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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Fariha; a Beautiful Urdu Poem by John Elia

John Elia
Jaun Elia (Urdu: جون ایلیا, December 14, 1931 - November 8, 2002) was a notable Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother of journalist and psychoanalyst Rais Amrohvi and journalist and philosopher Syed Muhammad Taqi, and husband of columnist Zahida Hina. He was fluent in Arabic, English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew. 

An eminent Urdu literary critic, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, has called Elia one of the three most eminent ghazal poets of Urdu of the second half of the twentieth century. 

In what follows, you can enjoy reading “Fariha” (Urdu: فارھہ) (English: Fariha), a beautiful Urdu Poem [Nazam/ نظم] by John Elia. I hope you will like it and let me know about your precious comments.

18 comments:

  1. Bahut khoob
    yeani john o farihaa kuch bhi na thy

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  2. Bohat alla ... Jub koi manzil nahi meri to phir,,, rukh kisi jaanib bhi mera mor do...

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  3. Boht achi sharing ki ha ap na jaun elia jaisay poet sadion ma paida hota hain...

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  4. Nice poetry by John Elia.For getting more poetical content, you can also visit my blog.

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  5. Yar ye jaun ki poetry me fariha ka zikr q aata hn...who was she???

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    1. Fariha aik khayaali mehbooba ha jiska koi real wajood nai tha jon ki life mn

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  6. how do u know.. ap kaisay keh saktay hain k koi wajood nahi tha..

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    1. I didn't get it because it's written in Urdu..could u plz type it in English..i wanna understand it..don't translate just type this in English

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  10. Jaun elia is last shayer and end look poetry no discus any poet
    Jaun elia is my love🫀❣️

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