tirā kyā naam hai pyāre 

ham dil ko lagā kar bhī khaTakte haiñ diloñ meñ 

tū dil ko dikhā kar bhī dil-ārām hai pyāre 

kahtā huuñ ġhazal aur rahā kartā huuñ sarshār 

merā yahī shīsha hai yahī jaam hai pyāre 

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