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Noshi Gilani

1964 (Bahawalpur) – Present • Modern Feminine Voice

"One of the most famous and widely read contemporary female poets. Noshi Gilani is celebrated for her incredibly candid, brave, and emotional expressions of love, profound loss, and the isolating pain of exile. Having moved to the USA and then Australia, her later poetry heavily reflects the struggles of diaspora, changing identities, and the deep yearning for her homeland."

Mashhoor Ash'aar

us shahr mein kitne chehre the kuchh yaad nahin sab bhuul gae ik shakhs kitabon jaisa tha vo shakhs zabani yaad hua...
tujh se ab aur mohabbat nahin ki ja sakti khud ko itni bhi aziyyat nahin di ja sakti...
kuchh nahin chahiye tujh se ai miri umr-e-ravan mira bachpan mire jugnu miri guDiya la de...
main faisle ki ghaDi se guzar chuki hun magar kisi ka diida-e-hairan miri talash mein hai...
jalae rakkhungi subh tak main tumhare raston mein apni aankhen magar kahin zabt TuuT jaae to barishen bhi shumar karna...
ye sardiyon ka udaas mausam ki dhaDkanen barf ho gai hain jab un ki yakh-bastagi parakhna tamazaten bhi shumar karna...
ye ham hi jaante hain judai ke moD par is dil ka jo bhi haal tujhe dekh kar hua...
ye aarzu thi ki ham us ke saath saath chalen magar vo shakhs to rasta badalta jaata hai...
dil ka kya hai dil ne kitne manzar dekhe lekin aankhen pagal ho jaati hain ek khayal se pahle...
kisi harf mein kisi baab mein nahin aaega tira zikr meri kitab mein nahin aaega...
use laakh dil se pukar lo use dekh lo koi ek harf javab mein nahin aaega...
main tanha laDki dayar-e-shab mein jalaun sach ke diye kahan tak siyahkaron ki saltanat mein main kis tarah aaftab likkhun...
titliyan jugnu sabhi honge magar dekhega kaun ham saja bhi len agar divar-o-dar dekhega kaun...
band hoti kitabon mein uDti hui titliyan Daal diin kis ki rasmon ki jalti hui aag mein laDkiyan Daal diin...
zom kitna karte ho ik charagh par apne aur hava ke chalne mein der kitni lagti hai...
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