Biography of Bahadur Shah Zafar
Bahadur Shah Zafar Poetry – there's almost nobody in South Asia who is unaware of the name of Bahadur Shah Zafar. He wasn't just a poet but was also the last Mughal Emperor. He ruled on Indian subcontinent for 20 years and spent the last years of his life in exile at Rangoon (Currently Myanmar).
Bahadur Shah Zafar’s poetry depicts the influence of pain on human. Pain brought by deception, loss and fate and though, his writings are filled with rage, complains and sorrow yet there's a sukoot, stillness in his words. If you choose up Bahadur Shah Zafar’s ghazal, the planet will run ahead, leaving you amid stillness and deep inside the guts shall bloom in sorrow. Strange it's how unpredictable and fast his life changed yet his poetry from the very beginning treasured the guts of sorrow and longing. Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Shayari encompasses around love and looking for beloved, too. He also wrote on subject of fragile realities of human and earth. Even expression of his naive thoughts which were then, matured in pain is present within the Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Qalam.
Bahadur Shah Zafar, the emperor of India, the Badshah and takht-nasheen saw his lavish cloak become dusty and vain, Dervish Peyvand. the person who lived uncertainly beyond anything, at some point he was the Badshah and therefore the other day, exiled prisoner. His life was a tragedy as Zafar wrote in his poetry on different occasions.
A keen resemblance in Bahadur Shah Zafar’s writing with Mir Taqi and Mirza Ghalib’s penning style is found. Ghalib who belonged to a royalty was put into a cell-like palace and Mir Taqi’s era was as sad and terrorized as Bahadur Shah Zafar’s. The readers find striking similarity altogether of the poet’s compositions. Following verse by Zafar completely describes the haal-zindagani of those famous poets;
Poetry is adorned when human is touched by the pain and Zafar, browsing such a challenging life has led poetry to its zenith. He wrote in Urdu and wrote frequently for ceasing pen of a poet is as impossible as ceasing universe from life. His collection was however mutilated by British army while they were ruining his kingdom. However what remained in his collection was compiled into the Kulliiyat-Zafar.
Here are the famous proses of Bahadur Shah Zafar:
Kitna Hai Badnaseeb “zafar” Daffan Ke Liye
Do Gaz Zameen Bhi Na Mili Kuu-e-yaar Mein
(Meaning: How unfortunate is Zafar! For his burial,Not even two yards of land were to be had, within the land of his beloved.)
Umr-E-Daraaz Maang Ke Laaye The Chaar Din
Do Aarzoo Me Kat Gaye Do Intezaar Main
(Meaning: I asked for an extended life, I received four days,Two passed in desire, two in waiting.)
Bulbul Ko Baghban Se Na Sayyaad Se Gila
Qismat Mein Qaid Likkhi Thi Fasl-E-Bahaar Mein
(Meaning: The nightingale complains about neither the sentinel nor Orion , Fate had decreed imprisonment during the harvest of spring)
Which are the famous books by Bahadur Shah Zafar?
Names of some famous books by Bahadur Shah Zafar are mentioned below:
• Deewan e Zafar
• Kuuliyat e Bahadur Shah Zafar
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