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| 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 “Pehnayi Ka Makan Hay Aur Dar Hay Gum Yahan” (Urdu: پہنائی کا مکان ہے اور در ہے گم یہاں), a beautiful Urdu Ghazal (غزل) by John Elia. I hope you will like it and let me know about your precious comments.
I was looking for this ghazal for a year and finally found it. It's the best one I have read by far. Thanks for posting it.
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