Fidvi Lahori | |
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![Fidvi Lahori (left) with an attendant, anonymous painter, probably Lucknow (late 18th-century).[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Fidvi_Lahori_late_18th_century.jpg/1280px-Fidvi_Lahori_late_18th_century.jpg) Fidvi Lahori (left) with an attendant, anonymous painter, probably Lucknow (late 18th-century).[1] | |
| Born | Mukund Lal 1729 (1729) Lahore, Subah of Lahore, Mughal Empire |
| Died | 1780 (aged 50–51) |
| Pen name | Fidvi |
| Language | Urdu |
Fidvi Lahori, born Mukund Lal (Urdu: مکند لال فدوی لاہوری; 1729–1780) was an 18th-century Urdu poet from Lahore, Punjab.[2] Fidvi was his takhallus.[3]
Biography
Born in a Hindu Bania family and originally named Mukund Lal, Fidvi converted to Islam and adopted Mirza Fidai Beg as his new name. He spent several years at Isfahan and later migrated to Delhi where he became a pupil of Sabir Ali Sabir. Fidvi had written a qasida for Ahmad Shah and was rewarded with a horse, a sword and a thousand rupees by the emperor. He found employment under Nawab Muhammad Yar Khan but soon left his court and later took service of Nawab Zabita Khan.[2] Fidvi's poetic rivalry with Mirza Sauda was well-known. Sauda wrote a number of satirical works (ہجو) characterising Fidvi, including one in Punjabi, which are a part of his kuliyat.[4] Fidvi later returned to Lahore where he died in 1780; according to Mashafi he died in Moradabad.[5]
Poetry
Little of Fidvi's Diwan has survived. One of his oft-quoted couplets has become a proverb:[6][7][8]
chal saath ki hasrat dil-e-marhūm se nikle
āshiq kā janāza hai zarā dhuum se nikle
English translation:[9]
Walk with [the bier] so that the longing may not linger in the hollowed heart.
This is the funeral procession of your lover. Let it proceed with some song and dance.
References
- ^ Saksena, Ram Babu, ed. (1956). Muraqqa-i šuʻarā. Dhūmī Mal Dharam Dās, Dihlī. OCLC 314560722.
- ^ a b Srīvāstav, Ganpat Sahāʼe (1969). Urdu shaʻirī ke irtiqā men Hindū shuʻarā kā ḥiṣṣah [The contribution of Hindu poets in the evolution of Urdu poetry] (in Urdu). Burjbāsī Lāgūr. p. 107. OCLC 63866557.
- ^ Brelvi, Mahmud (1985). Muk̲h̲taṣar tārīk̲h̲-i adab-i Urdū, bā taṣvīr [A short history of Urdu literature, pictorial] (in Urdu). Shaik̲h̲ G̲h̲ulām ʻAlī ainḍ Sanz. pp. 75–76. OCLC 21148912.
- ^ Shīrānī, Maḥmūd (1988). Panjāb meṇ urdū [Urdu in Punjab]. Silsilah-i maṭbūʿāt-i Muqtadirah, .. (in Urdu). Muqtadirah Qaumī Zabān, Islāmābād. p. 314. OCLC 1532173823.
- ^ Ak̲h̲tar, Malik Ḥasan (1990). Urdū shāʻirī men̲ tāzah goʼī kī taḥrīk [The movement of originality of expression in Urdu poetry] (in Urdu). Polīmar Pablīkeshanz. pp. 185–188. OCLC 25020687.
- ^ "'Don't need shoulders of BJP leaders...': Congress' Digvijaya Singh jibes at Amit Shah's 'Janaja' remark". The Times of India. 27 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ "SHER OF FIDVI LAHORI". Rekhta. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ "chal saath ki hasrat –". Alfaaz Ki Mehfil. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ Goel, Sita Ram (1983). Muslim Separatism: Causes and Consequences. Voice of India. p. 83.
