Meer, Ghalib, Daagh Dehlavi, Iqbal, Shuja Khawar, Ahmed Faraz, Irfan Siddiqui...these are some of the names that figure on my blog...if its a piece of good poetry in urdu...you would certainly find it here...sooner or later.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Wierd Couplet by Meer!
Aatish e Ishq ne Raawan ko Jala kar maara
jab ke lanka sa tha us deo ka ghar paani mien!
the couplet is interestingly obscure because of associating Raawan with Ishq. Is he talking of Raawan burning with Ishq or of Ram's love for Sita that led to the killing of Raawan. Another interesting thing is that Meer uses 'deo' in the conventional and not the literal sense. Deo in old delhi is a word used for a monster, rather than for Dev, which means a demi-god in Hindu culture. Also observe the play on Aatish e Ishq killing Raawan inspite of his living in the watery Lanka. The couplet presents a lot of interesting routes for the readers mind.
jab ke lanka sa tha us deo ka ghar paani mien!
the couplet is interestingly obscure because of associating Raawan with Ishq. Is he talking of Raawan burning with Ishq or of Ram's love for Sita that led to the killing of Raawan. Another interesting thing is that Meer uses 'deo' in the conventional and not the literal sense. Deo in old delhi is a word used for a monster, rather than for Dev, which means a demi-god in Hindu culture. Also observe the play on Aatish e Ishq killing Raawan inspite of his living in the watery Lanka. The couplet presents a lot of interesting routes for the readers mind.
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- Senior assistant professor at Zakir Husain Delhi College (Eve.) of the Delhi University
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Wierd Couplet by Meer!
Aatish e Ishq ne Raawan ko Jala kar maara
jab ke lanka sa tha us deo ka ghar paani mien!
the couplet is interestingly obscure because of associating Raawan with Ishq. Is he talking of Raawan burning with Ishq or of Ram's love for Sita that led to the killing of Raawan. Another interesting thing is that Meer uses 'deo' in the conventional and not the literal sense. Deo in old delhi is a word used for a monster, rather than for Dev, which means a demi-god in Hindu culture. Also observe the play on Aatish e Ishq killing Raawan inspite of his living in the watery Lanka. The couplet presents a lot of interesting routes for the readers mind.
jab ke lanka sa tha us deo ka ghar paani mien!
the couplet is interestingly obscure because of associating Raawan with Ishq. Is he talking of Raawan burning with Ishq or of Ram's love for Sita that led to the killing of Raawan. Another interesting thing is that Meer uses 'deo' in the conventional and not the literal sense. Deo in old delhi is a word used for a monster, rather than for Dev, which means a demi-god in Hindu culture. Also observe the play on Aatish e Ishq killing Raawan inspite of his living in the watery Lanka. The couplet presents a lot of interesting routes for the readers mind.
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