Khuda Karay Ke Meri Arz E Pak Poetry in Urdu
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ham aah bhī karte haiñ to ho jaate haiñ badnām
vo qatl bhī karte haiñ to charchā nahīñ hotā
I do suffer slander, when I merely sigh
she gets away with murder, no mention of it nigh
hum aah bhi karte hain to ho jate hain badnam
wo qatl bhi karte hain to charcha nahin hota
I do suffer slander, when I merely sigh
she gets away with murder, no mention of it nigh
Akbar Allahabadi
bichhī thiiñ har taraf āñkheñ hī āñkheñ
koī aañsū girā thā yaad hogā
bichhi thin har taraf aankhen hi aankhen
koi aansu gira tha yaad hoga
Bashir Badr
sab se pyārī hai jaan duniyā meñ
jaan se baḌh ke jān-e-jāñ tū hai
sab se pyari hai jaan duniya mein
jaan se baDh ke jaan-e-jaan tu hai
Jaleel Manikpuri
- See Ghazal
kisī kī raah meñ kāñTe kisī kī raah meñ phuul
hamārī raah meñ tūfāñ hai dekhiye kyā ho
kisi ki rah mein kanTe kisi ki rah mein phul
hamari rah mein tufan hai dekhiye kya ho
Qamar Moradabadi
- See Ghazal
haiñ ab is fikr meñ Duube hue ham
use kaise lage rote hue ham
hain ab is fikr mein Dube hue hum
use kaise lage rote hue hum
Shariq Kaifi
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WORD OF THE DAY
iKHlaas
- इख़्लास
- اخلاص
means
sincerity/ great affection
aatī hai nazar us meñ iḳhlās kī har sūrat
ā.īna hai ā.īna insān mohabbat kā
aati hai nazar us mein iKHlas ki har surat
aaina hai aaina insan mohabbat ka
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DID YOU KNOW ?
Akbar Allahabadi was one of the leading Urdu poets of humour and satire, who was also a session courts judge. He was a great supporter of Eastern culture and civilization. Throughout his poetry, strong satire on English culture can be seen. But he sent his own son Ishrat Hussain to London for studies.
When he was leaving, Akbar made him promise that he will not forget the traditional values and cultures of east. Once it was too late for Ishrat's letter to arrive, Akbar Allahabadi wrote his famous Qita, and sent it to him.
These are the two couplets from that famous Qita :
"Ishrati ghar ki mohabbat ka mazaa bhool gaye,
khaa ke london ki hawa ahd-e-wafa bhool gaye
pahunche hotel meN toh phir eid ki parwah na rahi,
cake ko chakh ke sewaiyoN ka maza bhool gaye"
DID YOU KNOW ?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter and India's first Minister of Education, wrote his literary masterpiece Ghubar-e-Khatir during his captivity at Qila Ahmad Nagar during 1942-1945 and contains twenty-four letters that he wrote during that time. Maulana had gone to Bombay to preside over a meeting of the All India Congress Committee and was arrested there. All these letters were written in the name of Nawab Sadr Yaar Jang Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman Khan Sherwani Raees of Bhikampur District, Aligarh. But these letters, which are based on the events and observations of Qila Ahmednagar and on various topics, ideas and philosophies, could not be posted due to strict bounds of imprisonment.
The letters were private and were not written with the idea that they would be published. But after his release from prison, at the insistence of his secretary Maulana Ajmal Khan, Maulana published them in book form.
These letters are a treasure trove of scholarly and literary information as well as details of his early life and are considered the very peak of Maulana Azad's unique style of writing.
DID YOU KNOW ?
Ever wondered how the act of making counterfeit notes and the word 'Qalb', or heart, are related? Sounding much like medical lingo, counterfeiting notes is known as 'Qalb-Saazi', which is made from the Arabic 'Qalb' and the Persian 'Saazi', meaning, making, or creating. Although Qalb is commonly used for the heart, it also means to inverse, turn upside down, or transform completely. The term 'Qalb-Saazi' can be best understood with respect to these other meanings of the word Qalb.
Miyan Dad Khan 'Sayyaah' (1829/30 - 1907), a famous and playful Urdu poet with a thing for traveling, was tried under 'Muqaddama-e-Qalb-Saazi' for printing counterfeit currency notes and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. On the occasion of Queen Victoria's Silver Jubilee, he wrote and sent an ode in Her honor, as a result of which his sentence was shortened by several years.
DID YOU KNOW ?
Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal king, is very well known as a poet, too. His Ghazal, 'Baat Karni
Mujhe Mushkil Kabhi Aisi To Na Thii' is heard by all. What's far less known is that he did not only write
Ghazals, he also ventured in on other genres of Urdu poetry while also composing Doha, Geet, Thumri,
Holi and Bhajan. His Kulliyat also contains couplets in Braj and Punjabi. In his Punjabi poems, the
bringing together of Urdu and Persian couplets is also fine.
Also, in 1965, Dr. Aslam Pervez wrote a Ph.D. thesis on Bahadur Shah Zafar at Delhi University. He was
the very first person who spent months in the National Archives of India delving and extracting
insightful, authentic bits about Zafar, which eventually came out in the form of his book in Urdu titled
'Bahadur Shah Zafar' in 1986.
Before writing his famous book 'The Last Mughal', English writer William Dalrymple got this book of
Aslam Pervez translated into English and greatly benefitted from it.
DID YOU KNOW ?
When Sahir Ludhianvi was writing the lyrics for Ramesh Sehgal's film "Phir Subh Hogi", based on Russian novelist Dostoevsky's famous novel "Crime and Punishment", he stipulated that film's music would be scored only by a composer who has read Dostoevsky's novel. Although the film director wanted to take the duo of Shankar-Jai Kishan as composers, only Khayyam fulfilled Sahir's stipulation. What followed was Sahir penning some memorable lyrics that not only dovetailed beautifully with the film's story, but also reflected the poet's social concerns, perspectives, and humanism.
chin-o-arab hamara, hindostan hamara
rahane ko ghar nahi hai, sara jahan hamara
jitani bhi bildinge thi, setho ne bant li hai
futpath bambai ke hai ashiyan hamara
Sahir's empathy was not just limited to his poems, as a matter of fact, he never took seat of the man-pulled rickshaws of that time.
At the young age of 18, the fame that Sahir obtained as a poet was something that very few others ever got. At the time of his stepping into the film industry, his collection of poems 'Talkhiyan', had become acclaimed in the extreme. He always considered the lyrics of film songs pivotal to their popularity. Moreover, it was Sahir who demanded that the name of the composer be announced along with the name of the composer in the film songs aired on the radio program 'Vividh Bharati'; a demand which was well heeded to.
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The greatest Urdu poet of humour and satire who was a Sessions judge at Allahabad.
duniyā meñ huuñ duniyā kā talabgār nahīñ huuñ
bāzār se guzrā huuñ ḳharīdār nahīñ huuñ
duniya mein hun duniya ka talabgar nahin hun
bazar se guzra hun KHaridar nahin hun
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