An Analysis of Asad Muhammad Khan’s Song writing

Abstract

Asad Muhammad Khan is a fiction writer, but along with, he has
also made a distinct identity by writing poems and songs in literary world.
His song’s collection "Rokey Hovay Sawan", firstly released in 1977 but
the included songs written in 70s. His literary life started with these songs
and poems that published from time to time in various literary magazines
and digests. He has described these songs as his ‘first love’. These songs
have the charm of Hindi language. He has done many experiments in
‘form’. In his songs, both chanting and music combines to create a strange
atmosphere. Like traditional folk songs, in these songs he has expressed
immense love for his lover on the part of a love-struck woman. He has
immortalized the 14 rag-ragas of music in the form of his songs.His love
for the soil of his homeland becomes a song. Therefore, he posses a
distinct and unique recognition amongst Urdu lyricists