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Songs of Kabir (New York: MacMillan, 1915) [1] is an anthology of poems by Kabir, a 15th-century Indian spiritual master. It was translated from Hindi to English by Rabindranath Tagore , a Nobel Prize-winning author and noted scholar.
Khwaja Hafiz recites his poetry in the 17th century. The Urdu ghazal is a literary form of the ghazal-poetry unique to the Indian subcontinent, written in the Urdu standard of the Hindostani language. It is commonly asserted that the ghazal spread to South Asia from the influence of Sufi mystics in the Delhi Sultanate. [1]
Besides writing, he earned his living teaching in a college and was a Professor of Hindi Literature in Dharma Samaj College, Aligarh. [6] [7] Around 2012, Neeraj was the chancellor of Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. [citation needed] Several poems and songs written by Neeraj have been used in Hindi movies.
It was again used (with altered lines) as the lyrics for songs two films: in the title song of the 1999 film Sarfarosh (Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye), and in the 2002 Hindi film, The Legend of Bhagat Singh. The poem has also been used in the 2000 film, Dhadkan and the 2006 film, Rang De Basanti, being featured heavily for the track Lalkaar in
Later, Michael Winterbottom used the original version of the song as a soundtrack in his 2011 film Trishna, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed. In 2020, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan paid homage to his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with a cover version of the song, saying, "Sanson Ki Mala [is] a Qawwali very close to my heart, and this time it has been ...
Abdul Hayee (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980), popularly known by his pen name Sahir Ludhianvi, was an Indian poet who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. [1] He is regarded as one of the greatest film lyricist and poets of 20th century India.
Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language. [1] She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet (My Poems, My Songs), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.
"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile" is the full name of a World War I marching song, published in 1915 in London. It was written by Welsh songwriter George Henry Powell under the pseudonym of "George Asaf", and set to music by his brother Felix Powell. [1] [2] The song is best remembered for its chorus. [3]