Shakeb Jalali
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Shakeb Jalali (October 1, 1934 – November 12, 1966) was a Pakistan
i Urdu poet
of a unique diction
.
Shakeb Jalali's real name was Syed Hassan Rizvi. His ancestors were from a small town, Saddat Jalali
, near Aligarh, India
. In accordance with the well known Poet, Writer and authentic Critic Mr. Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Shakeb was said to be born on October 1, 1934 but his wife Syeda Mohiddisa Khatoon gives his year of birth as 1935 or 1936.
Shakeb was the only son of his parents. When he was ten years old, his mother died in an accident. This unexpected incident and suspension from his job due to Hindu Muslim conflict in India totally disturbed his father and died a little before the death of Shakeb Jalali. He passed his Matriculation Examination from Badayun (Uttar Pradesh
) and then moved along with his sisters to Rawalpindi
. He passed Intermediate Examination from Rawalpindi and B.A. Examination from Sialkot.
He arranged publication of different urdu
magazines, worked in many literary magazines and later moved to Lahore
. Owing to economical crises, Shakeb joined Thal Development Authority and was posted at Joharabad and Bhakkar
. During course of transit he stayed at Sargodha where he committed suicide on railway tracks on November 12, 1966, due to some unexplained psychological disorder. He was married in 1956 and left behind a son Syed Hussain Aqdas Rizvi (Aali) and a daughter Hina Batool.
His life as a poet began in 1947 (when he was only 15 years old), he gave an entirely different and unique grace to Urdu Ghazals. His Nazm
s have a new style; he also tried his hands in Rubai
, Qitaat, translation
, etc. His poetry work was published after his death: Rooshni Ay Rooshni in 1972 by Maktaba-e-Fanoon and several additions by Mavara Publications and Kuliyat e Shakeb Jalali in 2004 by Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore.
Shakeb is perhaps the most under rated poet in the Urdu language. Poets like Irtikhar Arif And Adeem Hashmi are found paying high tributes to Shakeb in their reviews but other than that Shakeb is one of those names which got suppressed more than anything for being too attactive. Adeem Hashmi being a contemporary went two miles extra since Adeem too suffered from similar oppression from the writers' community, to openly acclaim Shakeb's supremacy over the Urdu Ghazal in the '70s and '80s. Adeem's Ghazal's even though catching more lime light and focus, were purely a humble extension to the new meter invented by Shakeb. Adeem even though known to blow every other ghazal from even great names for its flaws, was found on every forum recognizing Shakeb.
in 1979 Adeem was accused of writing only on Shakeb where he held a mushaira in Lahore on Shakeb's poetry and recited ghazal's which people confused as Shakeb's. Since Adeem had not written on Shakeb so openly before. This created a little controversy since Shakeb was not known by many. Adeem's tributes are one of the few very channels of knowing what Shakeb Jalali's poetry actually held within its fresh and new appeal.
Adeem's Last book was a tribute to all the great names for which he wrote like Iqbal, Meer and Ghalib. He made it a point to start it with NAsir Kazmi and Shakeb Jalali to keep the chain of appreciation alive.
in 1992, the book ceremony of Adeem's Tarkah, Adeem narrated the poetry of Shakeb Jalali, and Qatil Shafaie in the same meter which he had written his own ghazals on. Qatil and Adeem observed a moment of Silence during the ceremony in the memory and honor of Shakeb Jalali. So this Maestro's first and Last book was all about Shakeb as well.
Adeem's Ghazal's which paid tribute to Shakeb are so magnificent that only a follower of this clan can tell the difference between the two geniuses.
