Faiz had tremendous sympathy for the suffering of the people. While he was teaching at the M. A. O. College he became friendly with the Vice Principal Sahabzada Mehmood-uz-Zafar and his wife, Dr. Rasheeda Jahan. Both were committed socialists and lovers of literature as well. Under their influence Faiz's poetry underwent a tremendous change. The other influence on him was The Progressive Writers' Movement.

The translation is loose but true to the original although I have taken some liberties to make it more comprehensible to an uninitiated reader.

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A Ghazal has five rules and it is one of the most difficult forms of poetry but is independent of any particual language. This one is in Urdu, the language in which ghazals are most commonly written.. Allama Iqbal is sher mein Allah ke kukam ke tarjumani kerty hain kh Allah apny bandon ko fermata hai agr to ibadat kerta hai to mery ley nahi balke apny ley kerta hai. Tu apny ley hi is dunya mein koch hasil ker le warna akhrit ki saza ke ley tayar ho ja. Allama iqbal poetry in english love Iqbal is admired as a prominent poet by Pakistanis, Iranians and other international scholars of literature. Though Iqbal is best known as an eminent poet, he is also a highly acclaimed "Muslim philosophical thinker of modern times". His first poetry book, The Secrets of the Self, appeared in the Persian language in 1915, and other books of poetry include The Secrets of Selflessness, Message from the East and Persian Psalms. Among these, his best known Urdu works are The Call of the Marching Bell, Gabriel's Wing, The Rod of Moses and a part of Gift from Hijaz. Along with his Urdu and Persian poetry, his Urdu and English lectures and letters have been very influential in cultural, social, religious and political disputes.

Divers fish for pearls and merchants sail their ships, while earth's children skip, gather pebbles and scatter them again. shayari (poetry) is notable for its highly romantic images, evocative metaphors, emotional content, depth of feeling, As Faiz had already adopted socialist ideologies, due to his ideologies he was against Hitler and Nazism, also when Germany invaded the USSR he felt compelled to join the fight, he left this job and joined the British Indian Army as a Captain in 1942, he soon rose in the ranks and became Lieutenant Colonel in barely two years. It comprises of a series of couplets (called Shers) not necessarily tied down by a single theme. The number of couplets may vary from five to thirteen.Miraji, Mir Taqi Mir, Momin Khan Momin, Munir Niazi, Abdulla Pashew, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Parveen Shakir,

Allama Iqbal is sher mein dunya ke aik kony se dosry kony tak zameen se aasman tak insan ko nai ijadat kerny ki dawat dety hain. wo fermaty hai jahan mein isy hi susat aur kahil ban ker na beth ye sara jahan tery ley bana gia hai is mein apny hisy ka diya zroor jalao ta kh aany waly us se faida hasil ker sakain. On the seashores of endless worlds earth's children gather to dance with joyous cries and pirouettes. director. Urdu poetry is notable for its highly romantic images, evocative metaphors, emotional content, depth of feeling,

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These are my modern English translations of poems by Sir Muhammad Iqbal (علامہمحمداقبال), also known as In 1935 in London, some writers with socialist ideologies, set up The Progressive Writers' Movement. The Movement emphasized the writer's responsibilties towards spreading and promoting positive, healthy and just values through his writings. Faiz found himself in total agreement with the movement's views and goals and this started a new phase in his writing career. Faiz did not agree with the doctrine of art for art's sake, or that artistic and social values are things apart. Beauty did not have mere artistic value, but it also had a social and moral value. According to Faiz poetry was a struggle in which, art and life demanded participation according to one's abilities. If I understand things correctly, Miraji wrote the lines above after translating a verse by Sappho in which she said that her poems would be remembered in the future. I suspect both poets and both prophecies were correct! Faiz Ahmed Faiz was born in Sialkot, British India (now in Pakistan). Faiz was the son of Sultan Mohammed Khan who had risen from a poor shepherd to become a barrister through his scholastic prowess. His father though passed away in 1913.