ASAD [1]

Hi friends,

Although RMIM by name is a music group, its nature is quite diverse. Movies, acting, direction and shaa'iri are also discussed with a lot of interest. Considering this, I want to take the liberty of posting some gems from the Khazana of Urdu poetry. I hope Ghazal lovers and shaa'iri admirers will enjoy these postings ... but it's the "outsiders" whom I want to trap :) I hope even the casual reader will start taking an interest in reading Urdu poetry. With that purpose in mind, I have selected a few couplets, which I want to post giving the meanings of the difficult words, and a couple of lines of explanation -- or rather, just pointers to the explanation.

Comments are most welcome. Hope you enjoy this series!!!

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Any series on sh'er-o-shaa'iri must naturally begin with a sh'er by Ghalib. But I also wanted to start this series with a sh'er that praises Ghalib. How good it will be if we can find a sh'er that accomplishes both!

Here it is ...

हैं और भी दुनिया में सुख़नवर बहुत अच्छे
कहते हैं केः 'ग़ालिब' का है अन्दाज़-ए-बयाँ और!
haiN aur bhi duniya meN suKhanwar bahut achchhe
kahte haiN ke 'Ghalib' kaa hai andaaz-e-bayaaN aur!

सुख़नवर, suKhanwar = poet
अन्दाज़-ए-बयाँ, andaaz-e-bayaa.N = style of expression.

Ghalib was never afraid of loudly proclaiming his 'greatness'. That's one of the reasons I like him so much. A person is not truly great if he fails to recognize his own greatness.

- Abhay.
ASAD also stands for 'A Sher A Day'

[(c) Abhay Avachat. Editor: U.V. Ravindra]