Raah-e vafaa ki manzil-e awwal hui tamaam ![]() Rukhsat hua wo baap se le kar khuda ka naam I have translated an excerpt from ‘ Ramayan ka Ek Scene’ that depicts the moment when Ram, who has been banished from Ayodhya for fourteen years, takes his final leave of his mother Kausalya. They were ‘ Ramayan ka Ek Scene’ (A Scene from the Ramayana), ‘ Maa ka Javaab’ (The Mother’s Response), and ‘ Vanvaas par Ayodhya Nagri ki Haalat’ (The State of Ayodhya during the Exile). He wrote three, each a masterpiece in the musaddas tradition. Zindagi kya hai anasir mein zahur-e tarteebĬhakbast would, however, achieve immortality for his Ramayan poems. The sher from his collection that became most famous was: He wrote in a variety of formats, including the ghazal. ![]() ![]() His first book, titled Subh-e Watan (Morning in the Homeland), was published in 1931, five years after his death. A veteran of the freedom movement, he wrote eloquently in support of ‘home rule’, as independence was termed in those days. Chakbast (1882–1926) was one of the foremost lawyers of Lucknow in the early twentieth century.
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