Dareechah-e-Nigaarish

Mohtaram Majeed Amjad (1914-1974)

is arguably among the top 5 modern Urdu poets.  He has written poems, long poems, ghazals as well as geet  (songs). 

    His poetry shows an amazing breadth of content ranging from personal love to the social problems facing an emerging Pakistan.

    His diction includes words from Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Urdu, all assimilated into flawless, rhythmic phrases which bring forth a very nuanced imagery.

   Sensitive to the human condition and always seeing the infinite in the infinitesimally minute details of life around him, his poems are colorful canvases portraying his age and his unique view of the people and places he lived in.

As of 2016, I have decided to divide the presentation of this great modern Urdu poet's poems into certain self-defined categories ... I realize this may appear artificial to some critics but I feel now   that this is an attractive option to showcase this poet's immense talent and aid younger readers' appreciation of Majeed's poetry ... Drum roll please... The categories are:

Majeed Amjad: Romantic Poems

Majeed Amjad: On Man and his Abode
Majeed Amjad: Socio-Political Poems

Majeed Amjad: Poems about Children

Majeed Amjad: Poems about Art

 جوُں جوُں وقت گرزتا جائے گا، مجید امجد کی اِس نظم کی اہمیت میں اضافہ ہوتا جائے گا ۔ ۔ ۔ صبح کے اِس کاروان ِ فرض کے مختلف کردار قدم قدم پر مجید امجد کو اپنے آپ سے مِلتے جُلتے دکھائی دیتے ہیں اور مجید کو اپنی شناخت کا حصہ محسوس ہوتے ہیں ۔ ۔ ۔ ایک نادر نقطہ ءِ نظر ۔ ۔ ۔