Imam Bakhsh Nasikh

Nasikh ka Kalam (Poems of Nasikh)

ناسخ کا کلام

Imam Bakhsh Nasikh

Forty-two ghazals by Shaikh Imam Bakhsh Nasikh of Lucknow (d. 1838), the reformer of the Urdu language and rival of Atish, whose school shaped the witty, ingenious Lucknow manner: all his poems on Urdu Wikisource. Refrains such as "paper", "colour", "gait", "of its own accord" and "in the veil of" are worked through every turn; beside the beloved's tresses stand a Holi ghazal, his return from exile to a whitewashed Lucknow, and couplets in praise of the Prophet and of Ali. Complete Urdu text with a facing line-by-line English translation, introduction and glossary. Cite as: Imam Bakhsh Nasikh, Nasikh ka Kalam, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/nasikh-ka-kalam. The first two chapters are free to read.

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