Ishq Ka Teer Kaari Lagay Use Zindagi Jag Mein Bhaari Lagay Naa Chode Mohabbat Daame Marg Tak Jisay Yaar Jaanisoon Yaari Lagay Naa Howe Use Jag Mein Hargiz Qaraar Jise Ishq Ki Beqaraari Lagay Har Ek Waqt Mujhe Aashiq Zaar Koon Pyaare Teri Baat pyaari Lagay "Wali" Koon Kahe Tu Agar Yak Bachan Raqeebon Dil Mein Kataari Lagay Themes His favorite theme was love – both mystical and earthy – and his characteristic tone was one of cheerful affirmation and acceptance, rather than of melancholy grumbling. He was the first Urdu poet to have started the practice of expressing love from the man's point of view, as against the prevailing convention of impersonating as a woman. If, on the one hand, Wali unraveled the beauty and richness of the native language as a poetic medium, on the other, he was alive to the vigor and verve of Persian diction and imagery which he successfully incorporated into the body of his verse. He may thus be called the architect of the modern poetic language, which is a skillful blend of Aam Boli and Persian vocabulary. His diction was unique here is one of his famous ghazal. Memorials His memorial tomb in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad was attacked by the Hindu mob during riots in 2002 and replaced with makeshift Hanuman temple by Hindu Administration. It was completely razed and the road was constructed overnight. After protests from citizens and literary class of city, the Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Gujarat High Court. In 2010, a widely acclaimed short film on Wali's life was made by a film-maker Gopal K. Annam. See also Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah Siraj Aurangabadi Azad Bilgrami Urdu Urdu poetry List of Urdu Poets References External links Wali Mohammed Wali's Poetry Wali's Biography Wali Mohammed Wali at Kavita Kosh Frontline Volume 19 – Issue 10, May 11–24, 2002 Wali Mohammed Wali Ghazals 1667 births 1707 deaths Urdu-language poets from India Urdu-language writers from Mughal India People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra 18th-century Indian Muslims Writers from Ahmedabad Gujarati people People from Marathwada 17th-century Urdu-language writers Poets from Gujarat 17th-century Indian poets 18th-century Indian poets