Who is the first poet in Urdu?

Who is the first poet in Urdu?

Masnavi Kadam Rao Padam Rao, the earliest known piece of Urdu poetry, was created by Fakhr Deen Nizami, a poet from Deccan, between 1430 and 1435, as wrote Jameel Jalibi. Muhammad Hussain Azad surmised that Vali Deccani was the ‘Adam’ or the progenitor of Urdu poetry.

How many types of poetry are there in Urdu?

There are three major schools of Urdu shayri in India : Deccan, Delhi and Lucknow. Each followed the other. In 18th century came Mir Taqi Mir (1722-1810), Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869). Romantic poetry or ghazal reached its zenith in Delhi under them.

What is matla and maqta?

Kafiya or rhyming word is necessary in both lines of the matla, but necessary only in the second line of the succeeding shers. Maqta is the last sher of a nazm (poem), and it contains the name or pseudonym (called takhallus)of the poet. Thus, in the above poem, the poet’s name, Faiz, occurs in the maqta.

What is difference between sher and Shayari?

Sher is simply a poem of two lines. Please note that, every Sher is a poem in itself ! A Sher does not need, anything around it, to convey the message. Shayari(or Poetry in English) is a literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.

What is Behr in Urdu poetry?

Beher (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: بحر) in Urdu poetry is the meter of a sher (couplet). Essentially, beher is a specific pattern, combining the arkaans (dummy meaningless words) of Urdu prosody that define the “length” of a sher.

What is beher in ghazal?

Essentially, beher is a specific pattern, combining the arkaans (dummy meaningless words) of Urdu prosody that define the “length” of a sher. However, generally beher is categorized in three classes: Short, medium, long, depending upon the length of the sher of the ghazal.

What is radif and Kafiya in Urdu?

Qaafiyaa or Qafiyah (Persian: قافیہ, Urdu: قافیہ) is a device employed in a form of Persian poetry and Urdu poetry known as ghazal (a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain) and also in nazm. The qaafiyaa is the rhyming pattern of words that must directly precede the ghazal’s radif.