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Sadbarg / صدبرگ
- GenresPoetry
278 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
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About the author
Parveen Shakir
33 books67 followersParveen Shakir was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.
Parveen started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu [Fragrance], in 1976 to great acclaim. She subsequently published other volumes of poetry; all well-received.
Shakir employed mainly two forms of poetry in her work, one being the prevalent Ghazal, and the other being free verse. The most prominent themes in Shakir's poetry are love, feminism, and social stigmas, though she occasionally wrote on other topics as well. Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.
Arguably, Shakir can be termed the first female poet to use the word larki (girl) in her works. The male-dominated Urdu poetry scene seldom employs that word, and uses masculine syntax when talking about the 'lover'. Similarly, she often made use of the Urdu first-person, feminine pronoun in her verses which, though extremely common in prose, was rarely used in poetry, even by female poets, before her.
On 26 December 1994, Shakir's car collided with a bus while she was on her way to work in Islamabad. The accident resulted in her death, a great loss to the Urdu poetry world. The road on which the accident took place is named after her.
Parveen started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu [Fragrance], in 1976 to great acclaim. She subsequently published other volumes of poetry; all well-received.
Shakir employed mainly two forms of poetry in her work, one being the prevalent Ghazal, and the other being free verse. The most prominent themes in Shakir's poetry are love, feminism, and social stigmas, though she occasionally wrote on other topics as well. Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.
Arguably, Shakir can be termed the first female poet to use the word larki (girl) in her works. The male-dominated Urdu poetry scene seldom employs that word, and uses masculine syntax when talking about the 'lover'. Similarly, she often made use of the Urdu first-person, feminine pronoun in her verses which, though extremely common in prose, was rarely used in poetry, even by female poets, before her.
On 26 December 1994, Shakir's car collided with a bus while she was on her way to work in Islamabad. The accident resulted in her death, a great loss to the Urdu poetry world. The road on which the accident took place is named after her.
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March 15, 2020
اُترنے پائے گا قوسِ قزح کا تھام کے ہاتھ
سوادِ حرف میں کب عشقِ بے سپہر کا رنگ
عجیب خواب تھا آنکھیں ہی لے گیا میری
کرن کا عکس بھی اب میری دسترس میں نہیں
کیسی گھڑی میں ترکِ سفر کا خیال ہے
جب ہم میں لوٹ آنے کا یارا نہیں رہا
سوادِ حرف میں کب عشقِ بے سپہر کا رنگ
عجیب خواب تھا آنکھیں ہی لے گیا میری
کرن کا عکس بھی اب میری دسترس میں نہیں
کیسی گھڑی میں ترکِ سفر کا خیال ہے
جب ہم میں لوٹ آنے کا یارا نہیں رہا
September 29, 2024
The poetess of fragnence, the feminine voice in Urdu poetry, the eloquent queen! As an admirer of Urdu poetry and feminine strength, I will always turn to books and authors like her.
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