Farewell Naseer Turabi: The Unsung Poet Whose Lone Ghazal Struck Gold
Turabi may forever be known as the poet who never got his due in his lifetime, yet his most popular ghazal will ensure that he is in focus.
Naseer Turabi. Photo: YouTube video screengrab
Kuchh roz Naseer aao chalo ghar mein raha jaaye
Logon ko ye shikva hai ke ghar par nahin milta
(Come, in our house for a few days Naseer, let us now remain
For he is not found at home, the people complain)
One had still not fully come to terms with the death of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi last Christmas, when news came on January 10, that Naseer Turabi too had left us, felled by a heart attack at 75. He was buried in Karachi on the following day.