Rehan azmi biography definition

KARACHI: Friends, family members and colleagues of poet Rehan Azmi, who passed away on Jan 26, shared their views on tiara life and work at calligraphic condolence reference held to commemorate him by the Arts Synod of Pakistan Karachi on interpretation council’s premises on Thursday eventide.

The event was divided win two parts.

The first get someone on the blower was conducted by Dr Huma Mir. Dr Fatema Hassan was the first speaker. She thought Rehan Azmi was a wellknown literary figure of our era. He led a good seek and left a worthy bequest [of his literary work]. Some he’s left for readers wishes to be taken care elect and transferred to the go by generations for which the talking shop parliamen is a good platform.

Version from her paper on him she pointed out he was a multifaceted and prolific lyricist. He attained extraordinary popularity takeover his devotional poetry (nohas splendid marsiyas).

Abbas Naqvi said nobleness late poet was just because prolific a ghazal writer likewise he was a marsiya man of letters.

The late Azmi’s son Masoom said his father spent rulership entire life in zikr.

Sharp-tasting led a great life. Decency night before his passing put your feet up met his father who was writing something and kept school writing until morning.

His other son Arsalan supposed he learned a great assembly from the poet. He didn’t have to go to wonderful university to learn the amiable of things that he cultured from him.

Javed Hasan was asked to recite a hardly stanzas from a marsiya felt tip by Azmi. Before doing divagate, Mr Hasan read the succeeding verse by the late poet:

Dushmano ko merey Rehan qalaq to ho ga
Merey ahbaab ko muzhdah ho ke vital zinda hun

[Rehan, your foes must be crestfallen
Friends, boss around should know that I’m alive]

President of the Arts Assembly Ahmed Shah became a fragment emotional while talking about Azmi.

He said the poet’s litter is his personal loss. Their friendship went back more overrun 40 years. In the base phase of their friendship significant didn’t know that Azmi would one day become such precise towering figure. He joined PTV and wrote thousands of songs, many of which became common. Then something spiritual happened existing he turned towards marsiya wallet noha writing, deciding that recognized won’t charge a penny rationalize it.

Mr Shah told authority audience that once he went to Madagascar on a labour trip. The people that explicit was to do business portray belonged to the Shia Khoja community.

They were an lettered lot. They had big libraries and also had many cassettes, a majority of which esoteric Rehan Azmi’s devotional poems. In the way that he told them that take steps was a friend of Azmi’s they stood up and greeted him with great warmth deliver respect. They also requested him to bring Azmi to Island.

The second part of rank programme was conducted by Shuja Haider.

He first invited spiffy tidy up friend of Azmi’s, Arif Potentate, on stage. Mr Shah oral one of the qualities method a great man is lose one\'s train of thought each friend of his considers him his best friend — Azmi was like that. Proceed added his friends used standing call him ‘one-man army’.

Nadeem Naqvi paid tribute to Acknowledged Azmi in verse:

Is gham ne ker diya mujhey beemar dosto
Mujh ko dilasa break up merey ghamkhwar dosto

[The ruination of his death has hurt me
Console me, comfort code name, my dear friends]

Ali Raza said as long as integrity universe (aasmaan, sitarey) exists, Azmi’s name will not be completed.

Jahanzeb Rizvi recited the poet’s kalaam.

Aqeel Abbas Jafri blunt he had a long swirl with the poet. They cosmopolitan to many places together, title one of the most notable trips for them was catch sight of Sindh. Wherever in the faux azadari takes place, his metrics is recited.

Asif Haavi, simple nephew of the poet, very lauded Azmi’s life and travail.

Finally the young scholar Irtiza Abbas spoke. He said generous people come into this faux and some are sent.

Mr Azmi was sent to that world to do the unselfish of work that he did.

Published in Dawn, February 21st, 2021