Masooda Hayat

Masooda Hayat is an Urdu poet born in 1935 in Delhi. She is also a teacher by profession and has taught in the education sector. She composes ghazals, nazms, and individual couplets and writes in Urdu.

Her work is characterized by clarity of feeling, emotional sincerity, and evocative imagery. Many of her poems deal with the themes of separation, memory, longing, and the passage of time. Her nazms often reflect everyday observations and national or cultural events, and her ghazals show lyrical beauty and the dignity of language.

Her collections include Boo-e-Saman, published in 1981, and Tasveer-e-Wata,n published in 1992. These works display her poetic voice that is rooted in classical form yet resonates with modern sensibilities.

Masooda Hayat remains respected among Urdu poetry lovers for her simplicity of style, precision of expression, and ability to evoke deeper feelings with relatively simple words. Her poems are recited, shared, and remembered among those who appreciate the gentler side of Urdu poetry.