दिल में इक लहर सी उठी है अभी : नासिर काज़मी

 

दिल में इक लहर सी उठी है अभी

कोई ताज़ा हवा चली है अभी

शोर बरपा है ख़ाना-ए-दिल में

कोई दीवार सी गिरी है अभी

कुछ तो नाज़ुक मिज़ाज हैं हम भी

और ये चोट भी नई है अभी

भरी दुनिया में जी नहीं लगता

जाने किस चीज़ की कमी है अभी

तू शरीक-ए-सुख़न नहीं है तो क्या

हम-सुख़न तेरी ख़ामोशी है अभी

याद के बे-निशाँ जज़ीरों से

तेरी आवाज़ आ रही है अभी

शहर की बेचिराग़ गलियों में

ज़िन्दगी तुझ को ढूँढती है अभी

सो गये लोग उस हवेली के

एक खिड़की मगर खुली है अभी

तुम तो यारो अभी से उठ बैठे

शहर में रात जागती है अभी

वक़्त अच्छा भी आयेगा 'नासिर'

ग़म न कर ज़िन्दगी पड़ी है अभी

dilme.n ik lahar sii uThii hai abhii

dil me.n ik lahar sii uThii hai abhii

ko_ii taazaa havaa chalii hai abhii

shor barpaa hai Khaanaa-e-dil me.n

ko_ii diivaar sii girii hai abhii

[barpaa = arisen]

kuchh to naazuk mizaaj hai.n ham bhii

aur ye choT bhii na_ii hai abhii

[naazuk = delicate; mizaaj = temperament]

[choT = wound; na_ii = new]

bharii duniyaa me.n jii nahii.n lagataa

jaane kis chiiz kii kamii hai abhii

tuu shariik-e-suKhan nahii.n hai to kyaa

ham-suKhan terii Khaamoshii hai abhii

yaad ke be-nishaa.N jaziiro.n se

terii aavaaz aa rahii hai abhii

[jaziiraa = island]

shahar ke becharaaG galiyo.n me.n

zindagii tujh ko Dhuu.NDhatii hai abhii

[becharaaG = dark/without light]

so gaye log us havelii ke

ek khi.Dakii magar khulii hai abhii

[havelii = mansion]

tum to yaaro abhii se uTh baiThe

shahar me.n raat jaagatii hai abhii

vaqt achchhaa bhii aayegaa 'Nasir'

Gam na kar zindagii pa.Dii hai abhii

Syed Nasir Raza Kazmi, (1925–1972) (Urdu: سید ناصر رضا كاظمی ) was an Urdu poet of Pakistan and one of the greatest poets of this era   especially in the use of "ista'aaray" and "chhotee beher". Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Haryana.

Kazmi started his poetic life in 1940 by following the style of Akhtar Sherani and wrote romantic poems and sonnets. Later he began writing ghazals under the guidance of Hafeez Hoshyarpuri. He was a great admirer of Mir Taqi Mir and probably the melancholy and "Ehsaas-e-Mehroomi" in his poetry was a direct result of that admiration. His tutor in poetry was Hafeez Hoshyarpuri, who himself used a lot of symbols from nature in his poems. His last four books were published after his death of stomach cancer in Lahore on 2 March 1972.

 Barg-e-Nae (1952), Deewaan (1972), Pehli Baarish (1975), Nishat-e-Khwab (Collection of nazms, 1977), Sur Ki Chhaya (Manzoom Drama, Katha 1981), Khushk Chashme ke Kinare (Prose, 1982 edited by Basir Sultan Kazmi & Hassan Sultan Kazmi, New Edition 1990, essays, radio features, dialogues, editorials, last interview etc.) Nasir Kazmi Ki Dairy (Chand Pareshan Kaghaz) (Autobiography, 1995 compiled by Hassan Sultan Kazmi)