akhtar shirani: aey ishq hamein barbaad: nayyara noor اے عشق ہمیں: اختر شیرانی

The Poet: Muhammad Dawood Khan محمد داود خان , popularly known as Akhtar Shirani اختر شیرانی (takhallus اختر Akhtar), was born on 4 May 1905 in Tonk ٹانک, a princely state in British India (later absorbed into the states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, India). His ancestors were Afghans افغان of the Shirani شیرانی tribe who had come to India with Sultan Mahmood Ghaznawi سلطان محمود غزنوی and had stayed back in Tonk. He was son of Allama Hafiz Mahmood Shirani علّامہ حافظ محمود شیرانی , a scholar and teacher who had started teaching at the Islamia College, Lahore, Punjab, in 1921. In 1928 he moved to the Oriental College, Lahore. Allama Shirani was a teacher of Persian and a researcher. He wrote an important book about the origins of Urdu by the title پنجاب میں اردو Punjab Mein Urdu (1928) in which he showed that Urdu originated in Punjab. Young Dawood moved to Lahore at a very young age and lived there throughout his life. He did his منشی فاضل Munshi Fazil in 1921 and ادیب فاضل Adeeb Fazil in 1922 (degrees in Arabic and Persian) from Oriental College, Lahore. Despite the efforts of his father, he could not continue his education and became a full time poet. His teacher in poetry ( استاد ustad) was Maulana Tajwar Najibabadi مولانا تاجور نجیب آبادی , a well respected personality in literary circles of Lahore who published literary magazines. In Akhtar Shirani's life there was a succession of tragedies. His young son Javed Mahmood جاوید محمود died, his close friend Mirza Shuja Khan مرزا شجاع خان committed suicide, his son in law Naziruddin Shirani نذیر الدین شیرانی was accidently drowned, and he was rejected by the woman he loved (Salma سلمیٰ). That made him turn to alcohol. He used to live with his father in a small room on Fleming Road. His condition was so sad that once Shorish Kashmiri شورش کاشمیری (a well know literary, political, and social figure of Lahore) wrote that it was better not to see him, since one would be so depressed. He passed away in Lahore on 9 September 1948, and is buried there. His father had passed away 2 years earlier.

Akhtar Shirani is considered one of the main pillars of the modern romantic Urdu poetry. He was called شاعرِ رومان shaair-e romaan (the poet of romance). His poetry influenced many important poets of Urdu. His best known collections of poetry include صبحِ بہار Subh-e bahaar (1945), اخترستان Akhtaristan (1946), لالہِ طور Laala-e Toor (1946), طیورِ آوارہ Tayur-e Aawarah (1946), and شہناز Shahnaz (1946). He had been editor for the literary magazines ہمایوں Humayun (1923-24), انتخاب Intikhab (1925-26), بہارستان Bahaaristan (1926-27), خیالستان Khyaalistan (1930-32), and رومان Romaan (1935-39). He also wrote columns for dailies ہمدرد Hamdard and زمیندار Zamindar by Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar مولانا محمد علی جوہر and Maulana Zafar Ali Khan مولانا ظفر علی خان respectively.


The Singer: Nayyara Noor نیّرہ نور

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[Nazim4716]

beautiful poetry

[abubakar824]

kamal he

[HussamTanhai]

niCe gHazAl... i vEry veRy liKe iT...

[simaabkhan]

Akhtar shirani sahab ki pedaish Tonk mein hui jo mera home town hai woh mere father ke paas aate the. Imperial State Tonk ko Romantic Poet Akhter Shirani ki Nagri ke naam se bhi jana jatah hai. Ek rivayat ke mutabik marhum MF Hussain Indore se Tonk Akhter Sahab Mushaira atten karne ateh the from 1940 to 1945 tak. Uss waqt Nawab Sadat Ali khan ka dor tha. Aur Mushaire Sunheri Kothi mein hoteh the.

[Adhaishq20072011]

really akhter shirani was ur gfather?could u share some information about my fav poet?



[bilalmobilestank]

very sad songs i like your songs

[QuaideAzamPakistan]

@SaintGujjar .Wow, he was your grandfather. I have been to Fleming road house where he lived. My father, a doctor, knew him and cared for him when Akhtar Sahib was sick in Mayo Hospital Lahore during his last days.

[jabasong]

Great poetry and marvellous singing... I am a great fan of Nayyara Noor's singing. I will try to attempt this great ghazal... :))

[jhbhinder]

Wah Wah-What a Poetry in Beautiful voice of Nayyara Noor....Thanks for Uploading...!

[prepsat]

Thank you, Mia Ji. You provide an invaluable service!