Soul-stirring Urdu shayeri
If you are at a loss to find the words to express your feelings, just turn to Urdu shayeri.
While there are countless ways to express your love for your beloved, you can’t really go wrong with Urdu poetry, which is known for its lyrical beauty, deep meaning and emotion.
Mirza Ghalib, the Shakespeare of Urdu shayeri, has the last word on love. Can one disagree with his view that matters of heart can’t be decided by us humans as love comes unbidden and blossoms just like that?
Ishq par zornahin hai ye woaatish Ghalib
Jolagayenalageaurbujhayena bane
(No controlling love, it’s a fire
Can’t be ignited nor can be doused)
Urdu poetry comes to the aid of lovelorn folks whatever be the mood they like to reflect. There are any number of touching two-liners — rich in emotion and meaning. The master of ghazals that he is, Ghalib weaves magic in his love sonnets.
Tum mere pas hote ho goya
Jab koidusranahinhota
(As if you are with me, just when
There’s no one else around me)
On another occasion he says:
Dil-e-nadantujhehua kya hai
Aakhir isdard ki dawa kya hai
(O foolish heart what has befallen you
Don’t you know this sickness has no cure.)
The best love is that which awakens the soul. Urdu shayeri does just that and leaves you gasping for more. For those pining for the ultimate, Allamma Iqbal, poet of East, has this to say:
Tereishq ki intihachahta hun
Meri sadgidekh kya chahta hun
(Want to have the extreme of your love
See, how silly I am, wishing the impossible)
Urdu poetry is all about love — bitter, sweet and poignant. It offers amatory odes to fit all situations — love, loss, separation. Sample this verse of Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Hyderabad’s best known poet:
Aapki yaadaatirahiraatbhar
Chashmenammuskuraatirahiraatbhar
(Your thoughts lingered all night
My wet eyes kept smiling all night)
Women can take recourse to Parveen Shakir to give vent to their feelings. A poetess of no mean repute, she has written on all facets of life specific to women.
Kaanp uthti hun ye sochkartanhaee main
Mere chehre pe teranaamnapadh le koi
(I tremble in solitude thinking
What if someone reads your name on my face)
Ladkiyon kedukhajabhoteyhain, sacch us seajeeb
Hans rahihainaur kajal bheegta hai saath
(The pains of girls are strange, their truths even stranger
They chuckle, their kohl gets wet, together)
No, there is no dearth of ishqia shayeri with poets like Hasrat Mohani, Dagh Dehlvi, Jigar Muradabadi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz dishing out passionate verses that touch both the heart and the mind. Hyderabad founder, Mohd Quli Qutb Shah, whose dalliance with Bhagmati is legendary, composed Dakhni dialect poems full of love, mirth and vivacity. He sang paeans to his beloved.
Piya baajpyalapiyajaina
Piyabajek til jiyajaina
Kahithepiya bin saburikaroon
Kahhiyajai amma kiyajaina
(I can’t drink, my drink, without my love
I can’t breathe, I sink, without my love
I should be patient, you say, without my love
How easy to say, how hard to live, without my love)
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