"Dilchaspi to müjhay āj ki nazmoñ say bohat haé
— laykin koee achchi pürāni ghazal sünaiyay"
So here, Sab, is a random ghazal I played out from my tape* to you.
The ghazal is by Ameer Rampuri, a student first of Shauq Kidvai and then of his brother (my Great Grandfather) Vahid Ali ‘Abr’ Kidvai.
Ameer Sahab came to our house in Allama Iqbal Town (Karachi). That was a very rare and memorable occasion for us. Nuzhat and I asked him to recite a few ghazals. Among others he recited was this one.
Sabeen fell in love with his tahtul-lafz recitation and his wonderful language. I hope the readers will, too.
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* To people reading this: This was recorded on my 10” Revox Tape Recorder (NOT a Cassette Tape), which is how I have recorded most of my Poetry/Qavvaali/Prose collections.
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