17 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) by
Bashir Badr
1935-NA,
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh)
1 / 17: Bashir Badr
us jaan-e-taghazzul ne
jab bhi kaha kuchh kahiye
main bhool gayaa aksar
yaad aayi huyi ghazalein
whenever my muse of grace
asked me to say something
i forget, often and again,
the poetry i memorized
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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2 / 17: Bashir Badr
na jee bhar ke dekha
na kuchh baat kee
baDi aarzoo thee
mulaaqaat kee
i neither saw her to my heart’s content
nor was i able to get a word in
i longed deeply
for a meeting
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
Theme: Love, Passion and Longing (106)
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3 / 17: Bashir Badr
main baagh mein huun
talib-e-deedar kisi ka
gul par hai nazar
dhyaan mein rukhsar kisi ka
i am in the garden
longing for someone's sight
my gaze is on the flower
but someone's face in my focus
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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4 / 17: Bashir Badr
kaaghaz mein dab ke
mar gaye keeDe kitaab ke
deewaana be-paDhe-likhe
mashhoor ho gaya
insects of the book
died, buried in paper
while the unschooled madman
became famous
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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5 / 17: Bashir Badr
mohabbat, adaawat
wafa, be-rukhee
kiraae ke ghar the
badalte rahe
love, hatred
faithfulness, indifference
it was a rented house
kept changing
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
love
hatred
indifference
rented house
faithfulness
Theme: Heart, Mind & Memory (61)
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6 / 17: Bashir Badr
jise le gayi abhi hawa
woh waraq tha dil ki kitaab ka
kahin aansuon se miTa hua
kahin aansuon se likha hua
that which the wind swept away
was the paper of the heart's book
sometimes defiled by tears
sometimes written by tears
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1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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7 / 17: Bashir Badr
mandir gaye masjid gaye
piron faqiron se mile
ek us ko paane ke liye
kya kya kiya kya kya hua
visited many temples and mosques
met with priests and saints
just to attain my beloved
what all i did, what all happened
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
Theme: Love, Passion and Longing (106)
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8 / 17: Bashir Badr
ujaale apni yaadon ke
hamaare saath rahne do
na jaane kis gali mein
zindagi ki shaam ho jaaye
let our bright memories
continue to stay with us
as who knows where
life’s evening might fall
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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9 / 17: Bashir Badr
jab se mein chala huun
meri manzil pe nazar hai
aankhon ne meri
meel ka patthar nahi dekha
from the time i started walking
my sights were fixed on the goal
my eyes didn’t notice
the milestones along the way
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
Theme: Quest, Journey & Destination (48)
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10 / 17: Bashir Badr
yahaan libaas ki qeemat hai
aadmi ki naheen
mujhe gilaas baDe de
sharaab kam kar de
here people respect the apparel
not the man
give me a bigger glass
you can reduce the wine
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
Theme: Friends, Family & Community (117)
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11 / 17: Bashir Badr
lahjaa ki jaise
subh ki khushbu azaan de
jii chaahta hai
main teri aawaaz chuum lu
your manner of inflection is like the
morning fragrance calling out to prayer
oh, my heart so desires
to kiss your voice
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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12 / 17: Bashir Badr
agarche door ho tum
meri nazron se
to kya, tum mere dil ke
aur bhi kareeb ho gaye ho
even though you are
far away from my sight
so what, you have come
even closer to my heart
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
Theme: Friends, Family & Community (117)
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13 / 17: Bashir Badr
be-waqt agar jaaunga
sab chaunk paDenge
ik umr hui din mein
kabhi ghar nahi dekha
if i go at an unexpected time
everyone will be shocked
it has been a lifetime and
i have not seen my home in daylight
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
Theme: Home, Country & Belonging (25)
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14 / 17: Bashir Badr
chaand sa misra akela hai
mere kaaghaz par
chhat pe aa jaao
mera sher mukammal kar do
a moon-like verse is
alone on the paper
walk up to the roof
and help complete my poem
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
verse/line of a couplet
paper
roof, terrace
complete, full, entire
Theme: Love, Passion and Longing (106)
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15 / 17: Bashir Badr
kabhi din ki dhoop mein jhoom ke
kabhi shab ke phool ko chuum ke
yun hi saath saath chalen sada
kabhi khatm apna safar na ho
sometimes swaying in the sunshine
sometimes kissing evening flowers
let us walk together forever
may our journey never end
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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16 / 17: Bashir Badr
kabhi yuun bhi aa meri aankh mein
ki meri nazar ko khabar na ho
mujhe ek raat nawaaz de
magar is ke baad sahar na ho
sometimes, come to my eyes
without my sight knowing
grant me the favor of one night
that doesn’t have a dawn
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
Theme: Beauty, Charm & Union (92)
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17 / 17: Bashir Badr
ajeeb shakhs hai
naaraaz ho ke hanstaa hai
main chaahtaa huun
khafa ho to woh khafa hi lage
what a strange man
who smiles though upset inside
i wish he looks angry
when he is angry within
Bashir Badr (17)
1999: Sahitya Akademi
1999: Padma Shri
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