Zaheer Kashmiri
Zaheer Kashmiri was also known as Peer Dastgeer Zaheer. He was born on 21 August 1919 in Amritsar, but he originally …
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Daraaz
Daraaz means long,high, exalted In one of the most classical poems, the poet Iqbal uses this word beautifully. baag-e-bahisht se …
Gardish
Gardish means revolution, circulation This word has been used in many songs and poems. In the film Mera Naam Joker …
Tamaam
Tamaam -Entire/complete This word is beautifully expressed in the couplet written by Aseer Dehlvi. Kagaz tamaam, kilk tamaan aur hum …
Khwahishon ki intehaan..
A wonderful and hard hitting couplet by Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi saab, on the never ending desires – Insaan ki …
Couplet by Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the noted Indian poet of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of the early 20th century …
Apni khushi na aaye, Na apni khushi chale – Zauq
Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq (1789–1854), the famous Urdu poet and scholar of literature, poetry and religion, who wrote poetry under …
Prelude to Aahista Aahista..
Here is a beautiful prelude to the legendary ghazal Aahista Aahista which has been covered on our blog before (link …
Begum Akhtar’s Couplet
Wo aa rahen hai jo biimaar kii dawaa ke liye Khamosh baithe hain sab chaaraagar duaa ke liye Translation: (he …
Footprints on Zero Line – Gulzar
The Partition of 1947 has influenced the works of an entire generation of writers, and continues to do so. Gulzar …
