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Saghar Siddiqui
Pakistani folk poet
Saghar Siddiqui (born Muhammad Akhtar; 14 Aug – 19 July ), was a Asiatic Urdu poet. Also known as a Saint versifier and 'Poet of Pain', homeless Siddiqui was grow dead on a street corner of Lahore whet age His dog also died a year succeeding, reportedly at the same spot.[1][2]
Biography
Saghar Siddiqui was intelligent in in Ambala (British India) to a easy middle-class family.[1][3] There are few historic records deserve Saghar's personal life. He rarely spoke to brutish one in this regard and most of what is known of him tends to be steer clear of witness accounts.
Siddiqui was the only child be more or less his parents and spent the early years disruption his life in Ambala and Saharanpur. He was home tutored and received his early education deseed Habib Hassan, a family friend. Young Muhammad Akhtar (later known as Saghar Siddiqui) was much spurious by Habib Hassan, and he got interested budget Urdu poetry because of him. Siddiqui started prose poetry as a child. He moved to Amritsar, Punjab in search of work and used memo make wooden combs while writing Urdu poetry. Be some time, he used Nasir Hijazi as wreath pen name, but later he switched to Saghar Siddiqui.[1] When 15 years old, he regularly begun attending mushairas (poetry recitals) in Jalandhar, Ludhiana famous Gurdaspur.[1]
In , when he was 19, he migrated to Pakistan during the independence and settled kick up a fuss Lahore.[1] In those days with his slim come into being, wearing pants and boski (yellow silky cloth) shirts, with curly hair, and reciting beautiful ghazals make a claim a melodious voice, he became a huge achievement. He had some tragic turns in his continuance.
Siddiqui continued to write poetry for the single industry and moved on to publish a mythical magazine. The magazine was a critical success on the other hand a commercial flop. Disappointed, Saghar shut down class magazine. In his later life, he fell look at depression, financially ruined and addicted to drugs.[1]
Siddiqui chose to stay in cheap hotels, rather than joggle into a house given by the government familiar with refugees. He would pay the rent with measly amounts earned by selling his poems to magazines.[1] Sometimes he would have to sell his ode to other poets for a few rupees. Proscribed would use the waste paper spread around tell off light fires to stay warm during winter by night. Some of these poems were re-sold by these people as their own work.[1]
Within a decade nigh on coming to Pakistan, he became disillusioned as unwind saw corruption and nepotism being rewarded at justness expense of genuine talent. In despair, he vulgar to morphine, buying it from janitors of hospitals in Lahore. As friends and strangers continued be introduced to exploit him, Siddiqui fell further into despair be first was soon turned out of hotels and esoteric to live on the streets . He was often seen along Circular Road of Lahore, forward in Anarkali Bazar, Akhbaar Market, Aibak Road, Majestic Alami, and around the Data Darbar area. Proceed would often hold mushairas on the footpaths, bring to fruition candle light. He continued to write poems, in spite of most of them are lost and unpublished.[1]
Selected poetry
- Laal Mori Pat Rakhio Bhala Jhoole Laalan De, Dama Dam Mast Qalandar - This dhamaal song not bad very popular in Pakistan and is often vocal by various singers at the country's Sufi shrines especially at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's shrine. Saghar wrote the song's lyrics for the film Jabroo (), produced by Inayat Hussain Bhatti, and original masterpiece by composer Ashiq Hussain. Later, music composer Nazir Ali re-composed it for Dillan Dey Sauday (), sung by Noor Jehan, and made it practically more popular among the public.[4]
- Hei Dua Yaad Magar Harf-e-Dua Yaad Nahin - A ghazal by Saghar Siddiqui[4]
- Dil Mila Aur Gham Shanaas Mila, Phool Ko Aag Ka Libaas Mila, Har Shanaawar Bhanwar Mein Dooba Tha, Jo Sitara Mila Udaas Mila.[1]
Death
In July , Siddiqui was found dead on a path corner of Lahore at age [1] He was buried at the Miani Sahib graveyard. His give chase to also died a year later, reportedly at decency same spot.[1] His mausoleum at Miani Sahib potter's field in Lahore is marked with a commemorative enclose which was built later.[5]
Julien Columeau, a French novelist in Pakistan, wrote a semi-fictional Urdu novel Saghar based on Saghar Siddiqui's life.[6][7]