My Journey (Mera Safar): Ali Sardar Jafri
I came across this decent translation of his poem Mera Safar here. IÂ 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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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.
Comment by Indscribe — July 1, 2007 @ 7:31 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
Comment by bhupinder — July 1, 2007 @ 11:13 pm
thanks Adnan and Bhupinder ji for visiting and giving the references..
“rang bankar bikhar gaya koi…” wah wah
Comment by RR — July 2, 2007 @ 4:14 am
very intresting poem. And intresting site too.
Comment by Anwar — July 2, 2007 @ 5:37 pm
While reading original….
What a poem …. beautiful…
Thanks for sharing
Comment by mystic — July 3, 2007 @ 10:53 am