Meg Index | June 2001 Index

Date: 19-Jun-2001
Poet: Ejaz Aslam


I recently attended a mushaira in Houston, TX 
and had the good fortune of listening to some 
of the great Urdu poets of our times. I would 
like to say a few words about the mushaira before 
we move on to today's ghazal.

The poets who were invited for the mushaira 
included Munir Niazi, Wasim Barelvi, Amjad 
Islam Amjad, Himayat Ali Shayar, Dr. Pirzada 
Qasim, Anwar Masood and Zakia Ghazal. The 
responsbility of the 'nizaamat' of the mushaira 
was given to Pervaiz Jafri who is an old hand 
at this and conducted the mushaira admirably. 
Incidentally, Pervaiz Jafri is Ali Sardar Jafri's 
nephew. His wife is Ishrat Afreen, a poetess in 
her own right.

As is customary, the mushaira started with new 
poets reciting their 'kalaam'. One such poet was 
Ejaz Aslam. The ghazal he recited is presented 
here.


kuchh is adaa se milate ho jaanaa.N kabhii kabhii
kaa.NTe bhii lagane lagate hai.n kaliyaa.N kabhii kabhii

shaayad ke naaKhudaa ko bhii logo Khabar na thii
ruKh apanaa mo.D detaa hai tuufaa.N kabhii kabhii

kuchh yuu.N lagaa ki husn sitaaro.n me.n ghir gayaa
dekhii jo un kii maa.Ng me.n afshaa.N kabhii kabhii

dil par lagii jo choT to jii bhar ke ro liye
yuu.N bhii kiyaa hai dard kaa daramaa.N kabhii kabhii

naadaa.N ho is qadar tumhe.n ye bhii Khabar nahii.n
chalataa hai masalahat se bhii insaa.N kabhii kabhii

tum un ko kyaa kahoge jo jhuuThii anaa ke saath
dekhe gaye libaas me.n uriyaa.N kabhii kabhii


Some of the other newer names from the Houston 
area who recited their ghazals and nazms were 
Armaan Rashid, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Khursheed Umr 
and Afzal Firdaus. In the coming days, I shall 
present some ghazals recited by these poets before 
we move on to the heavy-weights :-)