Jaun Elia, a popular Urdu poet, was born as Syed Sibt-e-Ashgar Naqvi (1931-2003) in Amroha, during British rule (presently the city is in Uttar Pradesh, India). As a price for freedom from the British subjugation, India had to face partition. Jaun Elia was quite young when Pakistan became an independent Muslim state.

He as a communist was averse to this idea, though he accepted it as a compromise. He migrated to Pakistan in 1957, & decided to live in Karachi, but his heart never left his birthplace - Amroha. Jaun Elia’s eternal love for India never died and never feared the borders that separated India and Pakistan.

He had command over many languages including Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit & Hebrew. Also, he had a rich encyclopedic knowledge of the history of philosophy, religion, and Islamic mysticism.

Jaun Elia’s Books and Published Works

Jaun Elia procrastinated publishing his first book for nearly 30 years and finally came his incomparable collection of poems, Shayad. ‘Shayad by Jaun Elia’ was published in the year 1989 when Jaun Elia was 58. His book became immensely popular among the intellectuals as well as the masses. But he despised the idea of publishing his work.

Posthumously, Yaani, his second book came in the year 2013, ten years after his death. ‘Yaani by Jaun Elia’ was actually published by Mr. Khalid Ahmed Ansari. Gumnaam, Lekin, and Goya were few of this legend’s main corpus of work, which when published, received tremendous love from masses.

Jaun Elia's prose work, Farhood, a collection of his essays, has also hit the stores. His life can't be briefed in a few paragraphs. He was too mystifying, too larger-than-life to be described in words.

Jaun Elia’s School of Thought

Jaun Elia always frowned upon creation and despised authority - both worldly & divine. This is why Jaun Elia’s poetry is not a love song or a lament; it is a chant of a rebel.

By going through the works of Jaun Elia, you will embark upon the Odyssey to skeptical Knowledge, Agnosticism & Nihilism. It will make you perpetually disturbed, for this was something he wanted his readers to be - longing for knowledge.

Jaun Elia’s Brilliant Phrases and Content

Besides being a brilliant Urdu poet, Jaun Elia framed hundreds of unusual phrases. Jaun Elia formed similes and metaphors, which no other person of his age has done so far.

Jaun Elia has an unusual command over the form and content which reflects in his well-rhymed Nazms & free-verse poems. He was a gem as an Urdu Mushaira poet. They say many other poets refrained to participate in Urdu Mushairas, fearing being eclipsed by none other than Jaun Elia.

Although he went to the other nation, his strong urge of coming back to India can be heard in his poetries, couplets, and verses. Here are some of Jaun Elia’s works for you to cherish and fall in love with literature at once. You might feel deprived of knowledge too!

Jaun Elia’s Books and Published Works

Jaun Elia’s School of Thought

Jaun Elia’s Brilliant Phrases and Content

Jaun Elia Shayaris and Poetries

1. Apni manzil ka rasta bhejo, Jaun humko wahan bula bhejo.

2. Nayi kaliyaan jo ab khili hain wahan, Unki khushbu toh ik zara bhejo.

3. Kuch toh rishta hai tumse kambakhton, Kuch nahin toh ik baddua bhejo.

4. Meri keemat ghatayi ja rahi hai, Mujhe furqat sikhayi ja rahi hai.

Wo shay jo sirf hindustan ki thi, Pakistan laayi jaa rahi hai.

5. Iss samandar mein tashneqaam hun main, Baan tum ab bhi beh rahi ho kya.

6. Jo guzaari na ja saki humse, Humne wo zindagi guzaari hai.

7. Ye mujhe chaen kyun nahi parta, Ek hi shaks tha jahan mein kya.

8. Main bhi bohot ajeeb hun, Itna ajeeb ki bas, Khud ko tabaah kar lia or malaal bhi nahin.

9. Sab daleelein toh mujhko yaad rahin, Behes kya thi usiko bhul gaya.

10. Bohot nazdeek aati ja rahi ho, Bichhadne ka irada kar lia hai kya.

11. Mujhe ab tumse darr lagne laga hai, Tumhe mujhse mohabbat ho gayi kya

12. Kisliye dekhti ho aaina, Tum toh khud se bhi khoobsurat ho.

13. Zindagi kis tarah basar hogi, Dil nahi lag raha mohabbat mein.

14. Kaise kahein ki tujh ko bhi humse hai vasta koi, Tu ne toh aaj tak humse koi gila hi nahin kia.

15. Kaun iss ghar ki dekhbhaal kare, Roz ik cheez toot jati hai.

16. Ilaaj ye hai ki majboor kar dia jaun, Vagarna yun toh kisi ki nahi suni maine.

17. Kya sitam hai ki ab teri surat gaur karne par yaad aati hai.

18.Uss gali ne ye sun ke sabr kia, Jaane wale yahan ke the hi nahin.

19. Kya kaha ishq javedaani hai, Akhiri baar mil rahi ho kya.

20. Tum jo aogi toh khoya hua paogi mujhe, Meri tanhaayi mein khwaabon ke siwa kuch bhi nahin.

Mere kamre ko sajane ki tamanna hai tumhe, Mere kamre mein kitaabon ke siwa kuch bhi nahin.

21. Meri baahon mein behekne ki saza bhi sun le, Ab bohot der mein azaad karunga tujhko.

22. Mustaqil bolta hi rehta hun, Kitna khamosh hun main andar se.

23. Or toh kya tha bechne ke liye, Apni aankhon ke khwaab beche hain.

24. Main raha umra bhar juda khud se, Yaad main khud ko umra bhar aya.

25. Sochta hun uski yaad akhir, Ab kise raat bhar jagaati hai.

26. Saare duniya ke gam humare hain, Or sitam ye ki hum tumhare hain.

27. Zindagi ek fan hai, Lamhon ko apne andaaz se gawaane ka

28.Tumhara hizr mana lun agar izazat ho, Main dil kisi se laga lun agar izazat ho.

29. Bin tumhare kabhi nahin aayi, Kya meri bhi tumhari hai?

30. Apne sab yaar kaam kar rahe hain, Or hum hain ki naam kar rahe hain.

30 Jaun Elia Shayaris/Poetries On Love, Life, and Patriotism To Ignite Your Mind