Discover Muhabat Kay Rung (محبت کے رنگ) by Muhammad Afzal Ansari, an Urdu poetry collection given over entirely to the many colours of love — and dedicated by the poet to his wife, Farzana Afzal.
The collection gathers dozens of ghazals and nazms whose titles read like the stages of a single long feeling: Mujhe Kya Gharaz, Kaise Bhula Doon?, Zabt, Uljhan, Andesha, Chupp Nahi Sakta, Dar Lagta Hai, Teri Yaad Mein, Wisal, Majboori, Raqeeb, Bebasi.
The voice moves between longing, restraint and quiet defiance. In one poem the beloved is told to go and enjoy the world freely, to dance and sing and spend her youth wherever she pleases — and then, when the flowers in her hair have wilted and the world’s eyes have turned away, to come back; the poet will still be waiting.
A tender, readable Urdu shayari book for anyone who reads poetry to find their own feelings put into words.