Bazm
Bazm means gathering or party, an assembly of people. Also known as mehfil. Here is a couplet from the prolific …
Category Archives: Urdu Poetry and Texts
A couplet by Sardar Jafri
Gham ka heeraa dil mein rakkho kisko dikhaate phirte ho ye choron ki dunyaa hai The jewel of your sadness, …
Waqt to lagta hai…
Pyaar ka pehla khat likhne mein waqt to lagta hai naye parindo ko udne mein waqt to lagta hai It …
Ghazal, Ghazaal aur Gazelle
At Urduwallahs, we have often pondered over the etymological origin and similarity in the Urdu lafz ‘ghazal’ (poem) and the …
My Name is Radha
My name is Radha: The Essential Manto is the latest English translation of Manto’s prolific work, to land at book …
Dehleez
Dehleez means threshold (of a home, of pain or anything else) and is sometimes loosely used to mean entrance of …
Khusrau – Kabir Across Centuries
India has been blessed by the presence of several poet saints through centuries. Among the most revered and popular from …
Magroor
Magroor means arrogant/proud Given below is a poem and its translation which has the word ‘Magroor’ Magroor na hon apne …
Lahore ka Jugrafia – Patras Bokhari
Syed Ahmed Shah commonly known as Patras Bokhari ( October 1898, Peshawar – 5 December 1958, New York) was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster …
Banjaranama – Chronicle of a Nomad
The Banjaranama (Chronicle of the Nomad) is a famous satirical Urdu poem, written by the eighteenth-century Indian poet Nazeer Akhbarabadi. The poem’s essential message is …
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