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Ghazal poets frequently use this story as a simile or reference point to portray their love as similarly obsessive and pure. [43] Urdu ghazal is a form of lyrical poetry that originated in the Urdu language during the Mughal Empire. It consists of rhyming couplets, with each line sharing the same meter. [45]
The ghazal [a] is a form of amatory poem or ode, [1] originating in Arabic poetry [2] that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love. It may be ...
Zehal-e-Miskin is the first ghazal in Urdu literature, written by Amir Khusrau, through combining the Old Hindi language Braj Bhasha (Hindavi) and Persian. This Persianised combination was later known as Rekhta (the ancestor of Modern Standard Urdu). [12] [13] The poem effectively conveys the agony experienced due to the distance from the ...
Rekhta is an Indian web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [ 5 ]
Wali Mohammed Wali's visit to Delhi in 1700 is considered to be of great significance for Urdu Ghazals. It was believed that he introduced deccani mushaira to Delhi. His simple, sensuous and melodious poems in Urdu, awakened the Persian loving poets of Delhi to the beauty and capability of "Rekhta" (the old name for Urdu) as a medium of poetic expression.
Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish (1764 –1846) of Lucknow was an Urdu poet.Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish Lakhnawi is one of the giants of Urdu literature.Aatish and Imam Baksh Nasikh were contemporary poets whose rivalry is well known.
Diwan-e-Ghalib is a poetry book written by the India born Persian and also Urdu poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib.It is a collection of the ghazals of Ghalib. [1] Though it does not include all of his ghazals as he was too choosy to include them all, still in many other copies of the Diwan Urdu scholars have tried to collect all of his precious works.
Qamar Jalalvi is regarded as one of the best classical Urdu Ghazal poets. His ghazal poetry has a unique simplicity of expression. A poet from the age of eight, Qamar Jalalvi's writing had become quite popular by the time he was in his 20s. He lived a life of financial hardship, working for many years at bicycle repair shops.