HANDWRITING OF RAGHUPATI SAHAI " FIRAQ GORAKHPURI " ..AND .. WHAT IS GOOD POETRY ?

                                                                              

Firaq' Handwriting...From the Book ' FIRAQ GORAKHPURI ' Selected Poetry  by K C Nanda that I am reading..

Ab tum se rukhsat hota huun

Aao sanbhaalo saaz e Gazal ,

Naye taraane chherro

Meray nagmon ko neend aati hai..

Now I beg leave of you,

Come, Take over this lyre,

Sing some newer songs,

My songs are feeling sleepy now...

Firaq' Gorakhpuri..

8/4, Bank Road

Allahabad...2

March1, 1967...

What is good poetry ?Let us examine what Firaq' Gorakhpuri has to say.....

Khoobi e lafz O Bayaan se kuchh siwa,

Shaairi ko sahiri darkaar hai...

Doston kaafi nahin chashm e khirad,

Ishq ki bhi roshini darkaar hai..

Khatraa e Bisiyaar daani ki kasam,

ilm mein bhi kuchh kami darkaar hai...

Shaairi hai sar ba sar tehzeeb e qalb,

Iss ko gham shaaistagi darkaar hai..

(Firaq)

Beyond the trick of style and speech,

Poetry needs a magic touch as well...

Friends ! Wisdom alone is not enough,

Light of love is also it's need.

By the hazard of knowledge, I swear,

Too much of lore is a bane indeed..

Poetry civilizes the world of heart,

And then Sorrow makes this task complete...

(Autar Mota)

PS

Source for this post is Sh. K C Nanda's Book FIRAQ GORAKHPURI  Selected Poetry ... With due Thanks  to the Author ..

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