Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli, known as Nida Fazli was a prominent Indian Hindi and Urdu poet, lyricist, and dialogue writer.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 by the government of India for his contribution to literature.
He was born in Delhi, India into a Kashmiri family, Nida Fazli grew up in Gwalior, where he attended school and subsequently studied English literature. His father was also an Urdu poet. During the partitioning of India, his parents migrated to Pakistan, but Fazli decided to stay in India.
On his birth anniversary, here’s looking at 5 best shayaris by the poet of various moods:
hosh vāloñ ko ḳhabar kyā be-ḳhudī kyā chiiz hai
ishq kiije phir samajhiye zindagī kyā chiiz hai
har aadmī meñ hote haiñ das biis aadmī
jis ko bhī dekhnā ho ka.ī baar dekhnā
kabhī kisī ko mukammal jahāñ nahīñ miltā
kahīñ zamīn kahīñ āsmāñ nahīñ miltā
apnī marzī se kahāñ apne safar ke ham haiñ
ruḳh havāoñ kā jidhar kā hai udhar ke ham haiñ
be-nām sā ye dard Thahar kyuuñ nahīñ jaatā
jo biit gayā hai vo guzar kyuuñ nahīñ jaatā
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