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Nazeer ( or, Nazir) was the first Urdu poet who
introduced nazms to Urdu poetry. Nazeer can be said to be the "father of
the Urdu nazms".He was much before Haali or Azaad who are generally given
credit for being first to bring the form of nazms to Urdu. There is another
reason to call Nazeer "Father of the Urdu Nazms" ; he wrote nazms on almost
all the topics that affect a human. He wrote about festivals, seasons,
fruits, about life, just every conceivable topic. He also wrote some beautiful
verses on some of the most gHair-shayaraana topics e.g. muflisi, koRhinamaH,
paisa, rupaiaa, rotiyaaN, aaTa-daal, pankha and kakRhi among others.
Life :
His name was Shaikh Muhammad Wali and takHallus was Nazeer. His father
was Shaikh Muhammad Farooq. Nazeer was born in Delhi, but during the attack
of Ahmed Shah Abdali , he along with his mother came to Agra, and hence
the name "Akbarabadi." He was a teacher by profession, but he also
tried his hands in all sorts of odd jobs.
Poet :
For a generation Nazeer was ignored, and when he was studied by critics,
he was labeled as "poet of the people." He wrote not only about love (
as his contemporaries were doing) but his canvas was vast and in
his poetry he was able to depict all walks of life including their emotins,
sorrows, joys and by his poetry he successfully brings to life even a lifeless
object like kakRhi (cucumber), pankhiya (fan) and balaa (ear-ring).
On cucumber...
"farhad ki nigaaheiN, sheereiN ki hansliyaaN haiN?
MajnooN ki sard aaheiN, laila ki ungliyaaN haiN."
On ear-ring...
"jaise mahtab peH haale ka bandhe hai kunDal
hai tere chand se rukHsaar ka halaa, balaa"
and again
"jab hilaati hai suraahi si woH gardan apni
nasha-e-husn ko karta hai do-balaa, balaa"
Because of his choice of topics Nazeer was ignored by the critics
of his time. Later when critics of age picked him as a genius it was also
because of his vast canvas.
Even though he mostly used common language in his poems. Some of
his poems can be said to be "festival of words" which is not seen
after him.
dikha kar ik jhamak dil ko nihayat kar gayaa bekal
pari-roo, tand-kHo, sarkash, haTeela, chaleela, chanchal
woH aariz aur jabeeN tabaaN keH hooN dekh uss ko sharmindaaH
qamar, kHoorsheed, zahraH, shamaa, sholaa, mushtari, mashal
kafooN meiN, ungliyoN meiN, laal-e-lab meiN, chashm-e-mai gooN meiN
hinaa aafat, sitam qandaq, masi jadoo, fasooN kajal
badan meiN jaama-e-zar kash, sarapa jiss peH zaib aawar
kaRhe bande chaRhe chhalay angooThi noor tan haikal
and listen to this
music of words...
roz mazay se raat
ko barsay menh jhamak jhamak
boonday paRheiN
Tapak Tapak, pani paRha jhapak jhapak
jaam rahe chhalak
chhalak, sheeshay rahe bhabhak bhabhak
hum bhi nashooN
meiN kHoob chhak, lauT-tay thay bahak bahak
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eid-ul-fitr
banjara-nama
@urdupoetry
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