Divan of Mirza Ghalib
by Mirza Ghalib
by Mirza Ghalib
| Mirza Ghalib, the greatest Urdu poet--and not only the greatest Urdu poet, but perhaps there is no other poet in any language of the world who can be compared with him. --Osho Books I Have Loved |
1796-1869
original Arabic of a verse of Mirza
Ghalib and English translation:
Ghalib and English translation:
Who can behold him? He is singularly unique,
Had there been a shade of duality, Him you
might have seen.
Your concerns so mystic, inimitable your style,
You would be a prophet, Ghalib, but for your
wine.
Had there been a shade of duality, Him you
might have seen.
Your concerns so mystic, inimitable your style,
You would be a prophet, Ghalib, but for your
wine.
aka:
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Urdu/Persian:
خانمرزا اسد اللہ ), pen-name Ghalib
(Urdu/Persian: غالب, ġhālib) and Asad (former pen-
name)
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Urdu/Persian:
خانمرزا اسد اللہ ), pen-name Ghalib
(Urdu/Persian: غالب, ġhālib) and Asad (former pen-
name)
"Divan" means a collection of poems, the term "ghazal"
is also used to identify Urdu poetry form.
is also used to identify Urdu poetry form.
1796-1869
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