My Journey (Mera Safar): Ali Sardar Jafri

1 July 2007
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I came across this decent translation of his poem Mera Safar here. I enjoyed reading it again after ages and thought this must be shared with friends here. This is also the poem where Jafri hints at his immortality… Full article here >>

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5 Comments to “My Journey (Mera Safar): Ali Sardar Jafri”

  1. IndscribeJuly 1, 2007 at 7:31 pm

    I also like this Nazm. Have heard him recite it. Have you read Sardar Jafri’s book, ‘Lucknow ki paanch raateN’, one of my favouries. His prose is also beautiful.

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  2. bhupinderJuly 1, 2007 at 11:13 pm

    On eof my own favourites is this sheyr:
    Sirf lehra ke reh gaya aanchal, rang bankar bikhar gaya koyi,
    gardish e khun rangon main tez hui, daaman e shauq bhar gaya koi

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  3. RRJuly 2, 2007 at 4:14 am

    thanks Adnan and Bhupinder ji for visiting and giving the references..

    “rang bankar bikhar gaya koi…” wah wah

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  4. AnwarJuly 2, 2007 at 5:37 pm

    very intresting poem. And intresting site too.

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  5. mysticJuly 3, 2007 at 10:53 am

    While reading original….

    What a poem …. beautiful…

    Thanks for sharing

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