Rubai'yat of Josh Malihabadi

L ike a damsel whose heart is difficult to win Ruba'yee is a unique genre of Oriental Poetry. Not many poets have tried their hand on it. Josh Malihabadi is an undisputed king of Rubai'yat in the Indo-Pakistan Sub-Continent. He has tamed the wild genre of Ruba'yee and used it to express his illuminating philosophic thoughts about anguish pains deprivations and vulnerability of life social behaviour love beauty solitude courage contentment power wisdom expression superstitions irrational beliefs spiritualism religious paradoxes and values of life.