Shakeb Jalali
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Shakeb Jalali (Urdu: شکیب جلالی) (October 1, 1934-November 12, 1966) was an Pakistani Urdu A poet of a unique diction.
Shakeb Jalali's real name was Syed Hassan Rizvi. His ancestors were from a small town, Jalali, near Aligarh, India. He was said to be born on October 1, 1934 but his wife Syeda Mohiddisa Khatoon gives his year of birth as 1935 or 1936.
His was the only son of his parents. When he was ten years old, his mother died in an accident and his father lost his mental balance and died little later. He passed his matriculation exam from Badayun (Uttar Pradesh) and then moved along with his sisters to Rawalpindi.
He worked in many literary magazines and later moved to Lahore, Jalali joined Thal Development Authority and was posted at Joharabad and Bhakkar, 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 Hussain Aqdas Rizvi and a daughter Hina Batool.
His life as a poet began in 1947; he gave a new grace to Urdu ghazals. His nazms have a unique style; he also tried his hands in rubai, qitaat, translation etc. His poetry work is published after his death. Rooshni Ay Rooshni and Kuliyat e Shakeb.
Very authentic and popular Urdu we site Al Qamar Online just publish a series of columns by Safdar Hamadani of BBC London on his work which are appreciated by the serious readers of Urdu literature.
[edit] Famous ghazals
- kam-tar na jaane: ghazal in Urdu
- gale mila na kabhi : ghazal in Urdu
- Jahan talk bhee yah sahra dikhai data haa : gazal in urdu
- murja ka kali jjeel main : gazal in urdu
- aa kay pather jo mara sahan main : urdu gaxal
- utrain ajab roshniya rat khoab main : urdu gazal
- woo samna tha pher bhee kahan samina kahian hova : urdu gazal
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Categories: 1934 births | 1966 deaths | Urdu poets | Muhajir | Aligarh
