Zauq, Ibrahim
(1789 - 1854)
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Zouk was the pen-name of Sheikh Ibrahim (1789-1854), one of the brightest stars
in the galaxy of Urdu poets. He was a poor youth, with only ordinary education,
who went on to acquire quite some learning in history, tradition and
astrology in his later years. Even though much of his work was lost at the time
of the First War of Independence 1857, he left behind a legacy of ghazal, qasida,
and mukhummus. The qasida was his special forte. Zouk’s idioms were homely, but
none has a greater number of signal phrases memorable for thought
or music. His language was polished and his diction elegant. He used several
styles successfully and though not as great a thinker as
Mirza Ghalib, had a
more melodious flow of language.
Ghazals
List of some of his popular ghazals
- aa.Nkhe.n merii talavo.n se mal jaae to achchhaa
- ab to ghabaraa ke ye kahte hai.n ke mar jaaye.nge
- kal gaye the tum jise biimaar-e-hijaraa.N chho.D kar
- laayii hayaat aaye, qazaa le chalii chale
- lete hii dil jo aashiq-e-dil soz kaa chale
- mai.n vo majanuu.N huu.N jo nikaluu.N ku.nj-e-zi.ndaa.N chho.Dakar
- marate hai.n tere pyaar se ham aur ziyaadaa
- na karataa zabt mai.n naalaa to phir aisaa dhuaa.N hotaa
- phirataa liye chaman me.n hai diivaanaapan mujhe
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