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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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dil kii baat labo.n par laakar ab tak ham dukh sahate hai.n
dil kii baat labo.n par laakar ab tak ham dukh sahate hai.n
ham ne sunaa thaa is bastii me.n dil vaale bhii rahate hai.n
biit gayaa saavan kaa mahiinaa mausam ne nazare.n badalii
lekin in pyaasii aa.Nkho.n me.n ab tak aa.Nsuu bahate hai.n
ek hame.n aavaaraa kahanaa ko_ii ba.Daa ilzaam nahii.n
duniyaa vaale dil vaalo.n ko aur bahut kuchh kahate hai.n
jis kii Khaatir shahar bhii chho.Daa jis ke liye bad_naam hue
aaj vahii ham se begaane begaane se rahate hai.n
vo jo abhii rah_guzar se chaak-e-garebaa.N guzaraa thaa
us aavaaraa diivaane ko 'Jalib'-'Jalib' kahate hai.n
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