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Ibn-e-Insha

1927 (Jalandhar) – 1978 (London) • The Wanderer

"A brilliant humorist, travelogue writer, and poet, Ibn-e-Insha's verses carry a profound sense of perpetual travel, loneliness, and melancholy. His famous travelogue 'Awara Gard Ki Diary' showcased his wit, but his poetry revealed a deeply sorrowful soul. His legendary ghazal 'Insha Ji Utho Ab Kooch Karo' (Get up Insha, it's time to depart) became hauntingly prophetic, as he died in London shortly after writing it."

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kal chaudhvin ki raat thi shab bhar raha charcha tira kuchh ne kaha ye chaand hai kuchh ne kaha chehra tira...
ik saal gaya ik saal naya hai aane ko par vaqt ka ab bhi hosh nahin divane ko...
kab lauTa hai bahta paani bichhDa sajan ruuTha dost ham ne us ko apna jaana jab tak haath mein daman tha...
raat aa kar guzar bhi jaati hai ik hamari sahar nahin hoti...
vo raaten chaand ke saath gain vo baaten chaand ke saath gain ab sukh ke sapne kya dekhen jab dukh ka suraj sar par ho...
is shahr mein kis se milen ham se to chhuTin mahfilen har shakhs tera naam le har shakhs divana tira...
apni zaban se kuchh na kahenge chup hi rahenge aashiq log tum se to itna ho sakta hai puchho haal becharon ka...
kuche ko tere chhoD kar jogi hi ban jaaen magar jangal tire parbat tire basti tiri sahra tira...
insha-ji uTho ab kuuch karo is shahr mein ji ko lagana kya vahshi ko sukun se kya matlab jogi ka nagar mein Thikana kya...
ham bhuul sake hain na tujhe bhuul sakenge tu yaad rahega hamein haan yaad rahega...
dil hijr ke dard se bojhal hai ab aan milo to behtar ho is baat se ham ko kya matlab ye kaise ho ye kyunkar ho...
husn sab ko khuda nahin deta har kisi ki nazar nahin hoti...
ham kisi dar pe na thiTke na kahin dastak di saikDon dar the miri jaan tire dar se pahle...
garm aansu aur ThanDi aahen man mein kya kya mausam hain is baghiya ke bhed na kholo sair karo khamosh raho...
ahl-e-vafa se tark-e-taalluq kar lo par ik baat kahen kal tum in ko yaad karoge kal tum inhein pukaroge...
haq achchha par us ke liye koi aur mare to aur achchha tum bhi koi mansur ho jo suuli pe chaDho khamosh raho...
ham ghuum chuke basti ban mein ik aas ki phaans liye man mein...
ek se ek junun ka maara is basti mein rahta hai ek hamin hushiyar the yaaro ek hamin bad-naam hue...
bekal bekal rahte ho par mahfil ke aadab ke saath aankh chura kar dekh bhi lete bhole bhi ban jaate ho...
apne hamrah jo aate ho idhar se pahle dasht paDta hai miyan ishq mein ghar se pahle...
jab shahr ke log na rasta den kyun ban mein na ja bisram kare divanon ki si na baat kare to aur kare divana kya...
vahshat-e-dil ke kharidar bhi napaid hue kaun ab ishq ke bazar mein kholega dukan...
kuchh kahne ka vaqt nahin ye kuchh na kaho khamosh raho ai logo khamosh raho haan ai logo khamosh raho...
ek din dekhne ko aa jaate ye havas umr bhar nahin hoti...
yunhi to nahin dasht mein pahunche yunhi to nahin jog liya basti basti kanTe dekhe jangal jangal phuul miyan...
aan ke is bimar ko dekhe tujh ko bhi taufiq hui lab par us ke naam tha tera jab bhi dard shadid hua...
