Modern · 1880–1951 · Agra – Karachi
Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui, known as Seemab Akbarabadi, was an extraordinarily prolific poet, translator and ustad. A pupil in the line of Daagh, he wrote dozens of volumes, rendered the Quran into Urdu verse, and trained many younger poets. His ghazals keep the polish of the old masters while speaking to a new century.
us ne jis dam mujhe duniya se rukhsat kar diya
mere honTon par taghaful ka tabassum aa gaya
dard-e-dil paas-e-vafa shauq-e-fanaa kuchh na raha
jo tera tha mire dil mein vo aaj kuchh na raha
zindagi ek safar hai suhaana
yahaan kal kya ho kis ne jaana
raat ki tanhaaiyon mein ek sadaa aati rahi
koi aahaT thi ki dil ki dhaRkanen thin raat bhar
naumeedi-e-dil mein bhi koi aas to rakhna
is shab ke muqaddar mein sahar bhi to likhi hai
mohabbat ki kahaani tum bhi sun lo
judaai ke fasaane ham bhi keh lein
sukhan ki aabroo rakhna isi ka naam hai Seemab
ki lafzon mein utar aaye dil-e-betaab ka aalam
gham-e-jahaan ho ya gham-e-jaanaan ho kya kareen
har gham ke saath jiine ka samaan ho gaya