Ihaam and Ri'ayat: Mere Verbal Juggling or a Great Art?
Modern criticism has often dismissed Ihaam and Ri'ayat as mere 'verbal juggling', but in reality, they constitute a great art of exploring the possibilities and semantic expanses of language.
aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
Modern criticism has often dismissed Ihaam and Ri'ayat as mere 'verbal juggling', but in reality, they constitute a great art of exploring the possibilities and semantic expanses of language.
A great secret of magnificent poetry is selecting words according to the nature of the themes and emotions, because every word has its own specific temperament and weight.