A Dreamy Long Poem by Arif Abdul Mateen “Shahr-e- Bey Sma’at”

Abstract

Arif Abdul Mateen is a prominent figure of “Jadeed Urdu Nazm”. He is also an influential and expressive poet of “Traqi Pasand Tehrik”.  He has worked as Joint Editor with Adabi Mojalla “Auraq” Lahore. His poem “Shahr-e- Bey Sma’at” is very impressive. The main thought of this poem is discovery of Cosmos, he can be seen at war with himself. This poem also reflects the imperial powers as deteriorating the haves not both socio-economically and ideologically. The subject matter of this poem touches artistic excellence and the idea very visibly runs through every line of the poem. Important historical events are artistically used as references to show strong resistance against the on-going corrupt activities of the system. Use of simple diction, well-knit stanzas of the poem and the use of imagery make this poem one the best pieces of literary works. This poem maintains the best kind of aesthetic values whereby it represents the inner psyche of individuals. The poem in hand, keeping in view the traditional literary canon, also shows individual uniqueness by dint of which it creates a visible space in the world of such kind of resistance-oriented writings.