the fact that kabir could not get much acclaim painter babar shareef whose father too was a poet says that kabir fell to professional rivalry he was totally engrossed in his writings and never expected much from anyone he expressed profound thoughts in simple manner as seen in the couplet zameen pe chal na saka aasmaan se bhi gaya kata ke par ko parinda udaan se bhi gaya tabhah kar gayi pakke makaan ki khwaish main apne gaon ke kacche makaan se bhi gaya kabirs poetry earned him many fans and he was a regular at the mushaira held at red fort on independence day he was equally proficient in writing musical compositions poetry and literature but his favourite was shayari as he felt that he could say so much in just two line informs samir first of his poetry to be set to music was a ghazal phoolon ki barsaat which was sung in qawaali style by hanif agrawal it was played at every paan shop and tea stall in mominpura where we lived in those days says sameer but his big break came with a call from jagjit singh who had heard the ghazal neend se ankh khuli and wanted to compose it for himself main nashey main hoon was among the most popular ones says sameer he also penned two ghazals on singhs request after the babri masjid demolition shahid wrote for him the ghazal main naa hindu na musalman mujhe jeene do the other was when jagjit was to record a duet with lata mangeshkar kabir penned the famous ghazal gham ka khazana tera bhi hai mera bhi