tanhaai – faiz ahmed faiz

This is ‘tanhaai’ by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. You can find Faiz’s own recitation here.

This is me reciting it: [direct audio link]
[audio:http://www.jaaduhai.com/tunes/adnan/bol7/tanhaai.mp3]

You will notice that it is somewhat different from Faiz’s. =)


phir ko’ii aayaa, dil-e-zaar! nahiin, ko’ii nahiin;
raah-rau hogaa, kahiin aur chalaa jaaegaa.
dhal chukii raat, bikharne lagaa taaron kaa ghubaar,
larkharaane lage aiwaanon mein khwaabiida charaagh,
so ga’ii raasta tak takke har ek rah guzaar;
ajnabi khaak ne dhundlaa diye qadmon ke suraagh.

gul karo shamiin, barhaa do mai-o-miinaa-o-ayaagh,
apne be khwaab kivaaron ko muqaffal kar lo;
ab yahaan ko’ii nahiin, ko’ii nahiin aayega!


Oh and the last bit of “koi nahin” naturally comes from the first line of this poem.

koi nahin

kaun nahin?
kaun kaun nahin?
kaun kahaan nahin?
kaun yahaan nahin?
kisne kya kahaa?
kisne kya kahaa nahin?
kisne kuch kahaa?
kisne kehdiya nahin?
kaun ayaa nahin?
kaun jataa nahin?
kisne sunaa?
kisne dekha nahin?
dekho…
koi nahin…
koi nahin.