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Content tagged with Parveen Shakir Poetry
Parveen Shakir (Urdu: پروین شاکر; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature, and for her consistent use of the rare grammatical feminine gender for the word "lover".Since her death, the "Parveen Shakir Urdu Literature Festival" has been held every year in Islamabad in her memoriam.
Ajeeb tarz ki mulaqaat ab ki baar rahi,
Tum he thay badlay huay ya meri nigahein thi,
Tumhari nazron say lagta tha jesay meri bajaye,
Tumharay ghar mein koi aur shakhs aya hay,
Tumharay ohday ki denay tumhe mubarakbaad..
so tum nay mera so'agat usi trha say kia,
jo afsaran-e-hukomat kay...
bohut sardi hay mama
abhe kuch dair
mera haath mat choray
zamistan ki hawa say kap-kapata
meray seenay say laga tu keh raha tha
ziada din nahe guzray
kay meray gaud ki garmi
tujhe araam deti thi
galay mein meri ban'hein daal kar tu is tarha sota
k aksar sari sari raat meri
aik karwat mein guzar...
Nigahon K Tasadum Se Ajab Takraar Karti Hai,
Yaqin Kaamil Nahi Lekin Guman Hai Piyar Karti Hai"
"Use Maloom Hai Shayad Mera DIL Hai Nishane Per,
Labon Se Kuch Nahi Kehti Nazar Se Waar Karti Hai"
"Main Us Se Pochta Hon Khwab Mein, 'Mujh Se Mohabat Hai?'
Phir Aankhen Khol Deta Hon Woh Jab Izhaar...
bohat roya wo hum ko yaad karkay
humari zindagi barbad karkay
palaT kar phir yahin aajaen gay hum
wo dekhay to humay aazad karkay
rehai ki koe soorat nahi hay
magar han minat-e-siyad karkay
badan mera chowa tha us nay lekin
gaya hay roH ko aabad karkay
har aamir tool dena chahata hay...