Couplet on our existence

miTTii thaa, kisne chaak pe rakh kar ghumaa diyaa
voh kaun haath the ki jo chaaha banaa diyaa
(chaak=potter's wheel)

مٹی تھا کسنے چاک پہ رکھ کر گھما دیا
وہ کون ہاتھ تھے کہ جو چاہا بنا دیا
اجلال مجید

मिटटी था, किसने चाक पे रख कर घुमा दिया
वह कौन हाथ थे कि जो चाहा बना दिया

Isn't it a nice couplet? All of us have often faced the questions regarding our existence but Ijlal Majeed's ghazal with the above mentioned matlaa' has said it in a unique way. Ijlal is brother of Iqbal Majeed, the rewnowed Urdu writer who is probably the greatest contemporary prose writer after Intizar Husain in Pakistan and Naiyar Masood in India.

Iqbal Majeed is popular across the Urdu world though his association with radio affected his literary output earlier. His recent Namak was a masterful novel. However, his brother Ijlal (pronouced Ijlaal) is a poet who prefers solitude.

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