“You are not the only master of poetry O’Galib,
They say, in the past; was also someone Mir.”
This means a lot to poets in Pakistan. It tells them that the master’s will soon have the new breeds to look for.
Urdu is one language that will give you them understanding that love, religion and tradition will give you a blessed future. You may only need to learn to love your predecessors and Urdu as your language.
Let us look back at Urdu. It is sometimes called the language of the army because of its past. The term Urdu came from the Turkic word army or tent. This word helped Indians relate to the soldiers because Urdu comes abridging several languages. It makes them understood in some extent without causing problem with other nationalities.
Urdu remains spoken by various countries. Thus, the literatures written in Urdu are easily translatable to other language. It makes writing poetry in Urdu worthy of your time.
I could not wait to learn the language more deeply but there are difficulties that I still encounter. One of which is using four different D-sounds and four different T-sounds.
Another issue is the pronunciation of vowels. I will make it; I just need time and practice. I would love to read the works of Ghalib and Mir, in its original form. I will therefore need more time on this.
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