Apni khushi na aaye, Na apni khushi chale – Zauq
Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq (1789–1854), the famous Urdu poet and scholar of literature, poetry and religion, who wrote poetry under …
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The greatness of Momin
Momin Khan Momin was a contemporary of Mirza Ghalib and Ibrahim Zauq. He was also a physician, astrologer and chess …
Bisat
Bisat means chessboard and is used wonderfully by Ibrahim Zauq in the couplet below, from his popular ghazal ‘layi hayaat …
Layi hayat aaye qazaa le chali chale..
Here is Urdu poet Ibrahim Zauq’s most famous ghazal: layi hayaat aaye qaaza le chali chale na apni khushi aaye …
Poetic Insults
The poetic rivalry between Mirza Ghalib and his contemporary, Ibrahim Zauq, is legendary, in the courts of Bahadur Shah Zafar. …
The God of Poetry
Meer Taqi Meer, the great 18th century poet is also known and acknowledged by centuries of poets after him, as …
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