In Islamic societies, symbolic poetry has always been a safe medium for expressing controversial ideas: what was not said in prose was licit in poetry. The ghazal tradition’s aesthetics are ...

The ghazal is the most common form of Urdu poetry, and, like sonnets, it follows strict rules of form: four to 12 couplets with a meter and rhyme scheme. But the similarities end there.

Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi: The Wonderful World of Urdu Ghazals Selected, Edited and Translated by Anisur Rahman Liberty, Karachi ISBN: 978-9698729486 ...

Urdu ki Ishq ya Shayri (Urdu Love poetry or ghazal), penned around 1945, is Firaq’s lengthy essay (dedicated to a mysterious, unnamed lover) about the historical evolution of Urdu ghazal.

Urdu poetry has several forms (borrowed from Persian poetry) e.g. ghazal, qasida, marsiya, rubai, etc The most popular of these is the ghazal, and I shall only discuss that here.

"Urdu Ghazal has crossed the vast plains since reaching its pinnacle," she said. ... Zia-ul-Hassan said that it has been seen that poets used to write poetry only with themes in mind.

Poetry: Spiritual and TerreneBy Syed Afsar Sajid1. ‘Luhu Lal Ghari: (Marsiye)’ by Iqtidar Javed2. ‘Bay Baal-o-Par’ by Prof.

Drawing on the traditions of Arabic and Persian poetry, the classical writers of Urdu ghazal frequently employed interconnected metaphorical systems. For instance, ...

Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. His first language was Urdu, but Persian and Turkish were also spoken at home. Although Ghalib himself was far prouder of his poetic achievements ...