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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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is shahar-e-Kharaabii me.n Gam-e-ishq ke maare
is shahar-e-Kharaabii me.n Gam-e-ishq ke maare
zindaa hai.n yahii baat ba.Dii baat hai pyaare
ye ha.Nsataa huaa chaa.Nd ye pur_nuur sitaare
taabindaa-o-paa_indaa hai.n zarro.n ke sahaare
[taabindaa-o-paa_indaa = burning bright and eternally]
hasarat hai ko_ii Gunchaa hame.n pyaar se dekhe
aramaa.N hai ko_ii phuul hame.n dil se pukaare
har subah merii subah pe rotii rahii shabanam
har raat merii raat pe ha.Nsate rahe taare
kuchh aur bhii hai.n kaam hame.n ai Gam-e-jaanaa.N
kab tak ko_ii ulajhii hu_ii zulfo.n ko sa.Nvaare
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