Farooqahad
12-29-2008, 11:37 PM
***SAMINA RAJA***
Samina Raja is the most prolific and competent poetess of Urdu language and since the publication of her first collection of poetry in 1995, has published twelve books.
The ones we particularly like to mention are Aur Wisal, Pari Khana , Dil-i-Laila and Ishqabad.
Love is the pervading theme in her poetry. She crafts her poems with care and believes in adhering to the norms of tradition.
She writes ghazals, nazms and prose poems and her entire poetry is a reflection of her inner self, a saga of loss and longing.
She says in the preface of her first book Huweda:
Main shair kion kehti hoon? Nahin janti!
Is kay liay meray pas koi jwaz nahin hai.
Jab main nay hoash sanbhala aur pehli martaba
aankhain khoal kar khud ko dekha to munkashif huwa k main pedaeyshi tor par kuch chizon ki aseer hoon-
zindgi, shaeyri, muhabbat aur gham.
Zindgi, jo aik baar milti hai aur kaei baar basar hoti hai-
jitni sitam sheaar hai, utni hi azeez-
zindgi, jis tarah woh meray saath paish aaei.
Shaeyri, jab utarti hai to apnay saath baha lay jati hai-
paon ukhar jatay hain- saans phool jati hai-
shaeyri, jis tarah woh mujh par nazil huwi.
Muhabbat, jo aadmi ki kaya palat deti hai-
apnay siwa kuch yaad nahin rehnay deti-
jeenay deti hai na marnay deti hai-
muhabbat, jis tarah woh meray wajood pr chaei rahi.
Aur gham, jis kay huzoor main sarapa sipas hoon-
gham, jo gehray panion mein lay jata hai-
apnay andar samait leta hai-
baqi sab kuch mehev kr deta hai-
gham, jis tarah woh hamesha meray dil kay gird lipta raha.
Hr shakhs, umr kay kisi na kisi hissay mein
khwab zaroor dekhta hai aur sachchaei say peyar
zaroor krta hai- magr main nay poori umr,
schchaei kay ishq mein aur khwab ki kefiiat mein
basar ki hai- agar kabhi koei sachch mujh par
huweda hota hai to woh bhi aik khwab hi lagta hai:
She has published twelve books of her poetry, two Kulliyat
and one book of selected poems so far.
The names of her books are Huweda, Sheh e saba, Aur Wisal,
Khwabnaey, Bagh e Shab, Baazdeed, Haft Aasman, Parikhana, Adan kay rastay par, Dil e Laiyla, Ishqabad and
Hijr Nama.
She is the editor of three literary magazines, named Mustaqbil, Aassar and Khwabgar.
Samina Raja is the most prolific and competent poetess of Urdu language and since the publication of her first collection of poetry in 1995, has published twelve books.
The ones we particularly like to mention are Aur Wisal, Pari Khana , Dil-i-Laila and Ishqabad.
Love is the pervading theme in her poetry. She crafts her poems with care and believes in adhering to the norms of tradition.
She writes ghazals, nazms and prose poems and her entire poetry is a reflection of her inner self, a saga of loss and longing.
She says in the preface of her first book Huweda:
Main shair kion kehti hoon? Nahin janti!
Is kay liay meray pas koi jwaz nahin hai.
Jab main nay hoash sanbhala aur pehli martaba
aankhain khoal kar khud ko dekha to munkashif huwa k main pedaeyshi tor par kuch chizon ki aseer hoon-
zindgi, shaeyri, muhabbat aur gham.
Zindgi, jo aik baar milti hai aur kaei baar basar hoti hai-
jitni sitam sheaar hai, utni hi azeez-
zindgi, jis tarah woh meray saath paish aaei.
Shaeyri, jab utarti hai to apnay saath baha lay jati hai-
paon ukhar jatay hain- saans phool jati hai-
shaeyri, jis tarah woh mujh par nazil huwi.
Muhabbat, jo aadmi ki kaya palat deti hai-
apnay siwa kuch yaad nahin rehnay deti-
jeenay deti hai na marnay deti hai-
muhabbat, jis tarah woh meray wajood pr chaei rahi.
Aur gham, jis kay huzoor main sarapa sipas hoon-
gham, jo gehray panion mein lay jata hai-
apnay andar samait leta hai-
baqi sab kuch mehev kr deta hai-
gham, jis tarah woh hamesha meray dil kay gird lipta raha.
Hr shakhs, umr kay kisi na kisi hissay mein
khwab zaroor dekhta hai aur sachchaei say peyar
zaroor krta hai- magr main nay poori umr,
schchaei kay ishq mein aur khwab ki kefiiat mein
basar ki hai- agar kabhi koei sachch mujh par
huweda hota hai to woh bhi aik khwab hi lagta hai:
She has published twelve books of her poetry, two Kulliyat
and one book of selected poems so far.
The names of her books are Huweda, Sheh e saba, Aur Wisal,
Khwabnaey, Bagh e Shab, Baazdeed, Haft Aasman, Parikhana, Adan kay rastay par, Dil e Laiyla, Ishqabad and
Hijr Nama.
She is the editor of three literary magazines, named Mustaqbil, Aassar and Khwabgar.