Ajeeb saniha mujh par guzar gaya yaaroN


عجیب سانحہ مجھ پر گزر گیا یارو
میں اپنے سائے سے کل رات ڈر گیا یارو
– شہریار

Ajeeb saniha mujh par guzar gaya yaaroN
Main apne saaye se kal raat dar gaya yaaroN
-Shahryar

अजीब सानिहा मुझ पर ग़ुज़र गया यारों
मैं अपने साये से कल रात ड़र गया यारों
– शहरयार

Meaning of:

Saniha, सानिहा, سانحہ: दुर्घटना, Mishap

Ajeeb saniha mujh par guzar gaya yaaroN
Main apne saaye se kal raat dar gaya yaaroN
-Shahryar

Akhlaq Mohammad Khan ‘Shahryar’ (16 June 1936 – 13 February 2012), was an Indian academician, and a doyen of Urdu poetry in India. As a Hindi film lyricist, he is best known for his lyrics in Gaman (1978) and Umrao Jaan (1981) directed by Muzaffar Ali. He retired as the head of Urdu Department at the Aligarh Muslim University, and thereafter he remained sought after name in mushairas or poetic gatherings, and also co-edited the literary magazine Sher-o-Hikmat.

He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for Khwab Ka Dar Band Hai (1987), and in 2008 he won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award and only the fourth Urdu poet to win the award. He has been widely acknowledged as the finest exponent of modern Urdu poetry.
Source: Wikipedia

This ghazal was written for the movie Gaman, was sung by Hariharan.

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