Where the poems come from

The poems are not ours

Every poem belongs to its poet or the poet's estate, or is in the public domain. arooz claims no rights in any of them and grants none. We publish the poems so that they can be read and their meter studied — under their poets' names, and with a quick removal route for anyone who holds the rights.

Poets and rights status

Status is judged from the poet's year of death, as of 2026: India protects a poet's work for 60 years after death, Pakistan for 50. A poet with no recorded death year is treated as in copyright. This is our working judgement for handling requests — not a legal clearance.

• Public domain (India and Pakistan)633 ghazals · 12 poets
• Public domain in Pakistan only4 ghazals · 1 poets
• In copyright630 ghazals · 16 poets
• Status unknown — treated as in copyright10 ghazals · 1 poets

Sources

The texts on arooz come from public collections of Urdu poetry, most of them derived from Rekhta.

Asking for a poem to be removed

If you hold the rights to a poem on arooz — as the poet, an heir or a publisher — and want it taken down, email arsi@packnix.com with the page address and your connection to the poem. A good-faith statement is enough; we do not ask for proof of ownership.

We acknowledge every request within 7 days and remove or restrict the poem within 30. Removal reaches the website, its search index and the next release of the apps; an app already installed on a phone keeps its copy until it is updated. Every request, and what we did about it, is recorded in a public log.

The code

arooz's website, its apps and its meter engine are built and maintained by arooz.