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Pakistani-American poet lauded by Urdu poetry lovers
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 07 - 2013


Muhammad Mujahid Syed
Saudi Gazette


JEDDAH — Aalami Urdu Markaz, Jeddah's President Athar Nafis Abbasi held a Suhoor reception for Pakistani-American humorist and satirist poet Khalid Irfan at his residence Sunday.
Irfan, a popular humorist of North America has five poetry collections to his credit, lives in New York City. He is incharge of the literary section of Urdu Times Weekly, New York, America's first and largest weekly Urdu newspaper.
Anwar Ansari shed light on Irfan's life and poetic contributions.
Abbasi said that he is proud of his relations with Irfan from Karachi since childhood, revealing that he showed poetic talents from his teenage years. “Khalid Irfan, being a follower of famous humorist Dilawar Figar's line, deserves our love and attention. He like Dilawar Figar highlights the daily problems of the people in his poetry and that is more acceptable to people than the speeches of political leaders,” he said.
Following are a few couplets of Irfan
Roze Mahshar wahi Ummat ke sahare nikle
Hum jinhen bhool gaye the who hamare nikle
Mire ashaar sachche hain, daleelen meri aqli hain
Zara sa main bhi jaali, aap bhi thode se naqli hain
Jo leader ban gaye woh log wajhe rahzani nikle
Who jaali digriyan lekar muqaddar ke dhani nikle
Green Card usse le rahe ho, magar natija bhi yaad rakhna
Yahan ki kaali tumhare chere ko laal kar de to kya karoge
Ik Karachi se hai nikla ik pase Lahore hai
Sindh ka chaand aur hai Punjab ka chaand aur hai
Representatives of different Jeddah forums, journalists and social figures, including Khalid Kidwai, Syed Fareed Hasan, Dr. Irfan Hashmi, Rohail Khan, Dr. Muhammad Laiqullah Khan, Siraj Wahab, Amanatullah, Mubassir Azam, Fizaur Rahman, Shahzad Azam and Amin Najmi were present at the gathering. Local poets Zamurrad Khan Saifee, Muhammad Nawaz Janjua, Nasir Barni, Anwer Ansari, Athar Abbasi and Nayeem Bazidpuri also recited their poems.


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