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Jalib’s poetry reflected his vision
and approach to life. He never deviated from his chosen path. His love for
humankind, his sympathy for the underdog and his passion for the fellow-beings
were reflected in his verses. What is quite significant and somewhat rare in a
poet who is also charged with political ideology is his capacity to suppress his
anger against the injustices and tyrannies that he witnesses in life.
Jalib himself remained a victim of a cruel social order. He was imprisoned for
some time after being wrongly implicated in various crimes.
With no regular source of income he had a rootless existence but he never
considered compromising with his tormentors and coming to terms with established
order. And yet Jalib’s poetry only reflects his anguish. It is not an expression
of his anger or frustration. At times it is pensive, couched in sarcasm but his
typical soft melodious tone is always there.
Jalib was a product of the progressive movement in the sub-continent but later
he became a movement all by himself.
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aur sab bhuul gaye harf-e-sadaaqat likhanaa
aur sab bhuul gaye harf-e-sadaaqat likhanaa
rah gayaa kaam hamaaraa hii baGaavat likhanaa
laakh kahate rahe.n zulmat ko na zulmat likhanaa
ham ne siikhaa hii nahii.n pyaare baa_ijaazat likhanaa
na sile kii na sitaa_ish kii tamannaa ham ko
haq me.n logo.n ke hamaarii to hai aadat likhanaa
ham ne jo bhuul ke bhii shaah kaa qasiidaa na likhaa
shaayad aayaa isii Khuubii kii badaulat likhanaa
us se ba.Dh kar merii tahasiin bhalaa kyaa hogii
pa.Dh ke naaKhush hai.n meraa saahab-e-sarvat likhanaa
dahar ke Gam se huaa rabt to ham bhuul gaye
sarv qaamat kii javaanii ko qayaamat likhanaa
kuchh bhii kahate hai.n kahe.n shaah ke masaahib 'Jalib'
rang rakhanaa yahii apanaa isii suurat likhanaa
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