Zauq Delhi
Zauq Delhi

1789–1854 · Delhi

Zauq Delhi

ذوق دہلی

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About Zauq Delhi

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq was the Poet Laureate of the Mughal court under Bahadur Shah Zafar, and the greatest rival of Mirza Ghalib in the golden age of Delhi Urdu poetry. Born in Delhi in 1789, he was a master of the qasida (ode) as well as the ghazal, and his verse is marked by its classical elegance, its wit, and a philosophical depth that emerges from the simplest language. He was the teacher of Bahadur Shah Zafar himself. He died in Delhi in 1854, just three years before the city he loved was destroyed in the uprising of 1857.

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KULLIYAT

Major Works

Urdu Poetry

His collected ghazals — the Diwan of the Poet Laureate, containing his most celebrated shers of love, philosophy, and the transience of life.

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Urdu Qasida

His collected qasidas — the odes that established him as the supreme master of the form in Urdu, written in praise of the Mughal court with extraordinary technical virtuosity.

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Urdu Poetry

The Complete Works — the definitive compilation of Zauq's ghazals, qasidas, and other verse, showing the full range of the last great Poet Laureate of the Mughal court.

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As the teacher of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, Zauq shaped the poetic sensibility of the court and trained the man who would write the most heartbreaking verses of the 1857 uprising.

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COMPOSITIONS

नज़्में, ग़ज़लें और अशआर

ग़ज़लc. 1845Diwan-e-Zauq

लाई हयात आए

لائی حیات آئے

لائی حیات آئے قضا لے چلی چلے

लाई हयात आए, क़ज़ा ले चली चले

اپنی خوشی نہ آئے نہ اپنی خوشی چلے

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ग़ज़लc. 1845Diwan-e-Zauq

कोई उम्मीद बर नहीं आती

کوئی امید بر نہیں آتی

کوئی امید بر نہیں آتی

कोई उम्मीद बर नहीں आती

کوئی صورت نظر نہیں آتی

कोई सूरत नज़र नहीں आती

अशआरVariousKulliyat-e-Zauq

मशहूर अशआर-ए-ज़ौक़

مشہور اشعارِ ذوق

لائی حیات آئے قضا لے چلی چلے

लाई हयात आए, क़ज़ा ले चली चले

اپنی خوشی نہ آئے نہ اپنی خوشی چلے

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SHAYARI

5 Ghazals

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