Jaun Elia was the most famous, influential and out-of-the-box Urdu poet of the twentieth century. His real name was Syed Jaun Asghar. He is known in the history of Urdu poetry for his unique style, outspokenness, and for portraying loneliness and pain on pages. Jaun Elia was born on 14 December 1931 in Amroha, India. He belonged to a highly educated and literary family. Much after the partition of India in 1947, i.e. in 1957, he moved to Pakistan. However, the memories of Amroha and India never left his heart, and this pain is clearly reflected in his poetry. Jaun was not just a poet, but he was a great scholar of Arabic, Persian, philosophy and history. Jaun’s style of reading Mushaira was very different. He used to spread his hair, wave his hands in the air and speak in a very aggressive and dramatic manner, which people liked very much. His poetry is still alive in the hearts of people. In such a situation, read the famous Shaari of John Elia Saheb here.
1.Everyone is miserable without me
I’m living without everyone
2. How will life be?
I don’t feel like being in love
3. Where are we and where are you?
There are many Hijra periods to go through.
4. Loyalty, sacrifice, love
Now why should we chase these words?
5. What we could not survive
we lived that life
6. By calling me very bad today
you took my name
7. The sorrows of the whole world are ours
And the pain is that we are yours
8. What did you say, love is Javedani!
Are you meeting for the last time?
9. He seemed to remember me
It seems as if I have forgotten him too.
10. Let’s remember him
so we speak ill of him
11. I keep saying Mustaqil
I am so silent inside
12. You are getting very close
Have you decided to get separated?
13. Mirrors rusted
how i feel now
14. Beauty used to say that you are a tease
Just tease, don’t even touch.
