
Jaun Elia died on Novemin Karachi, Pakistan. Apart from Shaayed, all other collection were published after his death. Some of his famous poetry collections include Shaayed (1991), Yaani (2003), Gumaan (2004), Lekin (2006), Goyaa (2008), Farmood (2008), Mubada & Zakham-e-Umeed. His unique yet simple style of expressing his emotions is what makes him a popular poet and one of his kind. Most of his poetry revolves arounds the topics of love, sadness and pains of separation. He also deeply studied philosophy, islamic history, Sufi traditions and western literature. Elia was well versed in many languages including Urdu, Arabic, English, Hebrew, Persian and Sanskrit. All of his other collections were published after his death. “Shaayed” is his first and only collection which was published during his lifetime in 1991. He started poetry at the young age of eight but his collection was published a lot later. He though migrated to Pakistan in 1957 and settled in Karachi where he lived rest of his life.

Elia was a communist and opposed the partition of India and once remarked that the actual idea of Pakistan was not of an Islamic country otherwise communist party would not have supported it. He initially studied in Syed-ul-Madaris in Amroha which was associated with Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband although his family was Shia. He was born in 14 December 1931 in Amroha, India. Jaun Elia though is most commonly known by his aforementioned pen name but his real name is Syed Hussain Jaun Asghar Naqvi. Now a days, he is probably one of the most searched poet on the internet especially among the younger generation where his couplets and sad quotes have gained immense traction. He was fairly popular during his lifetime but he become a household name after his death when most of his poetry books were published. پھول کھل نہیں رہی.Jaun Elia is a very popular and well-known poet in literary circles and is specially known for his sad Urdu poetry and his unique style of expressing his emotions both in poetry and in mushairas (poetry symposia). Gul Hooria-Aap Mil Nahin Rahe – Ghazal Text Copy Ghazal-Aap Mil Nahin Rahe – Gul-Hooria Urdu Best poetry Ghazal Picture Download & Text SMS Copy-Paste You can download, copy and paste the ghazal to your social media and send it to your friends via mobile message. It expresses the poet’s emotions about his beloved and his plans of passing on.

The sad gazal is often translated as a goodbye to a loved one.

This sad gaze poem is a creation of the famous poet Ghalibeh-oon.