'dekhte kiyun ho Shakeb itni bulandi ki taraf'
'na uthaya kero sir ko ke ye dastaar giray' Shakeb Jalali
'Aik tum nahin phisle ho yahan aa ke Adeem'
'Barish e zar main kaie saheb e kirdar giray' Adeem Hashmi
'hum jins ager milay na koi aasman per'
'Behter hai Khak daliay aisi uran per'
'Huq baat aa ke ruk si gaye thi kabhi shakeb'
'chalay pare huay hain abhi tak zaban per' Shakeb Jalali
'chota sa ik charagh bujhane ke waastay'
'Thehri rahi hai raat meray saaibaan per'
'ik rog hai ke jaan ko laga hai uran ka
'toota hua para hoon paron ki dukan per' Adeem Hashmi
Other Poets continued the Shakeb influence upon their own work.,
'Khamoshi bol Uthhay her nazar paigham ho jaye'
'ye sannata agar had se barhay kuhraam ho jaye'
'shakeb apne ta'aaruf ke liay ye baat kaafi hai'
'hum uss se hat ke chalte hain jo rasta aam ho haye' Shakeb Jalali
'hamain bhi gur sikha de chaahaton ko bhool jane ka'
'tera peecha bhi chut jaye mera bhi kaam ho jaye'
'kabhi sooraj bhi ye bhoole ke mashriq se nikalna hai'
kabhi shab dair se jaye, subeh main shaam ho jaye'
'mujhay xaryab apne shehr ki aaghosh pyari hai'
'jahan se ibtada ki thi, wahin anjaam ho jaye' Xaryab Haschimi
'charaghon ko zra jalne dou phir veerangi dekho'
'sabhi gham jaag jayen ge, zra si shaam ho jaye'
'kahani aik hai sab ki, magar pehlu badalti hai'
'wahan takraar kia kerni jahan anjaam ho jaye'
'bohat xaryab ho tou kuch sukhan baanto bhi logon main'
'zra ik shair hum ko bhi kabhi ilhaam ho jaye'
'Kabhi Sahil teri iss aajizi ki bhi kamar tootay'
'Kahin aisa na ho duniya main tera naam ho jaye' Sahil Adeem
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i Urdu poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
of a unique diction
Diction
Diction , in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story...
.
Shakeb Jalali's real name was Syed Hassan Rizvi. His ancestors were from a small town, Saddat Jalali
Jalali
Jalali is a town and a nagar panchayat in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Jalali is located at . It has an average elevation of 178 metres .- History :...
, near Aligarh, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. In accordance with the well known Poet, Writer and authentic Critic Mr. Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Shakeb was said to be born on October 1, 1934 but his wife Syeda Mohiddisa Khatoon gives his year of birth as 1935 or 1936.
Shakeb was the only son of his parents. When he was ten years old, his mother died in an accident. This unexpected incident and suspension from his job due to Hindu Muslim conflict in India totally disturbed his father and died a little before the death of Shakeb Jalali. He passed his Matriculation Examination from Badayun (Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
) and then moved along with his sisters to Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
. He passed Intermediate Examination from Rawalpindi and B.A. Examination from Sialkot.
He arranged publication of different urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
magazines, worked in many literary magazines and later moved to Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
. Owing to economical crises, Shakeb joined Thal Development Authority and was posted at Joharabad and Bhakkar
Bhakkar
Bhakkar is the principal city of Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the Indus river. It has a population of almost 300,000 and was given status of district in 1981.-Administration:...
. During course of transit he stayed at Sargodha where he committed suicide on railway tracks on November 12, 1966, due to some unexplained psychological disorder. He was married in 1956 and left behind a son Syed Hussain Aqdas Rizvi (Aali) and a daughter Hina Batool.
His life as a poet began in 1947 (when he was only 15 years old), he gave an entirely different and unique grace to Urdu Ghazals. His Nazm
Nazm
Urdu Nazm is a major part of the Urdu poetry, that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose style poems. Nazm has many different forms as,* Doha * Geet * Hamd * Hazal * Hijv...
s have a new style; he also tried his hands in Rubai
Rubai
Rubai may refer to:* Li Rubai , general of the Ming Dynasty* Salim Ali Rubai , head of state of South Yemen...
, Qitaat, translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, etc. His poetry work was published after his death: Rooshni Ay Rooshni in 1972 by Maktaba-e-Fanoon and several additions by Mavara Publications and Kuliyat e Shakeb Jalali in 2004 by Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore.
Shakeb is perhaps the most under rated poet in the Urdu language. Poets like Irtikhar Arif And Adeem Hashmi are found paying high tributes to Shakeb in their reviews but other than that Shakeb is one of those names which got suppressed more than anything for being too attactive. Adeem Hashmi being a contemporary went two miles extra since Adeem too suffered from similar oppression from the writers' community, to openly acclaim Shakeb's supremacy over the Urdu Ghazal in the '70s and '80s. Adeem's Ghazal's even though catching more lime light and focus, were purely a humble extension to the new meter invented by Shakeb. Adeem even though known to blow every other ghazal from even great names for its flaws, was found on every forum recognizing Shakeb.
in 1979 Adeem was accused of writing only on Shakeb where he held a mushaira in Lahore on Shakeb's poetry and recited ghazal's which people confused as Shakeb's. Since Adeem had not written on Shakeb so openly before. This created a little controversy since Shakeb was not known by many. Adeem's tributes are one of the few very channels of knowing what Shakeb Jalali's poetry actually held within its fresh and new appeal.
