Faraz) out of respect, and that is how I shall refer to him here.Īs far as Urdu poetry goes, none of his contemporaries could touch Faraz Sahib, or even come close. Though he became one of our closest friends, we always addressed him by the honorific name “Faraz Sahib” (Mr. We would visit with him at least once a year in Pakistan, and he visited us just as often. This was the beginning of a lifelong relationship and he gradually became like a member of our family. My husband and I were asked by the Aligarh Alumni Association to host him for a week, but in that short time we became fast friends, so his stay turned first into a month and then it ended up being almost a year. This was after he had left Pakistan under pressure from military strongman Zia-ul-Haq's government. A local Urdu literary society, the Aligarh Alumni Association, had invited him to recite at a gathering they had organized in his honor-a Mushaira, or poetry reading. I had the honor of meeting Ahmad Faraz 26 years ago in Washington.
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