Daag Dehalvi has his areas of srength. While he may not have the imagery of Meer or the genius of Ghalib, he certainly has amazing self effacing wit as against wailing(Ghalib's).Reading his works brings a lingering half smile to your face, even his sad verses have those 'pleasing' quality. His verses often have simple words and are easy to understand. 'Beauty thy name is simplicity' is his motto. Here are some of his masterpieces.
ye jo hai hukm mere paas na aaye ko_ii
is liye ruuTh rahe hai.n ki manaaye ko_ii
Here the use of koi to mean different things is awesome(yamak alankar i guess ).
haal afalaaq-o-zamii.n kaa jo bataayaa bhii to kyaa
baat vo hai jo tere dil kii baataaye ko_ii
Leaves me with no words.
aapane 'Daag' ko muu.Nh bhii na lagaayaa afsos
us ko rakhataa thaa kaleje se lagaaye ko_ii
Worth putting as introduction.
Or this one
taab-o-tavaa.N -o javani to "Daag" jaa chuke
yane ab hum bhi chaleiN saamaan to gayaa .
These lines are very quotable.
Khuub pardaa hai ke chilaman se lage baiThe hai.n
saaf chhupate bhii nahii.n saamane aate bhii nahii.n
ho chukaa qata ta'lluq to jafaaye.n kyo.n ho.n
jinako matalab nahii.n rahataa wo sataate bhii nahii.n
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