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“sudarshan faakir, poet and lyricist whose ghazals and some nazms were sung by begum akhtar in her last phase and jagjit singh in his early phase in the 1970s and 1980s died on 19 feb in jalandhar. he will be remembered as one of the significant though minor poets of the language. in context of the language issue, it needs to be remarked that he belonged to the small and diminishing tribe of non- muslim urdu poets from east punjab. krishna adeeb, who passed away couple of years back and joginder lal (known by his nome de plume naqsh lyallpuri) are others that come to mind. his compositions may not have been prolific, but each is remarkable for its profundity and perfection.”
i didn’t know he’d written this film song, ‘zindagi mein jab tumhare gham nahin the’ sung by bhupinder and i think, anuradha paudwal. also has written the famous ‘kaagaz ki kashti’ ghazal, which somehow i never liked. can’t blame the poet though, i think jagjit singh put me off that song for some reason.

zindagii tujh ko jiyaa hai koii afsos nahii.n
zahar Khud mai.ne piyaa hai koii afsos nahii.n

mai.ne mujarim ko bhii mujarim na kahaa duniyaa me.n
bas yahii jurm kiyaa hai koii afsos nahii.n

merii qismat me.n likhe the ye u.nhii.n ke aa.Nsuu
dil ke zaKhmo.n ko siyaa hai koii afsos nahii.n

ab gire sang ki shiisho.n kii ho baarish 'Fakir'
ab kafan o.D liyaa hai koii afsos nahii.n