Language Urdu Genre Poetry | Country Pakistan | |
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Publisher Urdu Tehreek Karachi, London, The Hague People also search for Qiṭaʻāt, The Wise Way, Diwan-e-Ghalib, The Call of the Marching Bell | ||
Zarb-e-Sukhan (Urdu: ضربِ سخن, Hindi: ज़र्ब-ए-सुख़न) is a Kulliyat of Urdu poetry. It is written by Ehsan Sehgal, an acclaimed Pakistani poet, writer and journalist. The book and the author have also been awarded the Faiz Ahmad Faiz Award 2011 by the Urdu Tehreek International London, for the best work towards Urdu poetry. The Daily Times describes it as a "splendid poetry collection."
Contents
Summary
The collection of Zarb-e-Sukhan is work of 42 years which comprises Parwaz-e-Takhial, Andaz-e-Takhaial, Saaz-e-Takhaial, Naaz-e-Takhaial, Afkar Ki Khushboo and Charagh-e-Dard. Sehgal has shown good knowledge of Urdu poetry metres.
The poetry of Zarb-e-Sukhan has been widely appreciated in India, Pakistan and all over the Urdu world's circles; He has also received Pride of Performance on his poetry book Zarb-e-Sukhan by Maraqaba Hal Holland, The Hague, Netherlands in December 2013. moreover, many ghazals and na`ats have also been composed and sung by various singers of Pakistan.
Reviews on poetry
There are many reviews on poetry of Ehsan Sehgal, in which he has highly been praised, few of those are that. A well-known writer Dr. Amjad Parvez writes in his review;
"Ehsan probably is very particular in the regard and has taken pains to mention the metres below each and every piece of poetry included in his present book. It must have been a gigantic, painstaking effort despite the fact that he does not believe in these restrictions (Pg 14). Famous Indian poet Nida Fazli agrees with Ehsan Sehgal that the experiments in both traditional and untraditional knitting of thought process have been widely accepted and with the passage of time such changes have found a place in the mainstream literature. He compares Ghalib's thought in the couplet Tawaqo Khastagi Mein Jin Sei Thi Kutch Daad Paaney Ki/ Woh Hum Sei Bhi Ziyada Khasta Taigh-e-Situm Nikle (The ones whom I looked forward for encouragement were found to be victims of denigration more than I was) with that in Ehsan's Tu Apney Dukhon Ki Kar Na Baat/ Yehi Dukh Main Nei Bhi Sahe Hain (Do not talk of your pains as I have suffered more) (Pg 32)."
The journalist and writer to The Times of Karachi, Mushtaq.A.Khan wrote;
"Several of his couplets are so enchanting that they keep the readers spellbound for days.This couplet vividly reminds one of Dagh Dehlavi. 'Khoob Ji Bhar Ke Sitam Aur Bhi Karlo Sahib 'Bat Rah Jati Hey Aur Waqt Guzar Jata Hey. Ehsan Sehgal has also shown mastery over the art of Arooz (poetry metre). He has come up with some innovation in this regard which is very pleasing.Each Ghazal and Rubai in the collection carries the name of the meter (Arooz) in which it has been composed.This is something unique and novel as I do not remember to have encountered any other book with this "Ehtemam".
Poet and writer Khurshid Ahmer told, "Ehsan Sehgal comes with the new message of intellectual delight to those who adore reading his poetics".
Editor Nation Today Ahktar Hadi wrote,
"Ehsan Sehgal is pure soul and a poet of pathos always grappling to rationalise things without getting an answer".