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My 10th grade Urdu teacher insisted that this sheyr/ghazal written by Siraj Aurangabadi 270 years ago, was possibly amongst the best ever written. I have now listened to it for 40+ yrs; am just beginning to understand what he meant; why it just may be so.
وہ عجب گھڑی تھی میں جس گھڑی لیا درس نسخۂ عشق کا
کہ کتاب عقل کی طاق پر جوں دھری تھی تیوں ہی دھری رہی
Some may actually remember that this is the ghazal that propelled #ShaukatAli to national PTV fame.
کہ کتاب عقل کی طاق پر جوں دھری تھی تیوں ہی دھری رہی
Some may actually remember that this is the ghazal that propelled #ShaukatAli to national PTV fame.
چلی سمت غیب سیں کیا ہوا کہ چمن سرور کا جل گیا
مگر ایک شاخ نہال غم، جسے دل کہو سو ہری رہی
This by #AliSethi is not only the latest but the most different; a powerful new sensibility (though I think the word in the first misra is 'saroor', not 'zahoor').
مگر ایک شاخ نہال غم، جسے دل کہو سو ہری رہی
This by #AliSethi is not only the latest but the most different; a powerful new sensibility (though I think the word in the first misra is 'saroor', not 'zahoor').
