Gulzar adapted his writing with the changing times, but the capability to evoke human emotions was and will always be the cornerstone of all his works. The extent of Gulzar's excellence as a poet, lyricist and writer can never be mapped. If there is someone who understands loss of love, it has to be Faiz saab. He evokes emotions because his poetry is rarely without an accompanying haunting quality of pain. It is difficult to pick one poem or shayari from the numerous gems that he has gifted us, and the beauty of his poetry is that the emotions expressed in his couplets are still relatable.įaiz Ahmad Faiz and his work truly touches the human heart. Ghalib's prominence in Urdu poetry can never be disregarded. So here is a list of poets of different eras, who have been a major reason why we fell in love with the language in the first place. These poets infused Urdu expressions and words seamlessly into lyrics, ghazals and shayaris, making them not only easier to understand, but also enabling us to slowly fall in everlasting love with the language.

Not many of us may have stumbled to search meanings of words, or understand the true beauty of Urdu expressions, had these people and their works not made the language popular. We may actively seek out Urdu works and devour them now, but there were certain poets and their popular works, that first allowed us to discover the magic of this language.

Urdu was relevant, poignant and beautiful even before the age of netizens, remixes and EDM, and it still manages to find ardent lovers. The beauty of Urdu has been charming us for years now.

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