1. Munshi Mohammed Ali Tashnah was an eccentric poet in Ghalib’s era who came to mushairas in a state of inebriety as well as nudity. Of all the poets present in #DilliKaAakhiriShama he was the only one who had a sense of things to come in 1845.
Aankh padti hai kahin, paanv kahin padta hai
Sab ki hai tumko khabar, apni khabar kuchh bhi nahin
Shama hai, gul bhi hai, bulbul bhi hai, parwana bhi
Raat ki raat yeh sab kuch hai, sehar kuchh bhi nahin
Hashr ki dhoom hai, sab kahte hain yun hai, yun hai
Fitna hai ek teri thokar ka , magar kuchh bhi nahin
Nesti ki hai mujhe koocha e hasti mein talaash,
Saer karta hun udhar ki jidhar kuchh bhi nahin
Ek ansoo bhi asar jab na kare Tashnah
Fayda rone se ai deeda e tar kuchh bhi nahin , kuchh bhi nahin
( reciting this Tashna abruptly got up and left the mushaira repeating kuchh bhi nahin kuchh bhi nahin )
2. Mirza Mahir, grandson of Badshah Shah Alam
Hum bhi kaabe ko chalte par ai Sheikh
Qismat se butkade mein hi deedaar ho gaya
Naaseh ki baat sun ne ka kisko yahan dimaagh
Tera hi zikr tha ke main naachaar ho gaya
Ai humnasheen woh Hazrat Mahir hi naa hon kahin
Ek paarsa suna hai mai khwaar ho gaya
3.Once this impious idol worshipper had laid claims to divinity,
Now that he has come to his senses, he has recovered his humanity
Pahle dawa e khudaai uss but e kafir ko tha,
Kuch durusti par jo aaj aaya tau insaan ho gaya
Mirza Haji Baig Shohrat
4.
Mirza Kamil Baig a soldier in the Mughal army in 1845
Mizghaan*se agar bache hai dil, abru^ kare hai tukde
Yeh kahkar maine jo uss se daad chaahi
Kahne laga k tarkash jis waqt hone lage khali
Talwar tab na kheinche tau kya kare sipahi
*eyelashes ^eyebrows