Ghazal music video · Classical · 7:14

वो हवा न रही वो चमन न रहा वो गली न रही वो हसीं न रहे

Name: वो हवा न रही वो चमन न रहा वो गली न रही वो हसीं न रहे — Akbar Allahabadi
Uploaded: 2026-10-21T11:00:14.877Z
Duration: 7 min 14 s
Description: Watch "वो हवा न रही वो चमन न रहा वो गली न रही वो हसीं न रहे" by Akbar Allahabadi — a Classical ghazal music video with the original verse and meaning. “Gone is that breeze, gone is that garden, gone is that lane and those fair ones of old; gone is that sky, gone is that era, gone are those dwellings

Vo Havaa Na Rahii Vo Chaman Na Rahaa Vo Galii Na Rahii Vo Hasiin Na Rahe

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The verses

वो हवा न रही वो चमन न रहा वो गली न रही वो हसीं न रहे वो फ़लक न रहा वो समाँ न रहा वो मकाँ न रहे वो मकीं न रहे
Meaning: Gone is that breeze, gone is that garden, gone is that lane and those fair ones of old; gone is that sky, gone is that era, gone are those dwellings and the dwellers they hold.
न वो जाम रहे न वो मस्त रहे न फ़िदाई-ए-अहद-ए-अलस्त रहे वो तरीक़ा-ए-कार-ए-जहाँ न रहा वो मशाग़िल-ए-रौनक़-ए-दीं न रहे
Meaning: Neither those wine-cups remain, nor those enraptured souls of the past, nor those faithful to the primordial covenant of 'Alast'; that ancient way of worldly affairs has ceased to be, nor do those noble pursuits survive that gave faith its vibrant majesty.
वही सूरतें रह गईं पेश-ए-नज़र जो ज़माने को फेरें इधर से उधर मगर ऐसे जमाल-ए-जहाँ-आरा जो थे रौनक़-ए-रू-ए-ज़मीं न रहे
Meaning: Only those faces linger before the sight that toss the world in disarray, yet those world-adorning beauties, the very splendor of the earth, have passed away.
ग़म ओ रंज में 'अकबर' अगर है घिरा तो समझ ले कि रंज को भी है फ़ना किसी शय को नहीं है जहाँ में बक़ा वो ज़ियादा मलूल ओ हज़ीं न रहे
Meaning: If Akbar is besieged by sorrow and grief, know that even sorrow must meet its end; Nothing in this world possesses permanence, so let him not remain so deeply grieved.