In Persian , Turkic and Urdu poetry, the maqta ' (from Arabic مقطع maqṭaʿ ; Persian : مقطع ; Azerbaijani : məqtə ; Turkish : makta ; Uzbek : maqta ; Urdu : مقطع ) is the final bayt , or couplet, of a ghazal . In this sense, it is the opposite of the matla' . The poet's takhallus , or pen name, is usually employed in the maqta ' , often in very creative ways.
3-880: A shayar can use the maqta ' in a variety of interesting ways. He can "talk to himself", "to somebody else", "refer to something" etc. For example Firaq Gorakhpuri , whose takhallus is the word for the common theme in Urdu poetry of the state of pining for the beloved, plays on his pen name and the word firaq : Urdu: تو یہ نہ سمجھنا کے فِراق تیری فِراق میں ہیں فِراق اُسکی فِراق میں ہہ جو تیری فِراق میں ہہ Roman Urdu : English Translation: A sher by Mir Taqi Mir : Mir in neem baaz aankhon mein Saari masti sharaab ki see hai Another by Mirza Ghalib : Kaba kis munh se jaaoge Ghalib sharm tum ko magar nahiN aati Another by Nasir kazmi : Itefaqaat zamaana bhi ajab hai Nasir Aaj woh dekh rahe hai, ko suna karte
6-558: Is considered one of the leading literary authority on Urdu poetry. He lived in Delhi and died in 1869. The literal meaning of shayar (shaa'ir) is poet. There are more than 30 types of Urdu poetry, also known as shayari . Examples of shayari are ghazal, sher, nazm, marsiya, qita and many more. Traditionally, that this form of poetry is often read to an audience in a special setting called mehfil . Although there are many professional shayars , who write shayari for their livelihood, it
9-627: The This poetry -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shayar (poet) A shayar is a poet who composes sher or couplet 'so slay' in Urdu poetry (Urdu shayari). A shayar is someone who writes ghazals , nazms using the Urdu, Hindi & Bangla language. Amir Khusro (1253–1325) composed the first ghazal in Urdu, titled ze-hāl-e-miskīñ. He wrote in Persian and Rekhta (initial form of Urdu). Mirza Ghalib
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