Ambri (poem)

rdf:langString Ambri (poem)

rdf:langString Anwar Masood

rdf:langString Pakistan

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rdf:langString Mother's Love

rdf:langString A mother's love

rdf:langString "I was appointed as a schoolmaster in Kunjah village in Gujrat District after my graduation. It was the start of my career. One day, one of my students Bashir came really late and I was furious because two class periods had passed by then, and when I was about to give him a threat of a punishment, he said: "Master jee, first listen to me as to why I am late? Then he continues that Akram had done the worst thing today. He beat his mother and did beat her so hard that when she came to our home, she was bleeding and her face was swollen. Instead of complaining, she had brought his lunch with her and asked me to hand it over to him in the class because he had run from his home earlier in the day without eating anything. His mother was so worried about her son going hungry and she was continually saying for me to go as fast as I could because her son might be starving." After this incident, I couldn't sleep for a couple of days, I tried to write this incident in a poem, but at first I failed, as too much pain and too much Mamta was in that incident that I could not find any words to describe these feelings. But I did not give up. He added, "Main namurad is dil ki tasalli ka kya karoon ?" It then took me ten years to complete this. "

rdf:langString Anwar Masood

rdf:langString "Ambri" (Punjabi: امبڑی) (also commonly known as "Mother") is a Punjabi language narrative poem by Anwar Masood. It was inspired by a real event that happened in 1950, in which teacher Anwar Masood himself had an incident in his class, when one of his students beat his mother to almost death, while he was appointed as a schoolmaster in the village near Kunjah. Written in a time span of a decade between 1962 and 1972 (by Anwar's own accounts). It was first published in 1974 in Mela Akhiyan Da, and then a revised edition was published in 2007. It is written in a dialogue style with non-rhythmic scheme like Aik Pahar aur Gulehri of Allama Iqbal, except in pentameters rather than tetrameters. Poem reviewer Pashaura Singh Dhillon says about Anwar Masood as a poet, "He is a poet that has the rare gift of being able to take a very serious subject and make it light and entertaining". It is considered as a magnum opus of Anwar, and most emotionally depicted poem about mothers love by him. It is often recited by Masood in annual mushairas, mother days and in annual all Pakistani Poets gathering. The book in which the poem was published comprises a total of 11 poems. Except for Ambri, all the other poems are comical poems. The book received highly positive reviews and till now, 40 editions of the book had been published across the country.

rdf:langString Quatrain and Narrative poetry

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rdf:langString non-rhythmic