Ab Aap Bhi Rah-e-Dil Jo Kushada Nahi Rakhtay; an Urdu Ghazal by Shakeeb Jalali

Shakeeb Jalali

Shakeeb Jalali (Urdu: شکیب جلالی‎) (October 1, 1934 – November 12, 1966) was a Pakistani Urdu poet.  

Shakeb Jalali's real name was Syed Hassan Rizvi. His ancestors were from a small town, Saddat Jalali, near Aligarh, India. In accordance with the well-known poet, writer and authentic critic Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Shakeeb was said to be born on October 1, 1934, but his wife Syeda Mohiddisa Khatoon gives his year of birth as 1935 or 1936. 

His life as a poet began in 1947 (when he was only 15 years old), he gave an entirely different and unique grace to Urdu Ghazals. His Nazms have a new style; he also tried his hands in Rubai, Qitaat, translation, etc. His poetry work was published after his death: Rooshni Ay Rooshni in 1972 by Maktaba-e-Fanoon and several additions by Mavara Publications and Kuliyat e Shakeb Jalali in 2004 by Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore. 

In the following you can enjoy reading “Ab Aap Bhi Rah-e-Dil Jo Kushada Nahi Rakhtay” (Urdu: اب آپ بھی رہِ دل جو کشادہ نہیں رکھتے) a beautiful Urdu Ghazal (غزل) by Shakeeb Jalali. I hope you will like it.