Midnight Songs of Nasir Kazmi - 100 Ghazals in English - Singh, Gurupdesh
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Nasir Kazmi (1925-1972) is one of the pioneers of modern Urdu ghazal. His lyricism, sensitivity and political awareness make him both a romantic and a rebel of sorts. His melancholic, brooding tone bears testimony not only to the changing contours of human attitude, but also to the riotous times he lived in, like the Partition. His imagery of loss, nostalgia and fleeting love has stirred an emotional chord in a million hearts. Nearly half of this anthology has been set to music and there is hardly an eminent singer of the subcontinent who has not lent their voice to his ghazals. Nasir was a…mehr

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Nasir Kazmi (1925-1972) is one of the pioneers of modern Urdu ghazal. His lyricism, sensitivity and political awareness make him both a romantic and a rebel of sorts. His melancholic, brooding tone bears testimony not only to the changing contours of human attitude, but also to the riotous times he lived in, like the Partition. His imagery of loss, nostalgia and fleeting love has stirred an emotional chord in a million hearts. Nearly half of this anthology has been set to music and there is hardly an eminent singer of the subcontinent who has not lent their voice to his ghazals. Nasir was a night bird; he would stalk the streets of Lahore till late midnight. That is why the title. It is me in the night one o'clock Listening to the lonely road talk