FAIZ AHMAD FAIZ (1911-1984)

The most worthy Pakistani poet of the twentieth century after Iqbal, Faiz Ahmad Faiz was born on February 13, 1911, in Sialkot to barrister Sultan Mohammed Khan. From a comfortable Muslim middle class family, he was raised according to the teachings of Islam and memorized the Holy Quran. After that he was educated at Scotch Mission High School, Sialkot. He did his BA (Hon’s.) in Arabic (1931) and an MA (English, 1933) from Government College Lahore. In 1934, he obtained a master's degree in Arabic from Oriental College Lahore, and the following year worked as a lecturer in English for a short time in M.A.O. College, Amritsar. He published his first collection of poems, Naqsh-e-Faryadi, in 1941. From June 1942 to December 1946, he joined the Indian Army and served in the information service and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. After resigning from the army, Faiz worked as the editor of English daily The Pakistan Times.

He served as vice president of the Trade Union Congress and twice represented Pakistan at I.L.O. He was also the secretary of the Pakistan Peace Committee. In March 1951, Faiz was charged with conspiring against the government in the Rawalpindi conspiracy case, for which he spent four years in jail, including several months in solitary confinement. The charges against him were never proved. While he was in jail in 1952, his second volume of poetry, “Dast-e-Saba”, was published. After his release, he published his third book, “Zindan Nama” in 1956. He again took up journalism and was one of the founders of the Afro-Asian Writers Association in 1958. In December 1958, he was again arrested. The duration of this second imprisonment was short, and he was released in April 1959.

Faiz was awarded the International Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. He lived in England from 1962 to 1964. After his return to Pakistan, he served as principal of Haji Abdullah Haroon College in Karachi and as vice-president of the Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi. Faiz published his fourth volume of poetry, “Dast-e-Tah-e-Sang”, in 1965, followed by “Sar-e-waadii-e-Sina” (1971). In 1971 he accepted the post of cultural adviser to the government of Pakistan. He was appointed as the chairman of the Pakistan National Council of Arts in 1972.

In 1976, he was awarded the Lotus Prize of the Afro-Asian Writers Association. His “Shaam-e-Shar-e-yaran” was published in 1978. Faiz lived in Beirut from 1978 until 1982, editing the quarterly Lotus, published by the Afro-Asian Writers Association. His seventh volume of poetry, “Mere Dil Mere Musafir”, was published in 1981. The collection of his poems entitled “Saarey Sukhan Hamare”, was published in London in 1982, and a different edition of his collected poems, “Nuskha Haaye Wafa”, was published in Lahore in 1984. Love and revolution are the principle themes of Faiz's writing in prose and verse. He has blended classical modes of verse with modern techniques.

Besides, Urdu poetry, Faiz also published three volumes of writings dealing with literary and cultural issues. An Urdu translation of letters written from jail to his wife, Alys Faiz, was published in 1971. He also wrote in Punjabi. His poetry has been translated into many languages including Arabic, French, Russian, Persian, Hindi, Japanese, Hungarian and English. Faiz returned to Lahore in November 1983 and died on November 20, 1984.

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bol k lab azad hain tere
bol,zaban ab tak teri hai
tera sutwanjism hai tera
bol k jan ab tak teri hai
dekh k ahangur ki dukan mein
tund hain shoalay,surkh hai ahan
khulne lage khuflon k dahane
phela har ik zanjeer ka daman
jism-o-zaban ki mout se pehle
bol.k sach zinda hai ab tak
bol,jo kuch kehna hai keh le

sahal yun rah-e-zindagi ki hai
her kadam hum ne ashiqi hai

hum ne saja dil mein liye gulshan
jab baharon ne berukhi ki hai

zehar se dhoo liye hain hont apne
lutf-e-saqi ne jab kami ki hai

tere koche mein badshahi ki
jab se nikle gadagari ki hai

bus wohi surkhro hoa jis ne
behr-e-khoon mein shanawari ki hai

jo guzarte hte daag per sadmein
ab wohi kaifiat sabhi ki hai

Aapki "aik Khwahish" ke baad ab Faiz Ahmad Faiz ki yeh nazm .......hamari peshkash..............


bahaar aa_ii


bahaar aa_ii to jaise ek baar
lauT aaye hai.n phir adam se
vo Khvaab saare, shabaab saare
jo tere ho.nTho.n pe mar miTe the
jo miT ke har baar phir jiiye the
nikhar gaye hai.n gulaab saare
jo terii yaado.n se mushk_buu hai.n
jo tere ushshaaq kaa lahuu hai.n

ubal pa.De hai.n azaab saare
malaal-e-ahavaal-e-dostaa.N bhii
Khumaar-e-aaGosh-e-mahavashaa.N bhii
Gubaar-e-Khaatir ke baab saare
tere hamaare
savaal saare, javaab saare
bahaar aa_ii to khul gaye hai.n
naye sire se hisaab saare

[mushk_buu = musk like fragrance]
[ushshaaq = lovers; azaab = difficulties/pain]
[malaal-e-ahavaal-e-dostaa.N = sorrow at
friends' condition]
[Khumaar-e-aaGosh-e-mahvashaa.N = intoxication
of being in one's beloved's embrace]

Written in April 1975
Published in 'Shaam-e-Shahr-e-YaaraaN'

yeh saaghar sheeshey laal-o guhar
saabit hon to qeemat paatey hain
yun tukrey tukrey hon to faqat
chubhtey hain lahoo rulwaatey hain
tum nahaq tukrey chun chun kar
daaman mein chupaaye bethey ho
sheeshon ka maseeha koi nahi
kya aas lagaye bethey ho

[i][size=18]Hum parwarash-e-loh-o-qalam karte rahenge
Jo dil pe guzarti hai raqam karte rahenge

Asbaab-e-gham-e-ishq baham karte rahenge
Viraani-e-dauraan pe karam karte rahenge

Haan talkhi-e-ayyaam abhi aur barhe gi
Haan ahl-e-sitam mashq-e-sitam karte rahenge

Manzur yeh talkhi yeh sitam hum ko gawaara
Dam hai to madaawa-e-alam karte rahenge

Maikhana salaamat hai to hum surkhi-e-mai se
Tazzain-e-dar-o-baam-e-haram karte rahenge

Baqi hai lahu dil mein to har ashk se paida
Rang-e-lab-o-rukhsar-e-sanam karte rahenge

Ek tarz-e-taghaaful hai so woh unko mubaarak
Ek arz-e-tamanna hai so hum karte rahenge[/i][/size]

aaye kuchh abr kuchh sharaab aaye
us ke baad aaye jo azaab aaye

baam-e-miinaa se maahataab utare
dast-e-saaqii me.n aaftaab aaye

is tarah apanii Khamashii guu.Njii
goyaa har simt se jawaab aaye

'Faiz' thii raah sar basar ma.nzil
ham jahaa.N pahu.Nche kaamayaab aaye

aci hai info ....buhot khub

bahut khoob.. nice...

salam to all. can any1 plz send me full poem mujh se pehli si mohabbat? full plz if any1 of u has got. i shall be highly thankful.....

Zabardast Sharing

bohat achi poetry hay. agar koi Faiz Ahmed Faiz ki (yeh dhuan kahan say uth ta hay ) bhi is may shamil kardain to bohat acha hoga shukria kay sath.