Aankh Bhar Hairat by MOHSIN SHAKEEL
Uploaded by
Naeem BaigAankh Bhar Hairat by MOHSIN SHAKEEL
Uploaded by
Naeem BaigAankh Bhar Hairat
Mohsin Shakeels heart touching lyrical Odes that keep you in musical, insightful and sentimental delights all the way through. As Dr. Aslam Farrukhi says Mohsin is poet of adagio silent nights of human sentiments filled with soft fragrance and beautiful eyes. I see Mohsin a step ahead of it as he passed through the era of 1990-2000s, unlike his contemporaries his poetry becomes more consistent and romantic in nature. He unfolds the human with his imaginary hallucination and rich phrasing. Every Ode he portrays in words set a throne under the poetic umbrella. His Ode Natamam imprints the melancholy figment of his thoughts with incredible structure of words. Kishwar Naheed says Mohsins Ghazals speak new turn in literature and pledge moments direction. Im compelled to add little more that Mohsins imagism, (a moment in early 20th century English and American which sought clarity of expression. The movement derived from the part of the aesthetic philosophy of T.E Hulme, and James Joyce) is more articulate than his contemporaries in 1990s in Urdu poetry, though Ghazals in Pakistan in late 1990s often contribute literature contentment. Mohsins Ghazal flakes away the layers of fantasy beautifully leaving readers motionless for a while.
As John Keats (1795-1821) was second generation romantic poet along with Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, his contemporaries have praised his fragment of Rich Imaginary & Phrasing and his three poems Lamia, Isabella, and the Eve of St. Agnes were considered the finest in English language. Mohsins Gittar, Pehla lamha and Raaz are the finest I find in present Urdu Odes as Rich Imaginary & Phrasing as he described himself in the preface of Aankh Bhar Hairat. While writing he stands excruciated by the possibility of illusion with silent existence of his vows and the words he phrases echoed his deep conscience.
Legendry poet Iftikhar Arif praises while commenting on Aankh Bhar Hairat that voice of Mohsin sounds towering through his Odes and Ghazals among his contemporaries of 1990s. Iftikhar further admires that the classical touch in use of words and phrases are the skill that only Mohsin dwells in. Mohsin is greatly working on his new project and his new book is expected soon in the market. I wish that he could maintain the strength he has shown in his poetic history of 1990-2000.
Naeem Baig [email protected] Note. Reviewer is an Article Writer in Technobiz Magazine Lahore (An international magazine in Science & Technology), and author of TRIPPING SOUL (a fictional novel) & several Urdu Afsana & English Short Stories. Rest of his work can be viewed at www.scribd.com
