Yas Yagana Changezi's ghazal: Shama gul ho gayi, dil bujh gaya parvane ka...

Yagana, one of the most prominent poets representing Lucknow school of poetry, was born in 1883. He used the pen name 'Yaas' [sadness] in the initial years.

But later changed it to Yagana [unique]. Yas Yagana Changezi lived in Lucknow for a long time but his poetry was different from the Lakhnawi style. Now he is considered one of the legends of Urdu poetry.

Read his ghazal:

सिलसिला छिड़ गया जब यास के फ़साने का
शमा गुल हो गयी दिल बुझ गया परवाने का

वाए हसरत कि ताल्लुक़ न हुआ दिल को कहीं
न तो काबे का हुआ मैं न तो सनम-खाने का

खिल्वत-ए-नाज़ कुजा और कुजा अहल-ए-हवस
ज़ोर क्या चल सके फ़ानूस से परवाने का
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वाह किस नाज़ से आता है तेरा दौर-ए-शबाब
जिस तरह दौर चले बज़्म में परवाने का

यास यागाना चंगेजी

Now read the same ghazal in Roman English transliteration:

silsilaa chhiR gayaa jab Yaas ke fasaane kaa
shamaa gul ho gayee dil bujh gayaa parvaane kaa

vaae hasrat ki taalluq na huaa dil ko kahiiN
na to Kaabe ka huaa main na to sanam-khaane kaa

Khilvat-e-naaz kujaa aur kujaa ahl-e-hawas
zor kyaa chal sake faanuus se parvaane kaa

vaah kis naaz se aataa hai teraa daur-e-shabaab
jis taraH daur chale bazm meN parvaane kaa

Yaas Yagaana Changezi Lakhnawi