Ham Jan O Dil Se Yaar Thay, Ham Kon Thay Ham Kon Thay; an Urdu Ghazal 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 “Ham Jan O Dil Se Yaar Thay, Ham Kon Thay Ham Kon Thay” (Urdu: ہم جان و دل سے یار تھے ہم کون تھے ہم کون تھے), a beautiful Urdu Ghazal (غزل) by John Elia. I hope you will like it and let me know about your precious comments.