It’s been quite some time now when I started to express myself in form of poetry. I was in my intermediate, in Urdu Science College, when I said my first verse – can’t remember what it was, but I was wondered to have a gifted sense of auzaan (balancing in regular urdu poetry) – since then, I use to say verses and gazals (poems).
These verses have become my trademark:
وہ بھی دل ہے کہ پتھر میں خُدا ڈھونڈتا ہے
یہ بھی کافر ہے کہ پتھر ہی جُدا ڈھونڈتا ہے
تیرا چہرہ، تیری آنکھیں، تیری مورت ہے
میری تنھایٔ خوبصورت ہے
میں بھی جیتا ہوں کسی کی خاطر
جو کبھی ہارا نہیں میرے لیٔے
I’m a deep admirer of Iqbal, not that because my name is Sohail Iqbal, but I really have a high regard for his thinking and contributions for reconstruction of Muslim Ummah, through his thoughtful poetry, writings and speeches. As he says:
آشنا اپنی حقیقت سے ہو اے دہقاں ذرا
دانہ تو، کھیتی بھی تو، باراں بھی تو، حاصل بھی تو
آہ! کس کی جستجو آوارہ رکھتی ہے تجھے؟
راہ تو، رہرو بھی تو، رہبر بھی تو، منزل بھی تو
کانپتا ہے دل تیرا اندیشہء طوفاں سے کیا
ناخدا تو، بحر تو، کشتی بھی تو، ساحل بھی تو
Recently, I read Mohsin Naqvi’s “Azaab-e-Deed”, a beautiful collection of his poetry. Checkout a few verses from his gazal:
ہم سے مت پوچھ راستے گھر کے
ہم مسافر ہیں زندگی بھر کے
گر جنوں مصلحت نہ اپنا ۓ
سر سے رشتے بہت ہیں پتھر کے
Few of his azaad (free form) poems are so enthralling that even I started to think in free form of poetry, and even wrote my first azaad poems as well. So I can say that Mohsin Naqvi is responsible for out setting my azaad poetry.
Here’s one of my short azaad nazms:
اچھا لگنا سب کو اچھا لگتا ہے
تم کو کیسا لگتا ہے
جب مجھ کو اچھی لگتی ہو
See you soon,
// ch3ckmat3
pyaro
Wonderful…..aapka adabi zauq dekh kar bohot khushi hui……Will keep coming…..
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Your Nazm “اچھی لگتی ہو” is very nice,I am Glad to see your interest in Urdu poetry, I’m New with BLOG, Please visit my page with comments and refer to friends…Thanks
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Thank you all for your interest and appreciation 🙂
// ch3ckmat3
Your peotry is really amazing…..But the first three verses are ” very Nice”…..With best wishes…..
hay i really like Mohsin’s Poerty very much. it is very impressive and unique.
Hi,
I think for beautiful hearts, peotry is beautiful way to exprss theirs beautiful & sweet thoughts. I like your peotry, specially “اچھی لگتی ہو ” is very beautiful, keep it up. 🙂
regards
Infraadyat
Yeh nahi ki main inquilaab ka haamil nahiN
Yeh nahi ki meray falsufay main wahdut shamil nahi
Magar daitee hai taareekh yeh talkh sabak mujhko
Ki hujoom kisi daur main bhi banaiga qaamil nahiN
Na umeed kar ki badal jaigee duniya
Na fareboN main guzar ki saNwar jaigi duniya
Inquilaab aayay kitnay maseehay gaayay kitnay
Tammdun nay qadam aagaay magar baraaayay kitnay?
HazaaroN saal pehlay Tathagat ko jo fiqr sataati thi
Wahi Hazrat-o-Nanak kay afqaar main aatee thi
Kal tha zehn par taari jo swaal
Aaj bhi zakhm sa risay hai woh khyaal
Woh inquilaab ki baatain Woh sunhalay fardaa kay khwaab
Woh paighMbaroN ki aarzoo masihooN ka iNtzaar
JismayN imroz-o-khud kay imkaan say ho parhaiz
Woh meray liyay sub falsphay haiN beqaar
Un jwaabOn ki talaash khud aap kar
Zindagi bhi lag jayay beshak daaNv par.
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Infraadyat -Individuality
Tathagat– Guatam Budhha
ZABT KI KASAM DI HAI USNAY
Zaahir na ho jayay meri udaasi meri tanhai
Meray dil ki kasak aur badan ki angrai
Ubhar na aayay chayhray par
meri betaabioN kay naqoosh
Suna na day kuch meri usko
Pyaar say nihaarti aankhaiN
Kadam aadtan na chal paraiN uski jaanib
Aur ban jayay uski pashymaani ka sabab
Zabt ki kasam di hai usnay
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