Subcontinent fans remembered famous Urdu poet Mohsin Naqvi on his 23rd death anniversary on Tuesday.
Naqvi, who was born on May 5, 1947, in Dera Ghazi Khan, was shot dead in an incident of targeted killing in Lahore on January 15, 1996. Naqvi was famous for his Ghazals. He is considered one of the best modern Urdu poets in Pakistan and India.
Fans on social media shared his famous couplets and paid tribute to the poet.
Columnist Mohammad Taqi paid tribute to the poet by tweeting: “جلوسِ اہل وفا کس کے در پہ پہنچا ہے نشان طوق وفا زینت گلو کر کے یہ کس نے ہم سے لہو کا خراج پھر مانگا ابھی تو سوئے تھے مقتل کو سرخ رُو کر کے.”
جلوسِ اہل وفا کس کے در پہ پہنچا ہے
نشان طوق وفا زینت گلو کر کے
یہ کس نے ہم سے لہو کا خراج پھر مانگا
ابھی تو سوئے تھے مقتل کو سرخ رُو کر کے #محسن_نقوی#Shair #MohsinNaqvi https://t.co/jgYKWbLaHf— Mohammad Taqi (@mazdaki) January 15, 2019
Famous Indian historian and Urdu literature lover, Rana Safvi shared Naqvi’s couplet: “Today #shair pays tribute to #MohsinNaqvi on his death anniversary Jab bhi hansne ke zamaane aaye Zakhm phir yaad puraane aaye Baar-ha unko manaaya to hamein RooTh jaane ke bahaane aaye.”
Today #shair pays tribute to #MohsinNaqvi on his death anniversary
Jab bhi hansne ke zamaane aaye
Zakhm phir yaad puraane aayeBaar-ha unko manaaya to hamein
RooTh jaane ke bahaane aaye— Rana Safvi رعنا صفوی (@iamrana) January 15, 2019
A fan paid tribute by writing: “عمر آتنی تو عطا کر میرے فن کو خالق میرا دشمن میرے مرنے کی خبر کو ترسے محسن نقوی شہید یوم شہادت 15 جنوری 1996 #MohsinNaqvi.”
عمر آتنی تو عطا کر میرے فن کو خالق
میرا دشمن میرے مرنے کی خبر کو ترسے
محسن نقوی شہید
یوم شہادت 15 جنوری 1996#MohsinNaqvi— Haider Safdar (@Haidersafdar110) January 15, 2019
Another wrote: “Ai tez hawa koi khabar us ke junu’n ki Tanha safar-e-shouq pe nikla tha jo ik shaks -Mohsin Naqvi.”
Ai tez hawa koi khabar us ke junu’n ki
Tanha safar-e-shouq pe nikla tha jo ik shaks-Mohsin Naqvi
— سندیپ بھوٹانی Sandeep Bhutani (@dogtired1) August 23, 2017
Sharing Naqvi’s beautiful couplet, one wrote: “Nah Jao Uss Ki Gum Sum Saadgi Par…” Samandar Hai To Woh Gehra Bhi Hoga.. #MohsinNaqvi.”
Nah Jao Uss Ki Gum Sum Saadgi Par..
Samandar Hai To Woh Gehra Bhi Hoga.. #MohsinNaqvi— awaz (@real_egde) January 15, 2019
Another fan wrote: ” تم کہاں جائوگے سوچو محسن ~ لوگ تھک ہار کے گھر جاتے ہیں.”
تم کہاں جائوگے سوچو محسن ~
لوگ تھک ہار کے گھر جاتے ہیںतुम कहाँ जाओगे सोचो मोहसिन
लोग थक हार के घर जाते है @pareeknc7 @ParmarA03 @speakingmico— नायाब Dr Nayab نایاب (@DOCTORNAYAB) January 15, 2019
Another wrote: “ss Ke Honton Ke Tabassum Mein Bhi Thi Khushboo Gham Ki,,,* Hum Ne MOHSIN Ko Buht Dair Mein Samjha Yarro…!!.”
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Uss Ke Honton Ke Tabassum Mein Bhi Thi Khushboo Gham Ki,,,*Hum Ne MOHSIN Ko Buht Dair Mein Samjha Yarro…!!#Mohsin_Naqvi#DeathAnniversary #MohsinNaqvi
— Urdu Poetry (@pak488) January 15, 2019
One of his Indian fans wrote: “Teri sada se tujhi ko taraashna hoga, Hawa ki chaap se shaklein ubhaarni hongi.. Ye shaairi ye kitaabein ye aayatein dil ki, Nishaniyan ye sabhi tujh pe waarni hongi.!!.”
बहुत खूब??
Teri sada se tujhi ko taraashna hoga,
Hawa ki chaap se shaklein ubhaarni hongi..
Ye shaairi ye kitaabein ye aayatein dil ki,
Nishaniyan ye sabhi tujh pe waarni hongi.!!
ये शाइ’री ये किताबें ये आयतें दिल की,
निशानियाँ ये सभी तुझ पे वारनी होंगी.#MohsinNaqvi#Shair— Arti Singh?? (@ParmarA03) January 15, 2019
