Urdu poetry & prose · Lucknow to America

عثمانہ اختر جمال Usmana Akhtar Jamal

اردو غزلیں، نظمیں اور افسانے

Ghazals, nazms and short stories by a writer from Lucknow — to read in Urdu, in Roman letters or in English, and to hear set to music.

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A ghazal to begin

The First Ghazal · پہلی غزل

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یہاں غزل کا پہلا مصرع آئے گا yahaan ghazal ka pehla misra aaye ga یہاں غزل کا دوسرا مصرع آئے گا yahaan ghazal ka doosra misra aaye ga

The first line of the ghazal will go here,and the second line will follow it here.

یہ شعر کی جگہ ہے، یہاں اُن کے الفاظ ہوں گے yeh sher ki jagah hai, yahaan unke alfaaz honge ہر شعر میں دو مصرعے، ہر مصرع اک خیال har sher mein do misre, har misra ik khayaal

This is a couplet's place; her words will be here —two lines to every couplet, every line a thought.

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Her books · کتابیں

On the shelf

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تین گلاب

Teen Gulab · Three Roses

یادیں لکھنؤ کی تہذیب عثمانہ اختر جمال

لکھنؤ کی تہذیب

Lucknow ki Tehzeeb · The Culture of Lucknow

شاعری رعنائیاں درد کی عثمانہ اختر جمال

رعنائیاں درد کی

Ra'naaiyaan Dard ki · The Graces of Pain

شاعری اجالوں کی رہگزر عثمانہ اختر جمال

اجالوں کی رہگزر

Ujaalon ki Rahguzar · The Pathway of Light

Short stories · افسانے

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Brides and red wedding dresses, old letters, island journeys and the people who wait. Every story opens right on its first page.

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How a ghazal works, in six words

A ghazal is a chain of couplets that share one rhyme and one refrain. Learn the six words that unlock it — then read any ghazal on this site in Urdu, Roman Urdu or English.

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