by Baqar Agah Vellori
hasht bahisht ma tohfat-un-nisa
Man Dipak, Man Haran, Man Mohan, Jag Sohan, Aram Dil, Rahat-e-Jan, Man Darpan, Man Jivan
aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
Man Dipak, Man Haran, Man Mohan, Jag Sohan, Aram Dil, Rahat-e-Jan, Man Darpan, Man Jivan
Baqar Agah Vellori was one of the most prestigious literary figures of the Indian subcontinent. He has the credit of tremendous volumes poetic and scholarly content. His writings are in mathnavi form and most of his poems are combinations of Arabic and Persian. The highlight of his work is his lengthy and reverential poem on the life of Abdul Qadir Jilani.