Aslam Habeeb

Aslam Habeeb was an Urdu poet from Raebareli, born in 1878. He wrote poetry in the classical Urdu tradition, using forms such as ghazals and two-line couplets. His work is remembered among lovers of Urdu poetry for its sentiment, its lyrical style, and its expression of traditional themes like love, longing, and human feeling.

Although he lived during a period when Urdu literature was rich with many voices, detailed documentation about his education, family life, or non-literary career is limited. What is known is that he produced poetry that has survived at least in part through collections of couplets and through being circulated or quoted on Urdu literary sites.

Aslam Habeeb died in 1944. Since his death there has been some preservation of his work via anthologies, online collections of his two-line shayari, and recitations. His contribution is more modest in the sense that he is not widely known internationally, but within Urdu literary circles, especially among readers in Uttar Pradesh and among those interested in classical Urdu poetry, his name is respected.

His poetry tends to reflect the emotional and philosophical norms of his era, often balancing formal structure (meter, rhyme) with emotional weight. He is particularly remembered for the concise power of his couplets, which can evoke feeling with economy of words.