"with meer, ghalib, iqbal and faiz, to name only four, the firmament of urdu poetry is truly star - studded, with numerous starlets strewn around. Ghalib has not only a pride of place among them his stature is growing with every passing decade. He got?ess than his due in his own time. He was less than his due in his own time. He was ahead of his age and his contemporaries failed to comprehend him fully. But it was really when india (and pakistan) celebrated his ?rst death centenary in 1969 that he was rehabilitated as a great poet that he is. There has been no?ooking back after that. As with other great poets?ike shakespeare, one discovers a new wealth of meaning every time one reads him and different people find different meaning, suiting their need and situation. In other words, great poets are inexhaustible in their appeal and meaning and do not get dated even when they mirror their times most effectively. Ghalib's writings are not onlyan authentic account of his own age, his poetry transcends his times and situation. It is universal in its appeal"

Diwan-e-Ghalib

Literature & Fiction

SALIL, KULDIP

Poetry

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz is the most famous contemporary Urdu poet of the twentieth century who appeals both to the common man as well as the elite connoisseurs of poetry. In the matter of style, Faiz can be called the inheritor of the tradition of Ghalib because of his writing style of ghazals, which reflects a strong influence of the Persian style and diction. At the same time, several of his poems are written in simple conversational style dealing with the problems of the common man. Faiz was a committed poet who regarded poetry as a vehicle of serious thought rather than just a pleasurable pastime, and often used his poetry to champion the cause of socialistic humanism.
Born in Sialkot (Pakistan) in 1911, Faiz began his career as a lecturer in English but soon after turned to journalism where he excelled, rising to the post of editor of The Pakistan Times. In 1951, the Pakistan government sentenced him to four years imprisonment on the charges of complicity in a failed coup attempt known as the Rawalpindi Conspiracy case. While in jail he wrote two of his greatest works, Dasta-e-Saba and Zindan-Nama. During the regime of Zia-ul Haq, he was forced into exile to Beirut. He returned to Pakistan in 1982 and two years later he passed away.
This book offers a selection of the best of Faiz's ghazals and poems along with their English transliterations so you can enjoy the beauty and richness of the Urdu language as you read the English transliteration while the translation helps you understand the meaning with all its subtle nuances.

Best of Faiz

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<p>Ahmed Faraz is considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century. Essentially a romantic poet, steeped in classical Persian and Urdu traditions, he combined the sensitivity and lyricism of the great Urdu poet Meer Taqi Meer and the philosophical range and depth of Mirza Ghalib, his poetry also reflected a progressive outlook. He is often compared to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his simple style of writing because of which he became popular among common readers and connoisseurs of urdu poetry. Born on January 14, 1931 in Kohat (Pakistan) in a Pushto-speaking family, Faraz, started his career as a script writer for Radio Pakistan. Later he went into academics and also served as the director-general of the Pakistan Academy of Letters. Because of the long spells of dictatorship in Pakistan, Faraz often resorted to symbolism in his poetry to deliberately create an ambiguity so that his lines could be interpreted differently by different people, and mirrored a new kind of "political sensibility." Though Faraz wrote in Urdu, he did not hesitate from using Hindi words if they served his poetic purpose for he believed, "Hindi is close to Urdu, besides it enriches the language." Despite being known as a progressive poet, Faraz's most famous ghazal is a romantic one, "Ranjish hi sahi dil hii dukhaane ke liye aa." He died from kidney failure in Islamabad on 25 August, 2008. This book offers a selection of the best ghazals of Ahmed Faraz, translated into English by Kuldeep Salil. And to help you enjoy the richness and flavor of Urdu language, the original Urdu ghazals are transliterated and presented both in Roman and Devnagri scripts. Ahmed Faraz is considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century. Essentially a romantic poet, steeped in classical Persian and Urdu traditions, he combined the sensitivity and lyricism of the great Urdu poet Meer Taqi Meer and the philosophical range and depth of Mirza Ghalib, his poetry also reflected a progressive outlook. He is often compared to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his simple style of writing because of which he became popular among common readers and connoisseurs of urdu poetry. Born on January 14, 1931 in Kohat (Pakistan) in a Pushto-speaking family, Faraz, started his career as a script writer for Radio Pakistan. Later he went into academics and also served as the director-general of the Pakistan Academy of Letters. Because of the long spells of dictatorship in Pakistan, Faraz often resorted to symbolism in his poetry to deliberately create an ambiguity so that his lines could be interpreted differently by different people, and mirrored a new kind of "political sensibility." Though Faraz wrote in Urdu, he did not hesitate from using Hindi words if they served his poetic purpose for he believed, "Hindi is close to Urdu, besides it enriches the language." Despite being known as a progressive poet, Faraz's most famous ghazal is a romantic one, "Ranjish hi sahi dil hii dukhaane ke liye aa." He died from kidney failure in Islamabad on 25 August, 2008. This book offers a selection of the best ghazals of Ahmed Faraz, translated into English by Kuldeep Salil. And to help you enjoy the richness and flavor of Urdu language, the original Urdu ghazals are transliterated and presented both in Roman and Devnagri scripts.</p>

Best of Faraz

Meer Taqi Meer, the 18th century Urdu poet, is called the imam (leader) of Urdu poetry. He was highly regarded by his contemporaries and even the later poets including Ghalib who acknowledged Meer's poetic genius. Meer belonged to the Delhi School of Urdu ghazals. The greatest strength of his poetry is its simplicity. The language he used is not intricate or grand but simple and easily understood. It is this simplicity which makes a deep impact on the readers. There is an elegance in his style. Meer also used Persian imagery and idiom in his poetry to enhance its beauty. 
Though Meer tried his hand at various poetic forms, but his fame is mainly due to his ghazals which deal with love, especially unrequited love. He has written some of the best poems on love in Urdu. His masnavi Mu'amlat-e-Ishq is counted among the greatest love poems in Urdu literature. His personal life influenced the poetry he wrote. The pathos and melancholy in his poetry are due to the tragedies he suffered throughout his life. 
Meer wrote poetry both in Urdu and Persian. His collection of Urdu poems, Kulliat-e-Meer, has six volumes which have 13,585 couplets. Kulliat-e-Farsi is the collection of his poems in Persian 
language. Meer also wrote his autobiography in Persian called Zikr-e-Meer: 
This book offers a selection of the best ghazals ofMeer Taqi Meer, translated into English by Kuldip Salil. To help you enjoy the richness and flavour of Urdu language, the original Urdu ghazals are transliterated and presented both in Roman and Devnagri scripts.

Best of Meer

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