nasir kazmi

Syed Nasir Raza Kazmi was an Urdu poet from Pakistan and one of the renowned poets of this era, especially in the use of "ista aaray" and "chhotee beher." Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab,.Kazmi started his poetic life in 1940 by following the style of Akhtar Sherani and wrote romantic poems and sonnets. Later he began writing ghazals under the guidance of Hafeez Hoshyarpuri. He was a great admirer of Mir Taqi Mir, and probably the melancholy and "Ehsaas-e-Mehroomi" in his poetry was a direct result of that admiration. His tutor in poetry was Hafeez Hoshyarpuri, who also used symbols from nature in his poems. Nasir used to hum his poetic verses, and it was appealing to many of his readers and listeners.