miir se baiat ki hai to insha miir ki baiat bhi hai zarur shaam ko ro ro subh karo ab subh ko ro ro shaam karo...
diida o dil ne dard ki apne baat bhi ki to kis se ki vo to dard ka baani Thahra vo kya dard baTaega...
be tere kya vahshat ham ko tujh bin kaisa sabr o sukun tu hi apna shahr hai jaani tu hi apna sahra hai...
sun to liya kisi naar ki khatir kaaTa koh nikali nahr ek zara se qisse ko ab dete kyun ho tuul miyan...
jalva-numai be-parvai haan yahi riit jahan ki hai kab koi laDki man ka daricha khol ke baahar jhaanki hai...
janam janam ke saaton dukh hain us ke maathe par tahrir apna aap miTana hoga ye tahrir miTane mein...
phir un ki gali mein pahunchega phir sahv ka sajda kar lega is dil pe bharosa kaun kare har roz musalman hota hai...
sab ko dil ke dagh dikhae ek tujhi ko dikha na sake tera daaman duur nahin tha haath hamin phaila na sake...
ai qais-e-junun-pesha insha ko kabhi dekha vahshi ho to aisa ho rusva ho to aisa ho...
kaTne lagin raaten aankhon mein dekha nahin palkon par aksar ya sham-e-ghariban ka jugnu ya subh ka taara hota hai...
ye to sach hai ki ham tujhe paa na sake tiri yaad bhi ji se bhula na sake tira dagh hai dil mein charagh-sifat tire naam ki zeb-e-gulu-kafni...
ik baat kahenge insha-ji tumhein rekhta kahte umr hui tum ek jahan ka ilm paDhe koi miir sa sher kaha tum ne...
vo jo tera dagh ghulami maathe par liye phirta hai us ka naam to insha Thahra nahaq ko badnam hai chaand...
sakhiyon se kab sakhiyan apne ji ke bhed chhupati hain ham se nahin to us se kah de karta kahan kalam hai chaand...
minnat-e-qasid kaun uThae shikva-e-darban kaun kare nama-e-shauq ghazal ki surat chhapne ko do akhbar ke biich...
vahshat ka unvan hamari un mein se jo naar bani dekhenge to log kahenge insha-ji divane the...
ab tujh se kis munh se kah den saat samundar paar na ja biich ki ik divar bhi ham to phaand na paae Dha na sake...
kin rahon se ho kar aai ho kis gul ka sandesa lai ho ham baagh mein khush khush baiThe the kya kar diya aa ke saba tum ne...
kuchh vo jinhein ham se nisbat thi un kuchon mein aan aabad hue kuchh arsh pe taare kahlae kuchh phuul bane ja gulshan mein...
ham is lambe-chauDe ghar mein shab ko tanha hote hain dekh kisi din aa mil ham se ham ko tujh se kaam hai chaand...
us ko muddat hui sabr karte hue aaj ku-e-vafa se guzarte hue puchh kar us gada ka Thikana sajan apne insha ko bhi dekh aana sajan...
gham-e-ishq mein kaari dava na dua ye hai rog kaThin ye hai dard bura ham karte jo apne se ho sakta kabhi ham se bhi kuchh na kaha tum ne...
koi aur bhi morid-e-lutf hua mili ahl-e-havas ko havas ki saza tire shahr mein the hamin ahl-e-vafa mili ek hamin ko jala-vatani...
khaar-o-khas-o-khashak to jaanen ek tujhi ko khabar na mile ai gul-e-khubi ham to abas badnaam hue gulzar ke biich...
ham se bhi piit ki baat karo kuchh ham se bhi logo pyaar karo tum to pareshan ho bhi sakoge ham ko yahan pe davam kahan...
shab-e-maah mein jab bhi ye dard uTha kabhi bait kahe likhi chaand-nagar kabhi koh se ja sar phoD mare kabhi qais ko ja ustad kiya...
ab qurbat-o-sohbat-e-yaar kahan lab o aariz o zulf o kanar kahan ab apna bhi miir sa aalam hai Tuk dekh liya ji shaad kiya...
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