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Date: 07-Dec-98
Poet: Moin Ahsan Jazbi

Moin Ahsan Jazbi kii ek Gazal pesh-e-Khidmat hai. Jazbi 
saahab kaa janm Azamgadh shahar me.n 21 August, 1912 
me.n huyaa thaa. Aap 'Fani' Badayuni ke shaagird the. 

Moin Ahsan Jazbi's most popular Gazal was "marane kii 
duaae.n kyuu.N maa.Nguu.N jiine kii tamaannaa kaun 
kare" which has been rendered by Habib Wali Mohammed 
in his characteristic style, and is a delight to hear. It is 
available in the archive at 

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/6631/jazbi01.html

Incidentally, the above mentioned Gazal is officially Kishore 
Kumar's first film song. This was in an old Hindi film called 
Ziddi (not the Joy Mukherjee-Asha Parekh starrer).

Here is today's Gazal:

ham dahar ke is viiraane me.n jo kuchh bhii nazaaraa karate hai.n
ashko.n kii zabaa.Nme.n kahate hai.n aaho.n se ishaaraa karate hai.n

[dahar = world]

ai mauj-e-balaa, unako bhii zaraa do-chaar thape.De halke se
kuchh log abhii tak saahil se tuufaa.N kaa nazaaraa karate hai.n

[mauj = wave; balaa = calamity; saahil = river-side]

** Perhaps one of the rare instances a lover explicitly asks 
for something bad to happen to his 'mehboob', even though 
the poet has tried o soften it by qualifying the 'thape.De' with 
'halke se'**

kyaa jaaniye kab ye paap kaTe kyaa jaaniye vo din kab aaye
jis din ke liye is duniyaa me.n kyaa kuchh na gavaaraa karate hai.n

[gavaaraa = to bear/tolerate]

kyaa tujhako pataa kyaa tujhako Khabar din raat Khayaalo.n me.n apane
ai kaakul-e-getii ham tujahko din-raat sa.Nvaaraa karate hai.n

[kaakul = hair plait; getii = world]


This is all I have of this particular Gazal. I would be obliged if 
someone could complete it. I will end with a sher by Jazbi:

ai husn! ham ko hijr kii raato.n kaa Khauf kyaa
teraa Khayaal jaagegaa, soyaa kare.nge ham

[hijr = separation; Khauf = fear]

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