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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. [40] 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. [42]
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.
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "Urdu" around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time. [1] Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
The recurring theme of elusive love is often explored in ghazals such as "Wo tou khushbu hai" (He is fragrance), where the poet describes the essence of love as fleeting and intangible, like a scent. For example, in "Khushbu bhi us k tarz-e-pazeerai per gai" (Fragrance also goes by his style of welcome), the poet suggests that even fragrance is ...
Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer), was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal India and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself.
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.
Shakeb Jalali or Shakeeb Jalali (Urdu: شکیب جلالی), born Syed Hassan Rizvi (1 October 1934 – 12 November 1966), was a Pakistani Urdu poet, considered one of the distinguished Urdu poets of the post-Independence era. [1] Shakeb was born on 1 October 1934 in Jalal, a small village near Aligarh. His ancestors were from a small town ...
He received an MA in Urdu from the University of Karachi and began working as a radio and television producer until 1967. [1] In 1974, his first book of poetry Chand Chehra Sitara Ankhhen was published. [1] He was senior producer at Karachi station Pakistan Television Corporation until he was forced to resign in 1978 following an edict against ...