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Kaifi Azmi was a rare poet who practiced what he preached. A brain hemorrhage on 8th February 1973 paralysed him and rendered his left hand and left leg incapacitated for life. Instead of giving up in despair he decided to leave the comforts of Bombay and settle in Mijwan the tiny village in Azamgarh Eastern UP in which he was born.
ankhDiyon mein khaTak rahi hai raat. aaj chheDo na koi afsana. aaj ki raat hum ko sone do. khulte jate hain simTe-sukDe jal. ghulte jate hain KHun mein baadal. apne gulnar pankh phailae. aa rahe hain isi taraf jangal. gul karo shama, rakh do paimana. aaj ki raat hum ko sone do.
roz baste hain kai shahr nae. roz dharti mein sama jate hain. zalzalon mein thi zara si garmi. wo bhi ab roz hi aa jate hain. jism se ruh talak ret hi ret. na kahin dhup na saya na sarab. kitne arman hain kis sahra mein. kaun rakhta hai mazaron ka hisab. nabz bujhti bhi bhaDakti bhi hai.
Kaifi Azmi was a rare poet who practiced what he preached. A brain hemorrhage on 8th February 1973 paralysed him and rendered his left hand and left leg incapacitated for life. Instead of giving up in despair he decided to leave the comforts of Bombay and settle in Mijwan the tiny village in Azamgarh Eastern UP in which he was born.
Kaifi Azmi (born Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi) was an Indian Urdu poet, and is considered to be one of the greatest Urdu poets of the 20th century. He was also a political activist against colonialism. He wrote his first ghazal at the age of eleven, which was later immortalized in song.
कैफ़ी आज़मी जन्म: अख्तर हुसैन रिजवी 14 जनवरी 1919 मज़वां, आजमगढ़ जिला, उत्तर प्रदेश, भारत
In Media Azmi was the subject of a documentary film called Kaifi Azmi (1979), directed by Raman Kumar. In 1997, he recited his own poems for Kaifiyaat, an audio book on his collected works. Kaifi Aur Mein, a play based on his life, his works and the memoir of his wife, Shaukat Azmi - Yadon Ki Rahguzar (Down Memory Lane), was written and ...
