The very presence of Khumar Barabankvi brought grace to the mushairas. He died a few years back. His son Suroor Barabankvi died at a very younge age. Suroor ko bhi sharaab kha gayii.
Isn'tit ironical that Khumar lived a long life despite his addiction to liquor but his son could barely survive his father. I just heard the recording of a mushaira on a website.
Khumar sahab reciting his ghazal:
Na haara hai ishq na dunia thaki hai
In fact, that was the last ghazal I heard from Khumar Barabankvi in a mushaira.
Tujh ko barbaad to hona tha, bahar-haal khumaar
Naaz kar naaz ki usne tujhe barbaad kiya
Found two couplets of Ali Abbas Ummeed written on a piece of paper.
Uske bin dar-o-diivaar sab kuchh mujhe suune lage
Aur chhat ha meer sii, baarish na ho chuune lage
Jitne qaddaavar the unke sar to ghutnoN me.n gaye
Ab tamaasha yeh hai baune aasmaaN chhuune lage
Read Khumar's ghazals in Urdu, Hindi and English scripts at BESTGHAZALS
