Nikli jo rann mein teigh-e-Hussaini Ghilaaf sey"_By Jauhar Abbas
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| Karvaan Banta Gaya |
Among those who presented Anis’s poetry and marasi include: Ahmar Shehwaar, Asim Bajwa, Essan Hamdani,Dr. Tahir Mahmood and Tashie Zaheer’.
Hameeda Banu Chopra and Sohab Hamdani presented special maqalas on the life and work of the great poet.
Mir Babbar Ali Anis was born in Faizabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 1803 and died in 1874. Poetry came to him as ancestral heritage, for his forbears, going back to his great grandfather, were eminent poets and men of letters. His father, Mir Khaliq, was a famous poet. Anis was the grandson of Mir Hasan who is remembered for his immortal Masnavi, Sehir-ul-Bayaan.
In keeping with the popular trend, he first tried his hand at the ghazal, but failing to make much headway in this sphere, he changed over, under the advice of his father, to the writing of marsias, in which domain he soon established a high reputation, equaled by his poetic compare, Salamat Ali Dabir. Besides being a master of the marsia, Anis was also a specialist of the rubai, the shortest complete poem in Urdu, containing only four lines.
According to Muhammad Hussain Azad, "The late Mīr Sahib must certainly have composed at least ten thousand elegies, and salāms beyond count. He composed as easily and casually as he spoke." Mir Anis has drawn upon the vocabulary of Arabic, Persian, Urdu/Hindi/Awadhi in such a good measure that he symbolizes the full spectrum of the cultural mosaic that Urdu has come to be.
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| Mir Anees |
Aainaa e falak ko na thi taab o tab ki taab
chhipane ko barq chaahati thi daaman e sahaab
sab ke sivaa thaa garm mizaajon ko iztiraab
kaafuur e subah Dhuundhtaa phirtaa thaa aaftaab
bhadaki thi aag gumbad e charkh e asiir mein
baadal chhipe thhe sab kurrah e zamharir mein
Sher uthte thay na dhoop ke maarey kachaad se
Aahu na munh nikaalte thay sabz zaar se
Aaina mahr ka tha mukaddar ghubaar se
Gardoon ko tapp chadi thi zameen ke bukhaar se
Garmi se muztarib tha zamana zameen par
Bhun jata tha jo girta tha dana zameen par
Aabe rawaan se munh na uthate thay jaanwar
Jangal mein cheetey phirtey thay ta
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| Mir Anees |
Garmi ka roz jang ki kyon kar karoon bayaan
Darr hai ke misl e shama na jalne lage zabaan
Wo loo ke al hazar wo hararath ke al amaan
Rann ki zameen tou surkh thi aur zard aasmaan
Aab e khunukh ko khalq tarasti thi khaak par
Goya hawa se aag barasti thi khaak par
Wo loo wo aaftaab ki hiddat wo taab o tab
Kala tha rang dhoop se din ka misaal e shab
Khud nahr e alqama ke bhi sukhey huwe thay lab
Khaime jo thay hibaabon ke tap te thay sab ke sab
Udhti thi khaak khushk tha chashma hayaat ka
Khoula huwa tha dhoop se pani furaat ka
Jheelon se chaar paaye na uthte thay taaba shaam
Maskan mein machliyoon ke samandar ka tha maqaam
Aahu jo kahile thay tou cheetey siyaah faam
Patthar bhi sab pigal gaye thay misl e moum khaam
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| Mir Anees |
Lashe sabho ke sibte Nabi khud uthake laye
Qatil kisi shaheed ka sar kaatne na paye
Dushman ko bhi na dost ki furqat Khuda dikhaye
Farmatey thay bichad gaye sab hum se hai haye
Itney pahaad gir padey jis par wo kham na ho
Gar sou baras jiyoon tou ye majma baham na ho
Kham hogaye ye daagh uthake Imame deen
Jhuk kar bana hilaal e Nabi ka mahe jabeen
Yoon dard mein tadap ke kiya nalaye hazeen
Hilne lage pahaad larazne lagi zameen
Aayi jigar ko taab na is waaredaat ki
Khushki mein lagi doobne kashti hayaat ki
Jab saff kashi ki dhoom huwi qatl gaah mein
Tasweer e marg phir gayi sab ki nigaah mein
Doobe rafiq e yusuf e deen haq ki chaah mein
Daftar khula ajal ka Hussaini sipaah mein
Jaanbaaziyaan dikhake jari naam kar gaye
Khaake shifa pa noor ke daane bikhar gaye
Jis waqt aamad aamade saif e Khuda huwi
Hal chal padi har ek ke dar pe qaza huwi
Nabood zindagi huwi hasti fana huwi
Himmat dilon ke jism se quwwat juda huwi
Labrez hokey umr ke saaghar chhalak gaye
Kaampi zameen pahaad jagah se sarak gaye
Maidaan mein jab riyaaze Hussaini khizaan huwa
Dunya se kaarwaan Shahe deen ka rawaan huwa
Darya e khoon mein gharq har ek naujawaan huwa
Hamshakle Mustafa bhi shaheedey sinaan huwa
Rotey thay Shaah lasho mein tanha khade huwe
Thay khaak par kaleje ke tukde padey huwe
