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) ...

MARSIYA, or elegy, is derived from an Arabic word which means ‘to mourn the dead and eulogise them’. With the word marsiya, one naturally thinks of the martyrs of Karbala, but the ones that bewail and ...

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 ...

The word Marsiya has its base in the Arabic word for tragedy, and was commonly used to describe the lamentation for any sorrow. However, since the brutal tragedy was caused to the holy Prophet's (PBUH ...

Syed Israr Ahmed, my brother-in-law, records one Urdu nauha (laments recited to a tune, but without musical instruments) a day, weeping copiously as he does so. He then sends it to his family’s ...