Ismail Merathi
اسماعیل میرٹھی
Ismail Merathi in the original Urdu with a facing English translation. The first two chapters of each work are free with ads; Members and Patrons can read the full work without ads. Works can also be read in Roman Urdu and Hindi script.
Life1844–1917
Muhammad Ismail Merathi was born in Meerut and worked as a teacher and in education departments across northern India. He is remembered as the poet of Urdu childhood: his readers and school books taught generations of children to read.
His short nazms on nature, animals, work and good conduct are simple, musical and exact, and he was among the first to write Urdu poems without rhyme. Lines of his are still recited in schools in Pakistan and India.
