Behind the Shayari

donoñ jahān terī mohabbat meñ haar ke

vo jā rahā hai koī shab-e-ġham guzār ke

Written by one of the most celebrated Shayar of all time, Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Born in the year 1911, Faiz Saab hails from Sialkot, Punjab. Right after the completetion of his Alma mater; Faiz saab got his creation  ‘Naqsh-e-Faryadi’ published which took the world into another realm.  The world knows him as an army officer author, communist, teacher and a revolutionary poet who wrote about almost everything that the world needs. Faiz's early runes had been conventional, light- hearted discourses on love and beauty but later he started progressive poetry. In the year 1941 Faiz wrote a lyric that impeccably embodies the spirit of the Progressive Movement:

Speak—your lips are free.

Speak—your tongue and your upright body

Are still yours.

Speak—your life is still yours.

Faiz is loved and celebrated for his runes in traditional Urdu forms and his remarkable capability to expand the conventional thematic prospects to include political and social issues.

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Reekhta ke tum hi ustad nahiṅ ho ghalib
Kehte haiṅ agle zamane men koi mir bhi tha

Ghalib himself considered him as his master. Mir Muhammad Taqi known as Mir Taqi Mir. Born in Agra, India in August or February 1723. His grandfather had migrated from Hejaz to Hyderabad, then to Akbarabad or Agra. His philosophy of life was formed primarily by his father, Mir Abdullah, a religious man with a large following, whose emphasis on the importance of love and the value of compassion remained with Mir throughout his life and imbued his poetry. 

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hazaron ḳhvahishen aisi ki har ḳhvahish pe dam nikle
bahut nikle mere arman lekin phir bhi kam nikle

Get ready, to turn the pages of the life of such a "badnaam" poet of history, who was far ahead of his time.

Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan. Ghalib is the poetical surname of Asadullah Khan, The greatest poet of Urdu.
Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. His first language was Urdu, but Persian and Turkish were also spoken at home. He received an education in Persian and Arabic at a young age.  
One of Ghalib's ambitions in life was to become the highest-ranking Ustaad for the royal Mughal Court. This position not only would prove his artistic mastership but also provide a salary of 400 rupees a month.

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