Thursday, September 17, 2020

Urdu Poetry A Review


Introduction to Urdu Poetry

Urdu is a language wealthy in hues, customs, conventions, and culture. This language has received words from the Muslims socially solid background of the subcontinent, Persian, Turks, and Arabs. In this manner, we can discover the verse somewhere down in importance, philosophical in considerations, and furthermore multi-directional. 

The attacks of the armed forces of these locales additionally lead the verse to be inspirational, arousing, and empowering religions and convictions. We can likewise discover the effect of Sanskrit on the Urdu Poetry.

Similarly, Urdu Poetry has the expressional words of Urdu to express something in an artistic sense.

Basic Ingredients of Urdu Poetry

In spite of the fact that Urdu Poetry is a perplexing subject that shows itself in various structures, there are sure essential fixings that portray each Urdu sonnet. We will presently investigate how a fundamental Urdu sonnet is organized and acclimate ourselves with a portion of its essential fixings.  

Urdu Poetry has many ingredients by different names these are all inventions of Urdu Poetry or it may also say that Urdu Poetry is a promotional tool of Urdu Language.

In Urdu Poetry, a sonnet ordinarily appears as a ghazal. A ghazal is an assortment of different couplets, called "ashaar", that hold fast to the guidelines of "bahar", "radeef", "matla", "maqta", and "qafiya". Every couplet or "sher" communicates a solitary idea and can remain solitary. 

To see how the commonplace Urdu sonnet is organized, it is indispensable that you comprehend what every one of these five terms alludes to. 

Bahar in Urdu Poetry, "bahar" alludes to the meter, or length, of a couplet. Each line of a couplet must have the equivalent bahar as the other. Moreover, each and every couplet in a ghazal must have the equivalent bahar. Urdu Poetry utilizes 19 distinct sorts of bahar which can be ordered into short, medium, and long meters. 

Radeef. Radeef in Urdu Poetry alludes to a similar word or expression that is rehashed toward the finish of the second line of each couplet. Remember that the radeef are consistently the specific, same words for each ghazal. 

Matla. Matla in Urdu Poetry alludes to the principal couplet in a ghazal. The two lines of a ghazal's matla must end in the radeef. 

Maqta in Urdu Poetry Customarily, artists of Urdu Poetry ordinarily use nom de plumes which are called Takhallus. The takhallus is generally consolidated into the last couplet of the sonnet as such a mark. The last couplet of a ghazal that contains the takhallus is known as the "maqta". 

Qafiya in Urdu Poetry. The "qafiya" alludes to the rhyming example that is utilized not long before the radeef toward the finish of each couplet. The qafiya is important to the capacity of each Urdu sonnet, in any event when different guidelines are not clung to. 





Since you comprehend what every one of the five terms alludes to, we direct our concentration toward how they administer an Urdu sonnet's structure. To start with, each couplet of a ghazal will have a totally unique topic from the various couplets in the equivalent ghazal. Second, all the couplets of a ghazal must have the equivalent bahar. Each and every couplet in a ghazal should likewise end in the equivalent radeef and utilize the equivalent qafiya. Each Urdu sonnet has a matla however some might not have a maqta.


Kinds Of Urdu Poetry

There are many kinds of Urdu Poetry in the Urdu Language, Urdu Poetry makes many forms to create the best expressions in Urdu Poetry.

The previously mentioned artists had various structures and these artists had there singular methods of composing, tending to issues and advancing society. The various types of verse in Urdu included Diwan, Doha, Geet, Hamd, Kalam, Kulyat, Musaddas, Muhammas, Naat, Qasida, Qat'a, Rubai, Sehra, Soz. 








Here are barely any chief types of Urdu Poetry

The principal the most widely recognized form of Urdu Poetry is a ghazal. It is a sonnet on any broad subject. The vast majority of the Urdu writers have utilized it as a statement of adoration. It is possible that it very well may be an adoration verse or it tends to be finished sonnet. 

The second type of Urdu Poetry is Qasida. Qasida can be a tribute, a parody or even a sonnet. Qasida is a sonnet that is identified with the certain occasions. Ghazals are not as protracted as a Qasida. 

Third from is called marsiya. Marsiya is a memorial service melody that was started as a method of articulation of the distress and torment on the affliction of Imam Hassan and Imam Hussein and the group of the last prophet of Muslims. One of the most celebrated artists of marsiya is Mir Anis. 

The forward structure is called masnavi is generally utilized for sentimental verse. Meer and Sauda have a praiseworthy work on masnavi type of verse. 

Tazkira, is an another type of Urdu Poetry that is embraced for a correlation pf writers and is considered as true to life assortment. 

Like each language Urdu is to a great extent affected by crafted by artists of the apparent multitude of times and aided in advancement of societies of the sub landmass and any place it is spoken 






Popular Poets in Urdu Poetry

Urdu artists have made significant commitment in the advancement of Urdu language. Each point had his own specific manner of articulation that made him unique. We have seen the understudies and the preceedors working better then the bosses. This is the way we can think about crafted by mir and ghalib: 

"You are not by any means the only ace of verse O'Galib, 

They state, previously; was additionally somebody Mir." 

