{"id":140,"date":"2003-10-18T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-18T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2003\/10\/18\/urdu-poetry-gems-iii-father-of-urdu-nazms-nazir-akbarabadi\/"},"modified":"2011-09-07T19:09:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:39:24","slug":"urdu-poetry-gems-iii-father-of-urdu-nazms-nazir-akbarabadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2003\/10\/18\/urdu-poetry-gems-iii-father-of-urdu-nazms-nazir-akbarabadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Urdu Poetry Gems III &#8211; Father of Urdu Nazms :Nazir Akbarabadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>na gul apnaa, na khaar apna, na zaalim bagHbaaN apna<br \/>\nbasayaa aah kis gulshan meiN, hum ne aashiyaaN apna<br \/>\n&#8212; Nazir Akbarabadi (1740-1830)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first Urdu poet to introduced nazms to Urdu poetry, Nazeer can be said to be the &#8220;father of the Urdu nazms&#8221; He was much before Haali or Azaad who are generally given credit for being first to bring the form of nazms to Urdu. There is another reason to call Nazir &#8220;Father of the Urdu Nazms&#8221; ; he wrote nazms on almost all the topics that affect a human. He wrote about festivals, seasons, fruits, about life, just every conceivable topic. He also wrote some beautiful verses on some of the most gHair-shayaraana topics e.g. muflisi, koRhinamaH, paisa, rupaiaa, rotiyaaN, aaTa-daal, pankha and kakRhi among others.<\/p>\n<p>His name was Shaikh Muhammad Wali he wrote with takHallus Nazir. Born in Delhi, during the attack of Ahmed Shah Abdali , he along with his mother came to Agra, and hence the name &#8220;Akbarabadi.&#8221;  He was a teacher by profession, but he also tried his hands in all sorts of odd jobs.<\/p>\n<p>For a generation Nazir was ignored, and when he was studied by critics, he was labeled as &#8220;poet of the people.&#8221; He wrote not only about love ( as his contemporaries were doing) but his canvas was  vast and in his poetry he was able to depict all walks of life including their emotins, sorrows, joys and by his poetry he successfully brings to life even a lifeless object like kakRhi  (cucumber), pankhiya (fan) and balaa (ear-ring).<\/p>\n<p><strong>On cucumber&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;farhad ki nigaaheiN, sheereiN ki hansliyaaN haiN?<br \/>\nMajnooN ki sard aaheiN, laila ki ungliyaaN haiN.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On ear-ring&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;jab hilaati hai suraahi si woH gardan apni<br \/>\nnasha-e-husn ko karta hai do-balaa, balaa&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was because of his choice of topics Nazir was ignored by the  critics of his time. 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