’’خوشبو‘‘کی نوخیز کا سفر

  • Dr. Gulshan Tariq
Keywords: پروین شاکر۔ جذبات و احساسات رومانویت اردو شاعری

Abstract

Parveen Shakir stands supreme among the celebrated female Urdu poets. She not only promoted the artistic traditions of Urdu poetry but also made valuable addition to it. She met a sad demise in a roadside accident. Her four books of poetry entitled Khushbu, Sadd-berg, Khud Kalami and Inkar were published and later compiled into one volume named Maah-e-Tamaam. Khushbu is her first collection of poetry. This publication earned her great acclaim. The theme of Khushbu revolves around the feelings and sentiments of a young girl. The initial poems express the pain of inaccessibility experienced by the girl. Later in the book she is found cherishing the yearned union. Eventually she is doomed to get separated from the beloved. So, the motifs of union and separation recur in the book. And this is considered to be the essence of Khushbu.