Jaun Elia

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Jaun Elia (Urdu: جون ایلیا‎, 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother of Rais Amrohvi and Syed Muhammad Taqi, who were journalists and psychoanalysts. He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic, English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew. Jaun Elia was born on 14 December 1931 in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed] He was the youngest in his siblings. His father, Shafiq Hasan Elia, worked in art and literature. Shafiq was also an astrologer and a poet. During his young age, Pakistan became an independence Muslim state. Being a Communist, Elia was averse to the idea, but finally accepted it as a compromise.[citation needed] He migrated to Pakistan in 1957, and decided to live in Karachi. Poet Pirzada Qasim said: "Jaun was very particular about language. While his diction is rooted in the classical tradition, he touches on new subjects. He remained in quest of an ideal all his life. Unable to find the ideal eventually, he became angry and frustrated. He felt, perhaps with reason, that he had squandered his talent.")

The Best Poem Of Jaun Elia

Kaisa dil aur uske kya gham jee..

Kaisa dil aur uske kya gham jee,
Yu'n hee baatain banaatey hain, hum jee,
Kya bhalaa aasteen aur daaman,
Kab se palkein bhi ab nahi nam jee,
Ussey ab koi baat kya kerna,
Khud se bhi baat kije kam-kam jee,
Dil jo dil kya tha, ek mehfil tha,
Ab hai darham jee aur barham jee,
Baat be-tour ho gayi shayad,
Zakhm bhi ab nahi hai, marham jee,
Haar duniya se maan le shayad,
Dil, hamaare mein ab nahi, dam jee,
Hai yeh hasrat ke zibah ho jaun,
Hai shikan is shikam ki zaalam jee,
Kaise aakhir na rang khele'n hum,
Dil lahoo ho raha hai, jaanam jee,
Hai kharaaba yeh husniya apna,
Roz majlis hai aur maatam jee,
Waqt dam bhar ka khel hai usme,
Besh az besh hai, kam az kam jee,
Hai azal se abad talak ka hisaab,
Aur bus ek pal hai peham jee,
Be-shikan ho gayi hai woh zulfein,
Is gali mein nahi rahe kham jee,
Dasht-e-dil ka ghazaal hee na raha,
Ab bhalaa kis se kijiye ram jee…

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