aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
Siddiqua Shabnam was born and educated in Hyderabad and later migrated to London, England. She is the sister of renowned poet and critic Mughni Tabassum. Her poetry collection "Tanhai" was published in 1986. It also includes English translations of many of her ghazals