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Mah e Tamam: Kulliyat / ماہ تمام
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- GenresPoetry
1127 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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About the author
Parveen Shakir
33 books67 followersParveen Shakir was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.
Parveen started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu [Fragrance], in 1976 to great acclaim. She subsequently published other volumes of poetry; all well-received.
Shakir employed mainly two forms of poetry in her work, one being the prevalent Ghazal, and the other being free verse. The most prominent themes in Shakir's poetry are love, feminism, and social stigmas, though she occasionally wrote on other topics as well. Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.
Arguably, Shakir can be termed the first female poet to use the word larki (girl) in her works. The male-dominated Urdu poetry scene seldom employs that word, and uses masculine syntax when talking about the 'lover'. Similarly, she often made use of the Urdu first-person, feminine pronoun in her verses which, though extremely common in prose, was rarely used in poetry, even by female poets, before her.
On 26 December 1994, Shakir's car collided with a bus while she was on her way to work in Islamabad. The accident resulted in her death, a great loss to the Urdu poetry world. The road on which the accident took place is named after her.
Parveen started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu [Fragrance], in 1976 to great acclaim. She subsequently published other volumes of poetry; all well-received.
Shakir employed mainly two forms of poetry in her work, one being the prevalent Ghazal, and the other being free verse. The most prominent themes in Shakir's poetry are love, feminism, and social stigmas, though she occasionally wrote on other topics as well. Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.
Arguably, Shakir can be termed the first female poet to use the word larki (girl) in her works. The male-dominated Urdu poetry scene seldom employs that word, and uses masculine syntax when talking about the 'lover'. Similarly, she often made use of the Urdu first-person, feminine pronoun in her verses which, though extremely common in prose, was rarely used in poetry, even by female poets, before her.
On 26 December 1994, Shakir's car collided with a bus while she was on her way to work in Islamabad. The accident resulted in her death, a great loss to the Urdu poetry world. The road on which the accident took place is named after her.
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July 26, 2020
ہماری محبت کی کلینیکل موت واقع ہو چکی ہے!
معزرتوں اور عذر خواہئیوں کا مصنوعی تنفس
اسے کب تک زندہ رکھے گا
بہتر یہی ہے
کہ ہم منافقت کا پلگ نکال دیں
اور ایک خوبصورت جذبے کو باوقار موت مرنے دیں !
تُو مرا کچھ نہیں لگتا ہے مگر جانِ حیات!
جانے کیوں تیرے لئے دل کو دھڑکنا دیکھوں
تُو بدلتا ہے تو بے ساختہ میری آنکھیں
اپنے ہاتھوں کی لکیروں سے اُلجھ جاتی ہیں
ترا کہنا مجھے تسلیم ہے
میں مانتی ہوں
اُس نے میری ذات کو بے حد نوازا ہے
خُدائے برگ و گُل کے سامنے
میں بھی دُعا میں ہوں، سراپا شُکر ہوں
اُس نے مجھے اتنا بہت کچھ دے دیا – لیکن
تُجھے دے دے تو میں جانوں!
معزرتوں اور عذر خواہئیوں کا مصنوعی تنفس
اسے کب تک زندہ رکھے گا
بہتر یہی ہے
کہ ہم منافقت کا پلگ نکال دیں
اور ایک خوبصورت جذبے کو باوقار موت مرنے دیں !
تُو مرا کچھ نہیں لگتا ہے مگر جانِ حیات!
جانے کیوں تیرے لئے دل کو دھڑکنا دیکھوں
تُو بدلتا ہے تو بے ساختہ میری آنکھیں
اپنے ہاتھوں کی لکیروں سے اُلجھ جاتی ہیں
ترا کہنا مجھے تسلیم ہے
میں مانتی ہوں
اُس نے میری ذات کو بے حد نوازا ہے
خُدائے برگ و گُل کے سامنے
میں بھی دُعا میں ہوں، سراپا شُکر ہوں
اُس نے مجھے اتنا بہت کچھ دے دیا – لیکن
تُجھے دے دے تو میں جانوں!
September 7, 2023
One of the finest book to have. I am always been a big fan of parveen shakir . But this in particular have almost every poetry and gazal you will find in her rest of the book.
February 25, 2020
18 February 2006, From FS, 2B
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