Bashir Badr is no longer amongst us. He bade farewell to the world on Thursday afternoon (May 28).
उर्दू गजल के उस्ताद मशहूर शायर डॉ. बशीर बद्र का निधन, 91 साल की उम्र में भोपाल में ली अंतिम सांस
The popular poet and Padma Shri awardee, Bashir Badr, is no longer amongst us. He bade farewell to the world on Thursday afternoon (May 28). Bashir Badr breathed his last at the age of 91 at his home in Eidgah Hills, Bhopal.
It is reported that the renowned poet Bashir Badr had been in poor health for quite some time. He also suffered from age-related ailments.
Hailing from Bhopal, Bashir Badr is counted among the most popular and gentle-voiced poets in the world of Urdu poetry. His real name was Syed Mohammad Bashir, and he was born on February 15, 1935, in India. Bashir Badr had been suffering from dementia for a long time; he had lost his memory and was no longer able to even recognize people. His health had been steadily deteriorating over the past few months.
The time for Bashir Badr’s funeral has not yet been finalized. However, according to his family members, the last rites may be performed as early as this evening.
Bashir Badr’s Poetry on Love and Solitude
Popular for his ghazals for decades, Bashir Badr possessed a unique ability to articulate themes of love, solitude, relationships, memories, and human emotions with great simplicity. He will continue to be remembered for this for decades to come. Whenever Bashir Badr participated in mushairas (poetic gatherings), people would invariably flock to hear him speak.
Bashir Badr’s admirers were not limited to India alone; he had devoted fans in other countries as well. Some of his ghazals that the world will remember forever—
Bashir Badr’s Famous Ghazals
- I neither gazed upon you to my heart’s content, nor did we exchange a word;
- Yet, I harbored a deep longing for this very meeting.
- You dwelt within my eyes, yet never descended into my heart to truly reside there;
- Like a passenger on a boat, you sailed the waters but never truly saw the ocean.
- If I were to search, I would surely find someone else;
- But who, like you, would ever love me so?
- Do not wander aimlessly and without cause; stay home for at least one evening.
- She is the true book of ghazal—read her gently, in quiet solitude.
- If you bow your head in reverence, even a stone will be elevated to the status of a deity;
- Do not love him so intensely, lest he turn out to be unfaithful.
‘Today, Urdu Has Become a Little Poorer’
Poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar expressed his condolences on the passing of Bashir Badr. He remarked that, today, our language—Urdu—has become a little poorer. The immensely melodious poet, Bashir Badr, has departed from our midst forever. His ghazals will live on eternally within our memories.
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