نظیر اکبر آبادی کی شاعری میں تہذیب و ثقافت کی عکاسی

Abstract

It is said that Nazeer's poetic treasure consisted of about 200,000 verses but unfortunately  a bigger  portion  of it has been destroyed  and  only 6000 verses are available  in printed form. He left for us about  600 ghazals, although his nazms are said to be more worthy of admiration. No other Urdu poet used as many variety of words  as Nazeer did. Nazeer's poetry conveyed the plight of the common people in fact, Nazeer's growing  popularity  is due to his  nazms. He was   a "People's poet" and his nazms reflected various aspects of the daily life of his era, all types of religious and social events with containing minor details in which common people can be seen laughing, singing, enjoying, playing. He wrote nazams  about  religious  and social festivals,  such as Diwali, Holi, Eid,  Shab-e-baraat,  about fruits , about animals , birds, about seasons and even inanimate objects, such as paisa, rupaia, rotiyaan, atta-daal (meaning  "flour" and "lentils"),  "pankha"  (meaning  "fan") and "kakrhi" (a kind of cucumber).  He wrote nazms about different aspects of human life.