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I Had Marked Many Ghazals to Place Under This Section but I was so Confused AmOng All of Dem.. Really Hard to Select the Favourite One..
Still Here is My Contribution.. My Most Favourite Ghazal,
MIRZA MUHAMMAD ASADULLAH BEG KHAN GHALIB
AN INTRODUCTION:
Ghalib Is Regarded As The Most Important Urdu-Language Poet Of The Nineteenth Century. Praised In Particular For His Artful Use Of The Short Lyric Form Known As The Ghazal, He Also Wrote Poetry In Other Forms, Numerous Volumes Of Letters, And A Compelling Account Of The Sepoy Rebellion Of 1857, An Attempt By Natives Of India To Overthrow British Colonial Rule.
MAJOR WORKS:
In 1841, Ghalib Published His Collected Urdu Poems, Divan-I-Ghalib. His Next Book Did Not Appear Until 1849, When He Produced Panj Ahang, A Kind Of Handbook On The Writing Of Letters And Poetry Interspersed With Samples Of His Own Work; Throughout The Next Decade, He Published Only Sporadically. In 1857, Ghalib Was Forced To Reassess His Great Admiration For Western Culture When The British Rulers Of India Responded To The Sepoy Rebellion With Violence, Martial Law, And The Forced Exile Of Delhi’s Muslim And Hindu Populations. Eighteen Months After The Start Of The Fighting, He Published Dastanbu, His Memoirs Of The Suffering Brought On By The Conflict, And Sent Copies To Various British Officials, Including Queen Victoria, Both To Plead For Moderation In The Treatment Of Indians And To Establish His Own Innocence In The Rebellion. At This Time, Motivated By The Realization That Most Of His Unpublished Manuscripts Had Been Destroyed When The Rebels And British Alike Looted The Libraries Of Delhi, Ghalib Attempted To Gather His Remaining Ghazals Into Expanded Editions Of His Divan. In The Loneliness Caused By The Deaths And Exile Of Many Of His Friends, Ghalib Began To Write Several Letters A Day For Solace; Many Of These Were Collected For Publication. Despite Rapidly Failing Health In His Later Years, Ghalib Helped Edit Some Of These Collections And Critiqued Poems Sent To Him By Poets All Over India. He Died In 1869.
GHAZAL:
Baaziichaa-E-Atfaal Hai Duniyaa Mere Aage
Hotaa Hai Shab-O-Roz Tamaashaa Mere Aage
Ik Khel Hai Aurang-E-Sulemaan Mere Nazdiik
Ik Baat Hai Ijaaz-E-Masiihaa Mere Aage
Juz Naam Nahiin Suurat-E-Aalam Mujhe Manzuur
Juz Vahm Nahiin Hastii-E-Ashyaa Mere Aage
Hotaa Hai Nihaan Gard Men Sehraa Mere Hote
Ghistaa Hai Jabiin Khaak Pe Dariyaa Mere Aage
Mat Puuchh Ke Kyaa Haal Hai Meraa Tere Piichhe
Tuu Dekh Ke Kyaa Rang Hai Teraa Mere Aage
Sach Kahte Ho Khud’biin-O-Khud’aaraa Huun Na Kyuun Huun
Baithaa Hai But-E-Aa’iinaa-Siimaa Mere Aage
Phir Dekhiye Andaaz-E-Gul’afshaanii-E-Guftaar
Rakh De Ko’ii Paimaanaa-E-Sahbaa Mere Aage
Nafrat Ka Gumaan Guzre Hai Main Rashk Se Guzraa
Kyuun Kar Kahuun Lo Naam Naa Us Kaa Mere Aage
Iimaan Mujhe Roke Hai Jo Khiinche Hai Mujhe Kufr
Kaabaa Mere Piichhe Hai Kaliisaa Mere Aage
Aashiq Huun Pe Maashuuq-Farebii Hai Mera Kaam
Majnuun Ko Buraa Kahtii Hai Lailaa Mere Aage
Khush Hote Hain Par Vasl Men Yuun Mar Nahiin Jaate
Aayii Shab-E-Hijraan Kii Tamannaa Mere Aage
Hai Mauj’zan Ik Qulzum-E-Khuun Kaash! Yahii Ho
Aataa Hai Abhii Dekhiye Kyaa-Kyaa Mere Aage
Go Haath Ko Jumbish Nahiin Aankhon Men To Dam Hai
Rahne Do Abhii Saaghar-O-Miinaa Mere Aage
Ham’peshaa-O-Ham’mashrab-O-Ham’raaz Hai Meraa
Ghalib Ko Buraa Kyuun Kaho Achaa Mere Aage
REASON FOR LIKING:
What Should I Write Under This Heading, Because Each Part Of This Ghazal Is So Beautifully Constructed Ke Bus…
