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kabhi ai haqiqat-e-muntazar nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein

Allama Iqbal

kabhi ai haqiqat-e-muntazar nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein

Allama Iqbal

Interesting Fact

Once Allama Iqbal went to Lucknow to attend an educational conference. It was during this trip that he chanced upon traveling in a Tanga with the famous Urdu fiction writer Syed Sajjad Haider Yildirim. Both the gentlemen reached the house of Pyare Sahib Rasheed Lakhnawi. During the conversation, Iqbal recited his famous ghazal ‘Kabhi Ai Haqiqat-E-Muntazar, Nazar Aa Libaas-E-Majaaz Men’ to him. When he had recited the entire ghazal, Pyare Sahib said, ‘Ab Koi Ghazal Urdu Mein Bhi Suna Dijiye.’ Allama Iqbal used to narrate this incident to his friends hilariously. Film: Dulhan ek raat ki (1966) (From Bang-e-Dara Part-3, 1908)

kabhī ai haqīqat-e-muntazar nazar aa libās-e-majāz meñ

ki hazāroñ sajde taḌap rahe haiñ mirī jabīn-e-niyāz meñ

tarab-āshnā-e-ḳharosh ho to navā hai mahram-e-gosh ho

vo sarod kyā ki chhupā huā ho sukūt-e-parda-e-sāz meñ

bachā bachā ke na rakh ise tirā aa.ina hai vo aa.ina

ki shikasta ho to azīz-tar hai nigāh-e-ā.īna-sāz meñ

dam-e-tauf kirmak-e-sham.a ne ye kahā ki vo asar-e-kuhan

na tirī hikāyat-e-soz meñ na mirī hadīs-e-gudāz meñ

na kahīñ jahāñ meñ amaañ milī jo amaañ milī to kahāñ milī

mire jurm-e-ḳhāna-ḳharāb ko tire afv-e-banda-navāz meñ

na vo ishq meñ rahīñ garmiyāñ na vo husn meñ rahīñ shoḳhiyāñ

na vo ġhaznavī meñ taḌap rahī na vo ḳham hai zulf-e-ayāz maiñ

jo maiñ sar-ba-sajda huā kabhī to zamīñ se aane lagī sadā

tirā dil to hai sanam-āshnā tujhe kyā milegā namāz meñ

kabhi ai haqiqat-e-muntazar nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein

ki hazaron sajde taDap rahe hain meri jabin-e-niyaz mein

tarab-ashna-e-KHarosh ho to nawa hai mahram-e-gosh ho

wo sarod kya ki chhupa hua ho sukut-e-parda-e-saz mein

tu bacha bacha ke na rakh ise tera aaina hai wo aaina

ki shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-aina-saz mein

dam-e-tauf kirmak-e-shama ne ye kaha ki wo asar-e-kuhan

na teri hikayat-e-soz mein na meri hadis-e-gudaz mein

na kahin jahan mein aman mili jo aman mili to kahan mili

mere jurm-e-KHana-KHarab ko tere afw-e-banda-nawaz mein

na wo ishq mein rahin garmiyan na wo husn mein rahin shoKHiyan

na wo ghaznawi mein taDap rahi na wo KHam hai zulf-e-ayaz main

jo main sar-ba-sajda hua kabhi to zamin se aane lagi sada

tera dil to hai sanam-ashna tujhe kya milega namaz mein

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