Story: Haider Ali Aatish and a Young Poet of Lucknow Urdu Poetry and Poetics

Episode 06.
Story: Haider Ali Aatish in Lucknow
Poet: Haider Ali Aatish
by Faraz Ali

Bāt meiñ farq na āney dījiye
Jān jaati hai tau jāne dijiye

Ān meiñ farq na āney dijiye
Jān jati hai tau jāne dijiye

بات میں فرق نہ آنے دیجۓ
جان جاتی ہے تو جانے دیجۓ

آن میں فرق نہ آنے دیجۓ
جان جاتی ہے تو جانے دیجۓ

Zer Zabar Paesh is a platform for the study of Urdu poetic tradition by Faraz Ali. It aims to make this tradition accessible to people with a genuine interest in classical and contemporary Urdu verse and its vast apparatus—including approaches to deep reading, poetics, canon and history, criticism and scholarship, etc.

Faraz Ali is an award-winning experiential designer and performing artist practicing in physical, digital, and poetic realms.

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