Adeem's Last book was a tribute to all the great names for which he wrote like Iqbal, Meer and Ghalib. He made it a point to start it with NAsir Kazmi and Shakeb Jalali to keep the chain of appreciation alive.
in 1992, the book ceremony of Adeem's Tarkah, Adeem narrated the poetry of Shakeb Jalali, and Qatil Shafaie in the same meter which he had written his own ghazals on. Qatil and Adeem observed a moment of Silence during the ceremony in the memory and honor of Shakeb Jalali. So this Maestro's first and Last book was all about Shakeb as well.
Adeem's Ghazal's which paid tribute to Shakeb are so magnificent that only a follower of this clan can tell the difference between the two geniuses.
'dekhte kiyun ho Shakeb itni bulandi ki taraf'
'na uthaya kero sir ko ke ye dastaar giray' Shakeb Jalali
'Aik tum nahin phisle ho yahan aa ke Adeem'
'Barish e zar main kaie saheb e kirdar giray' Adeem Hashmi
'hum jins ager milay na koi aasman per'
'Behter hai Khak daliay aisi uran per'
'Huq baat aa ke ruk si gaye thi kabhi shakeb'
'chalay pare huay hain abhi tak zaban per' Shakeb Jalali
'chota sa ik charagh bujhane ke waastay'
'Thehri rahi hai raat meray saaibaan per'
'ik rog hai ke jaan ko laga hai uran ka
'toota hua para hoon paron ki dukan per' Adeem Hashmi
Other Poets continued the Shakeb influence upon their own work.,
'Khamoshi bol Uthhay her nazar paigham ho jaye'
'ye sannata agar had se barhay kuhraam ho jaye'
'shakeb apne ta'aaruf ke liay ye baat kaafi hai'
'hum uss se hat ke chalte hain jo rasta aam ho haye' Shakeb Jalali
'hamain bhi gur sikha de chaahaton ko bhool jane ka'
'tera peecha bhi chut jaye mera bhi kaam ho jaye'
'kabhi sooraj bhi ye bhoole ke mashriq se nikalna hai'
kabhi shab dair se jaye, subeh main shaam ho jaye'
'mujhay xaryab apne shehr ki aaghosh pyari hai'
'jahan se ibtada ki thi, wahin anjaam ho jaye' Xaryab Haschimi
'charaghon ko zra jalne dou phir veerangi dekho'
'sabhi gham jaag jayen ge, zra si shaam ho jaye'
'kahani aik hai sab ki, magar pehlu badalti hai'
'wahan takraar kia kerni jahan anjaam ho jaye'
'bohat xaryab ho tou kuch sukhan baanto bhi logon main'
'zra ik shair hum ko bhi kabhi ilhaam ho jaye'
'Kabhi Sahil teri iss aajizi ki bhi kamar tootay'
'Kahin aisa na ho duniya main tera naam ho jaye' Sahil Adeem
Famous ghazals in Urdu
- kam-tar na jaane
- gale mila na kabhi
- Jahan talk bhee yah sahra dikhai data haa
- murja ka kali jjeel main
- aa kay pather jo mara sahan main
- utrain ajab roshniya rat khoab main
- woo samna tha pher bhee kahan samina kahian hova
- main shakh say ura tha sitaroon kee aas main
- kinar aay aab khara khud say kah raha ha koyee
- yadain hain apna dil kee ahla safar kay sath
- malboos khush noma hain magar jism khokhala
External links
+http://www.globalurduforum.org/authors/view/3700- http://www.shakebjalali.com
- Shakeb Jalali at Kavita Kosh (Hindi font)
- http://www.alqamar.org/column/urdu/safdar/view.asp?12-11-06
- http://www.jang.net/adab/list.aspx?id=25
- http://www.kitaabghar.com/bookbase/shakeeb/roshni.html
- http://www.ipaki.com/urdu/poetry/shakeeb_jalali/
- http://www.urdupoint.com
- http://www.urdulife.com/poetry/poet_index.cgi?sbj
- Al Qamar Online — series of columns by Safdar Hamadani of the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. - Rooshni Ay Rooshni — Shakeb's first book.