Here are some of Jaun Elia’s works for you to cherish and fall in love with literature at once. They say many other poets refrained to participate in Urdu Mushairas, fearing being eclipsed by none other than Jaun Elia.Īlthough he went to the other nation, his strong urge of coming back to India can be heard in his poetries, couplets, and verses. Jaun Elia has an unusual command over the form and content which reflects in his well-rhymed Nazms & free-verse poems. Jaun Elia formed similes and metaphors, which no other person of his age has done so far. Jaun Elia’s Brilliant Phrases and Contentīesides being a brilliant Urdu poet, Jaun Elia framed hundreds of unusual phrases. It will make you perpetually disturbed, for this was something he wanted his readers to be - longing for knowledge. This is why Jaun Elia’s poetry is not a love song or a lament it is a chant of a rebel.īy going through the works of Jaun Elia, you will embark upon the Odyssey to skeptical Knowledge, Agnosticism & Nihilism. Jaun Elia always frowned upon creation and despised authority - both worldly & divine. He was too mystifying, too larger-than-life to be described in words. His life can't be briefed in a few paragraphs. Jaun Elia's prose work, Farhood, a collection of his essays, has also hit the stores. Gumnaam, Lekin, and Goya were few of this legend’s main corpus of work, which when published, received tremendous love from masses. ‘Yaani by Jaun Elia’ was actually published by Mr. Posthumously, Yaani, his second book came in the year 2013, ten years after his death. But he despised the idea of publishing his work. His book became immensely popular among the intellectuals as well as the masses. ‘Shayad by Jaun Elia’ was published in the year 1989 when Jaun Elia was 58. Jaun Elia procrastinated publishing his first book for nearly 30 years and finally came his incomparable collection of poems, Shayad. Also, he had a rich encyclopedic knowledge of the history of philosophy, religion, and Islamic mysticism. He had command over many languages including Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit & Hebrew. Jaun Elia’s eternal love for India never died and never feared the borders that separated India and Pakistan. He migrated to Pakistan in 1957, & decided to live in Karachi, but his heart never left his birthplace - Amroha. He as a communist was averse to this idea, though he accepted it as a compromise. Jaun Elia was quite young when Pakistan became an independent Muslim state. As a price for freedom from the British subjugation, India had to face partition. Ishaq laa elaaj hay buss Parhaiz kijya……….Jaun Elia, a popular Urdu poet, was born as Syed Sibt-e-Ashgar Naqvi (1931-2003) in Amroha, during British rule (presently the city is in Uttar Pradesh, India). Nahe hota kisi taiyab sai is marz ka elaaj wasi Hum yaar keh kehnay par waqt badal daitay hain Warna hal to rastay mein anay janay walay bhe poch laitay hain. Lagta hay keh Qasid Bhi Raqeebo sai ja milaĪpnay who hotay hain Jinain Dard ka ehsaas ho………. Yeh dard, Yeh tanhayen mehmaan hain Mohsin… Kar in ka addab, rakh enhain seenay say laga kar Ya to apnay ap ko mazboot kar lo, Ya Masroof kar lo… Jitna Zyada Socho gay Utni Zyada aziat mein raho gay Taira nah milna tairay chor janay sa Behtar hai In this modern world with the inception of the internet and social media, It is also found in roman Urdu or even in Hindi script. It has opened up the vast dimensions of poetic allure. Work of the legendary poets has also been translated in many other languages. The great work of our poets took it to a next level. Names of Mir Taqi Mir, Allama Iqbal, Mirza Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Josh Malihabadi and Mir Anees, Perveen Shakirare highly regarded. Urdu literature is blessed with great poets, all of them gave splendid poetry of their time. Zuban to kah nahi sakti tumhain ahsaas to hoga, Meri aankhon ko parh lena mujhy tumsy MUHABBAT hai. Urdu poetry is adored all over the subcontinent. Urdu Mohabbat Piyar Ishq Poetry Images for Facebook Timeline Sharing. It has many forums including Ghazal, Hamd, Manqabat, Marsiya, Naat, Masnavi, Nazm, Qasida, Qawali, Rubai and Tazkira. It is a beautiful way to express feelings. Urdu language reached its peak during the British government and got the status of an official language. It is an integral part of the customs of South Asian countries. The Urdu language has a lavish tradition of Urdu poetry. Being a Pakistani Urdu language is our mother language and is also spoken in many other countries around the subcontinent.