Some scholars says that Ghalib would have the same place in Urdu literature even only on the basis of his letters.
In Urdu ghazals, along with the love and beauty Ghalib added all the facets of life. Because of him the canvas of Urdu ghazal became very extended.
Since Ghalib was very occupied with Persian, his earlier shers used difficult words and his flights of imagination was such that...
"yaa to aap sam-jhay yaa kHuda sam-jhay"
[ either you (Ghalib) understand or the God understand]
Ghalib was not a philosopher but he questioned things around him.
jub keH tujh bin nahiN koi maujood
phir yeH hungaamaH ai kHuda kya hai
[ when there is no one besides you;
then oh God why is this pandemonium]
One also find naughtiness in his writings, he makes fun of every thing and everybody including himself.
jiss meiN laakhoN baras ki hooreiN hoN
aisi jannat ka kya ka-ray koi
[ when the women are million years old
what i will do with that paradise]
But Ghalib's sher not only have immediate effect on the heart but it makes you think too.
aah ko chahiye aik umr asar ho-nay tak
kaun jeeta hai teri zulf kay sar ho-nay tak.
hum nay mana keH tagHaful naH karo-gay lekin
kHaak ho jaaayeN-gay tum ko kHabar ho-nay tak.
daame hur mauj meiN hai hulqa-e-sad kaam nihaNg
dekheiN kya guz-ray hai qat-ray peH guhar ho-nay tak.
Tarze-Nigarish "طرز نگارش" By Dr Abdul haq
Saare Jahan se Achcha
Saare Jahan se Achcha is a poem. It was re-written in 1931. It became a symbol of resistance to the English rule of British-occupied India. The poem exists in different versions. Saare Jahan Se Achchha () is one of the enduring patriotic poems of the Urdu language. Written originally for children in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry by poet Muhammad Iqbal, the poem was published in the weekly journal Ittehad on 14 August 1931. Recited by Iqbal the following year at Government College, Lahore, now in Pakistan, it quickly became an anthem of opposition to the British rule in India.
Urdu text
Roman Transliteration
"sāre jahāñ se achchā hindustan hamārā"
"ham bulbuleñ haiñ us kī vuh gulsitāñ hamārā"
"ġhurbat meñ hoñ agar ham, rahtā hai dil vat̤an meñ"
"samjho vuhīñ hameñ bhī dil ho jahāñ hamārā"
"parbat vuh sab se ūñchā, hamsāyah āsmāñ kā"
"vuh santarī hamārā, vuh pāsbāñ hamārā"
"godī meñ kheltī haiñ jis kī hazāroñ nadiyāñ"
"gulshan hai jin ke dam se rashk-e janāñ hamārā"
"ay āb-rūd-e Ganga! vuh din haiñ yād tujh ko?"
"utarā tire kināre jab kāravāñ hamārā"
"mażhab nahīñ sikhātā āpas meñ bair rakhnā"
"Hindi haiñ ham, vat̤an hai hindustāñ hamārā"
"yūnān-o-miṣr-o-rumā sab miṭ gaʾe jahāñ se"
"ab tak magar hai bāqī nām-o-nishāñ hamārā"
"kuchh bāt hai kih hastī miṭtī nahīñ hamārī"
"sadiyoñ rahā hai dushman daur-e zamāñ hamārā"
"iqbāl! koʾī maḥram apnā nahīñ jahāñ meñ"
"maʿlūm kyā kisī ko dard-e nihāñ hamārā!"
Translation
Better than the entire world, is our Hindustan,
We are its nightingales, and it (is) our garden abode
If we are in an alien place, the heart remains in the homeland,
Know us to be only there where our heart is.
That tallest mountain, that shade-sharer of the sky,
(It) is our sentry, (it) is our watchman
In its lap frolic those thousands of rivers,
Whose vitality makes our garden the envy of Paradise.
O the flowing waters of the Ganges, do you remember that day
When our caravan first disembarked on your waterfront?
Religion does not teach us to bear ill-will among ourselves
We are of Hindi, our homeland is Hindustan.
In a world in which ancient Yunan, Misr, and Roma have all vanished without trace
Our own attributes (name and sign) live on today.
Such is our existence that it cannot be erased
Even though, for centuries, the cycle of time has been our enemy.
Iqbal! We have no confidant in this world
What does any one know of our hidden pain?
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The conference started with six members, and grew to as many as 10 schools. In its final years, it went through many membership changes; the biggest ones were:
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Nightingale
The nightingale ("Luscinia megarhynchos") is a small bird. It used to be put in the thrush family Turdidae. Now it is put on the Old World flycatchers, a group often called the chats or chat-thrushes. Its resemblance to thrushes is an example of convergent evolution.
It is a migratory insectivorous species. It breeds in forests and scrubs in Europe and south-west Asia. The distribution is more southerly than the very closely related thrush nightingale "Luscinia luscinia". It nests on the ground in or next to dense bushes. It passes the winter southern Africa. Studies have shown that nightingales seem to choose places to breed that meet certain criteria (Wink 1973):
The Nightingale is slightly larger than the robin, at around 15-16.5 cm length. It is plain brown above except for the reddish tail. It is buff to white below. Sexes are similar.
Nightingales are named so because they frequently sing at night as well as during the day. The name has been used for well over 1,000 years, being highly recognizable even in its Anglo-Saxon form - 'nihtingale'. It means 'night songstress'. Early writers assumed the female sang; in fact, it is the male.
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