Congratulations Ms. Kaki: Afzal Sahir (Lost and) Found!

Our heartfelt congratulations to you Ms. Kaki, for helping us find our lost Punjabi Poet and FM 103 Radio Host Afzal Saahir in Lahore.

We had sent a message on the email address that you had supplied on Thursday Oct 16, to which we received a reply from Afzal Saher Himself on Wednesday Nov 12.

However, the message had to go through certain identification processes, and some took longer than anticipated. Our volunteer Judges were to find answers to three questions, and if the decision was too close to call, a Fourth Final question had to be answered as well:
1. Does the respondent praise the representative of Uddari at the outset?
2. Does the respondent, after doing that, enter into a prolonged monologue about himself?
3. Does the respondent send a new image of himself?
And then the Fourth Final…
4. Does the respondent send more than one image of himself?

Following are the findings submitted by the Judges:
1. Indeed, he does.
‘Tere jehi nighi, mithi tey roshan rooh ghat ghat e a duniya vich’

2. Indeed.
Unquotable due to space constraints.

3. Indeed! And FANS!
Here It Is!
afzal-saahir

Since the decision was unanimous there was no need to invoke the Fourth Final (but if you are curious, just click here: JUST CLICK HERE).

So, as you can see, this is not what took long. It was the acquisition and deliverance of the Award itself. Immediately upon receiving a reply from Afzal Saahir, we had called the executive offices of Sanjh Publications in Lahore to inquire about his collection of poetry. To our dismay, the person at the other end first refused knowledge of any such author or title, and then on our insistence, did further research into the matter and came back with this message from the publisher: ‘O Jee, aggae punj saal langh gae nain, punj duss hor lungh jan gae’.

I am afraid, Ms. kaki, that what seemed so easy to acquire, actually did not exist!

My suggestion to you would be to never lose hope, and toward this end, i present this new Kaafi poem from Afzal Saahir.

Mein JaaNoo AnjaaN
By Afzal Saahir
BaBa Nanank Ji noon BheNt

Mein jaaNoo anjaaN Ve Loka,
Mein jaaNoo anjaaN

Dharat ghRoli sir te chaaeym,
peraaN heth asmaan
ve loka..Mein jaaNoo anjaaN

Saaray denh di kaar usaari,
raateeN keetam dhaaN.
ve loka…Mein jaanoo anjaaN.

Mans, pakhi, rukh, dhor sbhohi,
jooNo jooN samaaN.
ve loka…Mein jaanoo anjaaN.

ApNi aap sehaaN bina hey,
kooRo kooR gyaan.
ve loka..Mein jaaNoo anjaaN

Kull khudaai, Jo hey, OH hey,
meri JIND Nishaan.
ve loka..Mein jaaNoo anjaaN

Mere saah de Shoh daryaaiN,
maut kare ashnaan.
ve loka..Mein jaaNoo anjaaN

Na Allah, Na Raam kahaaNi,
Qudrat vich dheyaan.
ve loka..Mein jaaNoo anjaaN

Dharat ghRoli sir te chaaeym,
peraaN heth asmaan
ve loka..Mein jaanoo anjaaN.

- Fauzia Rafiq

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  1. Aoa saahir bhai kidaan apna punjabi da aik sher. Aede te taadi rai chanwan ga. Arz ay. FAjar hayati bhookhan maryan choyian chakiyan. Umeran langiyan shaman payian par na khadiyan pakiyan

  2. why is that we the Punjabis in our straightforwardness become a little rude?

  3. hi i am from jeddah saudi Arabia app ko radio per to nehi ab internet per suntay han pls apnay timing bata den kis waqat app radio per atay han . app ko sun kay lagta hay kay ham pakistan men he lahore men car men pher rahay han bohat khushi hoti hay . thaks

  4. slaam afzal bhi ap ka program boht acha chal raha ha

  5. hi sair ge its me moon from london really i like ur show vry much and lov you sooo much u have a great personality take care bye

  6. salam,
    you r agreat humanbing sahher ,am realy pray for ur aims.
    ALLAHSUBHANA bless you

  7. HI YASIR
    HOW R U?
    KAMAL HO TUM
    LAKIN MUJHE B MAAN LO
    TUM KO DHOONDH HI LYA
    BYE

  8. afzal sahir is very talented n have tremendous sense of humour.

  9. Saahir sb tussi great o. thoadi poetry boht vadya ay janab. ALLAH apko or kamyabi dy. ameen.

  10. I like the programe of Punjabi of Mr.Afzal Saahir which is very fine thanks H.A.Malik

  11. I think this man deserves the award

  12. I Love to ur voice and to u

  13. ilove to u

  14. AOA,sahir sab,yoututbe mey saieen kesey find kere ,pata dey thanks

  15. main nay ap ka programme suna es ko bohat pasand kia hay ap ki awaz bohat peyari aur bolnay ka andaz bohat hi peyara hay sad khush raho

  16. both he khob RJ.sada ishe tarhan muskarta rahy.shair main elam both both he piyar ha.

  17. you are a great personality and good vioce ok

  18. CONGRATULATIONSSSSSSSSS ON EXPANSION OF NETWORK. KEEP IT UP AND
    MAY U HAVE A PROSPRUS LIFE BEST OF LUCK

    “KING OF PUNJAB”

  19. i love you sahir

  20. afzal sahir sir k kia khany….. he iz not only a good n fantastisc poet but he iz also a superb human being,,, he iz good in his thoughts n mature thinking,,, really he considres the moral values and ethics,,,

    God bless him,,,, nd poetry kerty rhain or hum party rahain gain,,,

  21. mey tohadi poetry pr k bht khush hoi khush rho ur fain faiza

  22. Hi Saahir,
    Its a strange day today. I was trying to look for Azeem sahib on the internet but could not find him and ‘mazdoor kisan party’ has him no where on their website. Anyhow I was in 10th grade when I saw you teaching punjabi to my physics teacher who evidently wanted to do PhD in punjabi. In the middle you turned to us and delivered a speech that sounded different. It had that spirit in it that I was feeling for few previous years. Anyways my email adress is rarehman@hotmail.com and I am currently a physician in the US. It will be very helpful if I could talk a little punjabi with you some day.
    Thanks a bunch.

  23. sorry aik msg do bar send ho gaya daikha ho gaya na blunder hehehe isi lia to main baat nahi karti pata nahi baat krne pe kia karun gi.

  24. AOA Saahir,i m a great fan of u . lakin kabhi aap k show main call nahi kia keun k mjhe lagta he k main aap se baat nahi kar paun gi akhir main yeh hi kahun gi k jeunde wasde rahwo te Allah belli.

  25. AOA,Saahir, i m a great fan of u. jab se fm 103 pe aap ko suna he aap ki fan ho gai hun. kabhi aap k show main call nahi ki keun k mujhe lagta he k main aap se baat nahi kar paon gi lakin aap k show ki timings mujhe yaad rahti hain akhir main bus itna kahun gi k jeunde wasde rawo te Allaw belli.

  26. AOA; JEETY RAHO ALLAH HAMESHA KAMYAB KRY. I M REGULAR LISTENER OF MAST FM103. AFZAL BHAI TUSSI GREAT HO. PLZ PRAY 4 ME

  27. helo.u r sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttt.me already bhot madah hun apki.may god gv u a lot of hapines in ur life.or shadi kerne ki tofiq de apko.ameen take care.kiran

  28. [...] and a Lahori FM radio Host. Out of the two, after months of struggle, we have found only one: the Radio Host! Thanks to Ms. Kaki in Lahore, we can now claim 50% success in our endeavors. Lessons learnt from [...]


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