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Jan Nisar Akhtar
Jan Nisar Akhtar (جاں نثار اختر), born Syed Jaan Nisar Husain Rizvi (1914–1976), was a Gwalior-born Urdu poet of the Progressive Writers' Movement and Hindi film lyricist who wrote about 151 songs, won the 1976 Sahitya Akademi Award for Khaak-e-Dil, and fathered Javed Akhtar.
Mere Rashk-e-Qamar (میرا رشکِ قمر)
Mere Rashk-e-Qamar (میرا رشکِ قمر), "Envy of the Moon", is an Urdu ghazal by Fana Buland Shehri, performed as a qawwali by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the 1980s and revived by the 2013 remix and 2017 Baadshaho film version.
Naya Shairi
Naya Shairi (نئی شاعری, "new poetry") is an Urdu term for twentieth-century Urdu verse that broke with classical conventions in favor of symbolism and free verse.
Nazm
Nazm (نظم) is the principal non-ghazal genre of Urdu poetry, a poem on a single central theme, unlike the couplet-based ghazal; the modern form arose in the late 19th century.
Sare Jahan se Accha (سارے جہاں سے اچھا)
Sare Jahan se Accha, formally Tarana-e-Hindi, is an Urdu patriotic song written by Muhammad Iqbal in 1904 that became a rallying cry against British rule.
Urdu poetry (اردو شاعری)
Urdu poetry (اردو شاعری) is South Asian verse in Urdu, born in the Deccan and Delhi from the 13th century. Key forms are the ghazal, nazm, masnavi, qasida, and marsiya; masters include Khusrau, Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal, and Faiz.