Tum vs Aap

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Re: Tum vs Aap

@KKF

by the way…in Urdu poetry, the use of ‘tum’, ‘tu’ and ‘aap’ or ‘teraa’ and ‘tumhaaraa’ or ‘meraa’ and hamaaraa interchangeably is considered a ‘short-coming’ [noqs] of poetry…[shaa’irii ke naqaa’is]…it’s called ‘shutur-Gorbaa’ [camel-cat]…it has been declared ‘illegal’ in poetry writing…

…however, some stalwarts [ustad] of Urdu poetry have legalized for themselves while it’s still illegal for non-ustaad poets.

one such example is this she’r by Momin KhaN “Momin”:

jise aap ginte the aashanaa, jise aap kahte the baa_wafaa
maiN vohii huN ‘Momin’-e-mubtilaa, tumheN yaad ho k na yaad ho

Momin ke zamane main shayar apne se baRi umr ki aunties se ishq laRate the