We generally use the word 'elegy' as a synonym for 'marsiya', but there is a slight difference between the two. Elegy is, perhaps, a broader term. The word elegy has its origin in Greek and it means ...

Throughout history, elegies have been composed in different languages. Shakespeare’s works, Grey’s Elegy in a Country Graveyard, the 400 verses of Mr John Pong on the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS) ...

Urdu poetry lovers were in for a treat this week as Jashn-e-Bahar Trust organised Dastan-e-Marsiya: Karbala se Kashi tak, an evening dedicated to Marsiya — a poetic form that commemorates the ...

Importance of Marsiya During Muharram: It will be a rare person who can claim immunity to the pains and pleasures that poetry can bring, be that in the form of lyrics or poems, sung or orated. Words ...