Here are the names of scarcely any the renowned artists of Urdu who have made the exemplary commitment on this Urdu Poetry:


Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 18th century

Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
Siraj Aurangabadi (1715–1763)
Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793)
Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830)
Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat Jurat (1748–1810)
Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani Mas'hafi (1750–1824)
Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756–1817)
Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, Rangin (1757–1835)
Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775–1862)
Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776–1838)
Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797–1869)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 19th century

Momin Khan Momin Momin (1801–1852)
Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali) Dabeer (1803–1875)
Mir Babar Ali Anis Anis (1803–1874)
Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, (1811–1845)
Amir Meenai (1828–1900)
Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan) Daagh (1831–1905)
Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati) Hali (1837–1914)
Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain)Akbar (1846–1921)
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi)Raza Bareilvi (1856–1921)
Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui) Bekhud (1857–1912)
Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani) (1857–1914)
Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927)
Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956)
Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952)
Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain) Hasrat (1875–1951)
Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan) Dil (1875–1959)
Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal) Iqbal (1877–1938)
Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan) Fani (1879–1941)
Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
Brij Narayan Chakbast, (1882–1926)
Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955)
Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966)
Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883–1976)
Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
Qamar Jalalvi (1887–1968)
Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar) Jigar (1890–1960)
Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)
Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893–1969)
Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan) Josh (1894–1982)
Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar Jauhar (1895– 1985)
Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897–1973)
Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897–1970)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1900

Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez) (1900–1982)
Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988)
Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
Alam Muzaffarnagari(Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977)
Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978)
Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973)
Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975)
Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971)
Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq) (1909–1955)
Abdul Hamid Adam (1909–1981)
Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri Lisan ul Mulk(1909–1985)
Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1909-1998)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1910

Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984)
Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978)
Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (1911–1971)
Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
Meeraji (1912–1949)
Shifa Gwaliori (1912–1968)
Shamim Karhani (1913–1975)
Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913–1990)
Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002)
Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988)
Ehsan Danish (1914–1982)
Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983)
Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996)
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917–1975)
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987)
Naeem Hashmi (1919–1976)
Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1920

Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921–1972)
Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
Krishan Mohan,Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922–2004)
Wazir Agha,(1922–2010)
Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970)
Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924–1981)
Ada Jafri (1924–)
Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
Bekas Akbarabadi,M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011)
Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992)
Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
Bekal Utsahi, (1928)
Sagar Siddiqui, (1928–1974)
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
Shabnam Romani,Shabnam (1928–2009)
Mazhar Imam (1928–2012)
Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)
Dilawar Figar (1929-1998)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1930

Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008)
Jon Elia (1931–2003)
Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
Satyapal Anand (1931)
Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
Rajinder Manchanda Bani Bani (1932–1981)
Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007)
Sardar Panchhi (1932)
Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011)
Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)
Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
Murtaza Birlas (1934)
Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003)
Anwar Masood (1935)
Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
Adil Mansuri (1936–2009)
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936–2012)
Gulzar (1936)
Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937)
Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937–2004)
Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010)
Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011)
Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)
Allama Talib Jauhari (1939– )

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1940

Mahmood Shaam (1940)
Kishwar Naheed (1940)
Jazib Qureshi (1940)
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
Iftikhar Arif (1943)
Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014)
Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
Bashir Badr (1945)
Javed Akhtar (1945)
Anwer Zahidi (1946)
Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946)
Shamim Hashimi (1947)
Saleem Kausar (1947)
Mohsin Naqvi (1947-1996)
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Sha'oor(1948–2002)
Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
Fehmida Riaz (1948)
Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009)
Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1950

Rahat Indori (1950–)
Zahid Abrol (1950)
Jamal Ehsani (1951–1998)
Ashfaq Hussain (1951–)
Haider Qureshi (1952–]
Munawwar Rana (1952–)
Parveen Shakir (1952–1994)
Abdul Hamid (1953–)
Sara Shagufta (1954–1984)
Kazim Jarwali (1955–)
Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (1957-2013)
Noon Meem Danish (1958–)
Salma Shaheen (1954)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1960

Fareed Parbati (1961)
Samina Raja (1961)
Anjum Rehbar (1962)
Zahida Hina (1962–)
Raees Warsi (1963)
Zulfiqar Naqvi (1965)
Harris Khalique (1966)
Idris Azad (1969)
Riaz Tasneem (1969)

Poets Names in Urdu Poetry Of 1970

Irshad Kamil (1971)
Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)
Irfan Nasirabadi (1975)
Sarim Momin (1978)

Non-Muslim  Poets Names in Urdu Poetry

Meera, Mira Bai (c. 1498)
Maharaja Chandu Lal Sadan (1766 – 1845)
Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824)
Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, (1811–1845)
Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Shad, (1864-1940)
Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi (1866 – 1955)
Brij Narayan Chakbast, (1882–1926)
Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924 – 2007)
Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001)
Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
Satyapal Anand (1931)
Raj Pathria (1933)
Dushyant Kumar (1933 – 1975)
Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935)
Jayant Parmer (1954)