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Content tagged with Ahmad Faraz Poetry
Syed Ahmad Shah (Urdu: سید احمد شاہ), better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, (Urdu: احمد فراز 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under pseudonym Faraz. During his lifetime, he criticised military rule and coup d'état in the country and was displaced by the military dictators. He was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Hilal-e-Imtiaz. On 25 August 2008, he died in Islamabad, and later Government of Pakistan conferred Hilal-e-Pakistan posthumously upon Faraz for his contribution to poetry and Urdu literature.
Suna hai log usey ankh bhar ke dekhte hain
Suna hai log usay aankh bhar ke dekhte hain
So us ke shahar main kuchh din thehr ke dekhte hain
Suna hai rabt hai us ko kharab halon se
So apne aap ko barbad kar ke dekhte hain
Suna hai dard ki gahak hain chashm-e nazuk us ki
So ham bhi us ki gali...
Bhalay dinon ki baat hay
bhalay dino ki baat hay bhali si ek shakal thi
na ye ke husn-e-taam ho na dekhne main aam si
na ye ke woh chalay tu kehkashan si rehguzar lagay
magar wo sath ho tu bhala bhala safar lagay
koi bhi rut ho us ki chab faza ka rang roop thi
woh garmiyon ki chaaon thi woh...