Ratan Pandoravi

Rattan Pandoravi (Urdu: رتن پنڈوروی‎) as pen name born Rala Ram (Urdu: رالا رام‎) 7 July 1907 – 4 November 1990, was an Urdu poet and scholar from India.[1]

Ratan Pandoravi
رتن پنڈوروی
Born
Rala Ram

7 July 1907
Pandori, Kapurthala State, British India
Died4 November 1990 (1990-11-05) (aged 83)
Pathankot, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationDarvish (Sufi aspirant)
Known forNazms, Ghazals , Criticism, Historian, Translator

Biography

Early life

Rattan Pandoravi was born on 7 July 1907 in Pandori, District Kapurthala, India. He obtained his Munshi Fazil منشی فاضل and Adeeb Fazil ادیب فاضل diploma in Arabic and Persian. As an Urdu poet he firstly consulted Dil Shahjahanpuri, the renowned disciple of Amir Meenai, but later Josh Malsiyani became his mentor.

Career

He has written several books of poetry collection, in which he speaks about the eternal sublime beauty that gives the entire universe its form, shape and cognisance, and the limitless universal love that keeps it firmly bound.[2][3] The comprehensive appraisal of his life and works that has been published is Fars - i – nazar:Pandit Ratan Pandorvi ki dilkas nazmiyat.[4]

Bibliography
  • Bahisht e Nazar
  • Andaz e Nazar
  • Rubaiyyat e Ratan[5]
  • Tahqiqi mabahis (1988)
  • Hindi ke Musalman Shoara (1982)
  • Sarmayah balaghat (1983)
  • Sirre e Maghfarat translation of Bhagvad Gita (1987) [6]

See also
  • List of Urdu language poets

References
  1. Zia Fatehabadi. Zaviyaha e nigaah. Bazm e Seemab. p. 81. “Mujhe yeh bhii ma’aloom thaa ki woh darvishaanaa aur faqiiraanaa zindagii basar kar rahe hain ” From chapter - Ratan kii shayarii mein tazkirah e husn o ishq
  2. Zia Fatehabadi. Zaviyah e nigaah. p. 85. “Ratan aise keii muqaamaat se guzar chukaa hai, kahiin use apni surat mein mehboob kii surat dikhaaii detii hai to kahiin woh mehboob ko apne ta’aqub mein paataa hai, kahiin khaak ke zarre us kii aankhon ke taare ban jaate hain to kahiin jahaan ishq ko woh husn kaa aalam samahjane lagtaa hai, kahiin uske dil mein mehboob kii khwaahish ke siwaa aur koii khwaahish nahiin rahatii to kahiin woh donon jahaan ke aish thukraataa huaa nazar aataa hai,kahiin uskii zabaan khaamosh magar nazar sarshaar rahatii hai to kahiin raat din woh ek mahshar e khaamosh apne pesh e nazar paataa hai, kabhi woh itnaa kho jaataa hai ki khud use apnaa nishaan kahiin nahiin miltaa … ” From chapter - Ratan kii shayarii mein tazkirah e husn o ishq
  3. "Poetry of Ratan Pandoravi". Paigaam.
  4. "Books Catalog:far-vol.25". bookmaps.de. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. "Rubaiyyat e Ratan".
  6. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. p. 987.
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