Urdu Calligraphy

Many of you may never have heard of Urdu poetry before, much less know what you Urdu poetry is. This article is a humble effort to give you some basic knowledge about Urdu poetry.

A good starting point would be in Urdu. Urdu is an Indo-Aryan is spoken by 250 million people in India, Pakistan and its neighboring South Asian countries. Urdu is the official language of Pakistan and is the main language in some Indian states. But language is not confined to the Indian sub-continent, Britain has one of the greatest Urdu communities in the world today.

The Urdu language emerged in the 13th century in northern India as a mixture of Hindi and other local languages, and Persian language which was brought to the area by traders and soldiers. Many Turkish and Arabic words have been incorporated into Urdu. His colorful mix of elements from several languages is the main reason for its highly poetic.

Urdu poetry traditions are deeply rooted in time, but like many other types of poetry, a firm starting point simply can not be ascertained. Some of the main literary influences later Urdu poetry can be traced from Kabir (1440-1518) and Amir Khusro (1253-1325 AD).

Urdu Poetry is a kind of melodic and elegant poetry whose main themes are human feelings, the beauty of nature and the passion of love. A majority of Urdu poetry is written in calligraphy Nasta `liq, a beautiful Persian-Arabic script. Since Urdu poetry is very popular in India where there are many people who can understand Urdu, but are unable to read the script Nasta `LIQ, most of the poems have been translated into Devanagari is used by speakers Hindi. With the advent of globalization, there are even poems in Urdu which were written in Roman Urdu. Roman Urdu Urdu is simply written using the Roman alphabet.

The poets of Urdu poetry using a pen name called takhallus. The takhallus normally be part of a poets real name and is added to the end of it. Poetry in Urdu, takhallus is incorporated in the last stanza of the poem to act as a kind of signature.

Mushair, or Urdu poetry recitals are fun where poets perform their works. The Mushair is a very loved and cherished part of the culture of Pakistan and northern India. In a typical Mushair, several poets invited sit along a long table in front of the room, just as one might expect with a panel of judges. There is a host who will invite each poet to do its work. The audience joins in, shouting "go" at the end of couplets important.

A poem in Urdu is primarily composed of couplets, or pairs of lines know that the rhyme and the like. A verse is called a "Sher" and many are called couplets "Ashaari. Although Urdu poetry is characterized by several basic ingredients, there are many different forms of Urdu poetry.

The study of Urdu poetry is an extremely complex and simply can not be covered in one article. He has captured the interest of many people around the world and continues to thrive as a form of cultural expression. Hopefully this article gave you an overview of this complex world of Urdu poetry.