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زندوں کو زندہ گاڑ کے کہتا ھے خوش رھو
مُردے گڑے اُکھاڑ کے کہتا ھے خوش رھو
کہتا ھے بستیوں کو بسانا ھے اُس کا کام
ساری زمیں اُجاڑ کے کہتا ھے خوش رھو
کرتا ھے یوں تو بیٹھ کے سب سے مزاکرات
ھر اک سے پھر بگاڑ کے کہتا ھے خوش رھو
آئین لکھتا رہتا ھے امن و امان کا
قرطاس امن پھاڑ کے کہتا ھے خوش رھو
نسلوں کو دے رہا ھے سبق سبزہ زار کا
پھل پھول سارےجھاڑ کے کہتا ھےخوش رھو
کہتا ھے اُس کے قد کے برابر کوئی نہیں
آ ئینے توڑ تاڑ کے کہتا ھے خوش رھو
کہتا ھے اب فضا پہ فقط اُس کا راج ھے
اور پنکھ سب کے جھاڑ کےکہتا ھےخوش رھو
کہتاھے دھیمے لہجے میں ھے دوستی کا راز
اور اس کے بعد دھاڑ کے کہتا ھے خوش رھو
مٹی ھے اپنی ذات میں مٹ جائے گا رضا
لہجے میں جو پہاڑ کے، کہتاھے خوش رھو
2007 Canada
Urdu poetrywww.rafiraza.com From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search
Urdu poetry (Urdu: اردو شاعری Urdu Shayari) is a rich tradition of poetry and has many different colours & types. It has generated its root from Arabic and mainly from Persian and is an important part of Indian and Pakistani culture.
Like other languages, the history of Urdu Poetry does not have a firm starting point and shares origins and influences with other linguistic traditions within the Urdu-Hindi-Hindustani mix. Literary figures as far back as Kabir (1440–1518) and even Amir Khusro (1253-1325 AD) deserve mention as influences later Urdu poets draw on for inspiration as well as intellectual and linguistic sources. Meer, Dard, Ghalib, Anis, Dabeer, Iqbal, Zauq, Josh, Jigar, Faiz and Firaq are among the greatest poets of Urdu. The tradition is centered in the subcontinent. Following the Partition of India in 1947, it found major poets and scholars residing primarily in modern Pakistan. Mushairas (or poetic expositions) are today held in almost every major metropolitan area in the world. Over this period, Urdu poets have produced a large number of primarily poetic works. Contents [hide]
* 1 Forms of Urdu poetry
* 2 Collection forms of Urdu poetry
* 3 Formation
* 4 Genres
* 5 Pen names (Takhallus)
* 6 Scripts used in poetry
o 6.1 Example
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 External links
[edit] Forms of Urdu poetry
Rafi Raza is certainly a tale of two worlds: on the one hand he is a serious poet, fully equipped with the various tools of poetic expression; and on the other, he is a carefree child, playfully annoying his fellow poets by... his mischievous comments, his roguish smile and slyly teasing glances.
You have masterfully described the first incarnation of the poet where he transcends this world of us mortals, the world of the usual and the mundane, and enters the realm of a parallel universe---a world of quantum physics, black-holes and anti-matter. This avatar of the poet has so comprehensively been captured in your article that one can hardly add any information to it. Rafi Raza’s other manifestation (that of an impish child) however, has yet to be explored.
Had Manto been alive, he would have happily added an other ‘bald angel’ into his list. Alas, the great sketch writer is no more among us and someone from the present lot will have to come up for the task. (“someone” should be read as Irfan Sattar)
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