A few thoughts on poetry and poets

Accha shayar hone ke liye, khusoonan accha ishqiya shayra hone ke liye zaroori hai ki uske kabhi bepanaah ishq ho jaaye. Aur bhi accha ho ki ishq pehle iktarfa ho, magar phir dotarfa hokar kamyaab ho jaaye. Aur behter yehi ki phir wahi ishq barbaad ho jaaye aur ek dardnaak judaai ka waakya guzre. Is tarah shayar ka ishq ki sab rangeen tasweer se ikhtiyar ho jayega.

Magar mujhpe jo guzri wo faiz ahmed faiz ki zindagi se kaafi milti julti hai. When he went to college in Lahore he later said: " In this atmosphere there was also the wonder of the beginning of love but we had just a glimpse of this period, when we reached the end of love's companionship. "

So all my poetic attempts are based on such a glimpse, a mere whiff of Love's glory.
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To be a good poet, particularly to be a good romantic poet, it is preferable that one falls helplessly into love. Ideally love should be initially unrequited but ultimately successful. And then the whole affair ends tragically with a painful period of loss and parting. In this way, the poet would become familar with all different shades of love's experience.

But whether it be my misfortune or good fortune, all that happened to me is similar to the experience of Faiz Ahmed Faiz' experience during his college days: " In this atmosphere there was also the wonder of the beginning of love but we had just a glimpse of this period, when we reached the end of love's companionship. "

So all my poetic attempts are based on such a glimpse, a mere whiff of Love's glory.