Urdu Poetry is the Most Beautiful Shape of Emotions in Words

Anything written in any language has its impacts and effects on its readers. People love to read, write, listening and speaking in their language. Roughly, there are 6500 spoken languages in the world, which are being spoken in the world; some of them are spoken globally, whereas some of are limited up to a specific area or region, even most of them have fewer than 1000 speakers there. Every language has its own sets of standards, rules, customs and traditions.

As we talked about languages, being spoken in the world; Urdu is one of them. It is one of the most renowned languages around the globe - According to an estimate; Urdu is the 21st most spoken first language in the world, with approximately 66 million speakers.  As we dive into its core and its relation with Pakistan, Urdu is a Persianised standard register of the Hindustani language.  It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan.

In Pakistan, Urdu is mostly learned as a second or a third language as nearly 93% of Pakistan's population has a native language other than Urdu.

Urdu is a very sweet language; Urdu Poetry is one of the great shape its uniqueness and sweetness. Urdu Poetry often called Shayari is a rich tradition of poetry and has many different forms, including Ghazals, Hamd, Manqabat, Marsiya, Masnavi, Na'at, Qasida, Tazkira and many others. Since the time of Mughal Emperors, Urdu Poetry has served with its exceptional role in the construction and development of the society.

Urdu Poetry is known as the perfect way to express the feelings and emotions. Here are some of the most famous Urdu Poets, who have their great contribution in the innovation and development of Urdu Poetry.

Akbar Allahabadi

The great name in the history of Urdu Poetry; Syed Akbar Hussain Rizvi, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi was an Indian Urdu poet, widely acknowledged as a master of satire. Akbar Allahabadi was born on 16th November 1846 in the town of Bara, eleven miles from Allahabad and he was diet on 15th February 1921 in Allahabad. He was a judge by profession. Akbar’s bitingly humorous and brilliant satirical verses developed strong directions for the rest of the peoples.

Here you can read Akbar Allahabadi Poetry in Urdu

Josh Malihabadi

The real name of Josh Malihabadi was Shabbir Hassan Khan, and he was born on 5th December 1898 in Malihabad (India) and died on 22th February 1982 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Josh Malihabadi, popularly known as Shayar-e-Inquilab is regarded as one of the finest Urdu poets of the era of British India. He is considered top in the list of Urdu literature; who use thousands of high sounding rich words in his poetry. Malihabadi produced a huge material in poetry.

Here you can read about Josh Malihabadi poetry in Urdu.

Mir Taqi Mir

Mir Taqi Mir was born on 1722 in Agrah and died on 1808 in Lacknow in 1808. His real name was Muhammad Taqi and takhlus was Mir.

Muhammd Taqi, Mir Taqi Mir was a leading Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal India, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ghazals and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. He is the poet of every time, because he got appreciation for his Urdu poetry equally all the time, till now. Mir Taqi is a great name in the foundation and innovation of Urdu Poetry.

Here you can read more about Mir’s Life and Urdu Poetry…

Mirza Ghalib

Asadullah Baig Khan Ghalib, short name Mirza Ghalib was born on 27th December 1797 and died on 15th February 1869. Mirza was a prominent Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. He used his pen-names of Ghalib and Asad. His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula.

Mirza Ghalib was the last great poet of the Mughal Era. He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential poets of the Urdu and Persian languages. Ghalib wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people.

Here you can read about Mirza Ghalib Poetry and more about his life.

The list is not limited up to here. There are also many other great names in the history of Urdu Poetry, and still Urdu poets are contributing with their work in the development of Urdu Poetry. Soon, we will summarize almost the entire bright names, who has their significant place in the Urdu poetry.

There was a time, when people use Urdu Books, Novels, and diaries to read Urdu Poetry, but for now the things get changed and it became more and much easy for you to read Poetry in Urdu to enhance your love and passion with Urdu Poetry.

An Urdu Poetry website is a perfect and optimal solution for you to read poetry easily. Now everything is on finger tips; just open a website like UrduGram.com on your mobile screen and read the poetry of your favorite poet in your ease and comfort.

This was a short analysis on the beauty of Urdu poetry; we will come up with more details on poetry. Don’t forget to share your comments, feeling, your likes and dislikes regarding poetry in the comment section here below.