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 Mohtaram Majeed Amjad (1914-1974)

 Majeed Amjad, a Pakistani modern Urdu poet, 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.

The images embedded in Majeed Amjad's Urdu ghazals are unprecedented in their detail . . . their delicate architecture . . . their sophistication !

Majeed Amjad displays a maestro's touch in his selection of Urdu words and their arrangement in rhythmic patterns that  have turned his ghazals into monumental works of art in Urdu Literature !