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Best of Mirza Ghalib

Couplets for love. Lines for heartbreaks. Poetry about unrequited love. Mirza Ghalib’s poetry covers all the chapters of your life.

Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan or as we better know him, Ghalib is a prominent Urdu and Persian poet. He belonged from the darbar of the Mughal Empire especially the last Emperor in the Mughal reign, Bahadur Shah Zafar. His works cover the eclipsing of the Mughal Empire by the British Colonial Raj, classical ghazal in which the identity and gender of his beloved are indeterminate, philosophy, and the mysteries of life.

Best of Mirza Ghalib

The original pen name of Mirza Ghalib was Asad, but later on, in his career, he adopted the pen name Ghalib, mostly for his Urdu poetry. Though Ghalib got his fame posthumously, he still remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but across the world. 

Here are 12 best of Mirza Ghalib from short couplets to long Ghazals.

Best of Mirza Ghalib

Muayyan: Predetermined

Chaaragar: Healer

Bu: Smell

Dagh-e-Dil: Heart sore

Best of Mirza Ghalib

Ibn-e-Maryam: Son of Mary, Jesus
 
Wan: There
 
Bakhsh: Forgive
 
Hajat-Mand: Needy
 
Hajat: Need
 
Tawaqqoa: Expectations
 
Gila: Complaint
 

Aatish: Fire

Love is not in one’s control, this is that fire roused,

It cannot be willed to ignite, nor can it be doused.

Mushtaq: Eager

Be-zar: Apathetic

Muddaa: Issue

Nisar: Sacrifice

Ghalib, a worthless person, this love has made of me,

Otherwise a man of substance I once used to be.

Khuld: Paradise

Aadam: Adam

Be-Abru: Humiliated

Kuche: Street

Mai-khane: Tavern

Waiz: Advisor

 

Visaal-e-yaar: Meeting with the beloved

Etibaar: Trust

Ahd: Pledge, Determination

Ustuwar: Strong

Tir-e-Nim-Kash: Half drawn arrow

Khalish: Uneasiness

Naseh: Advisor

Gham-Gusar: Comforter

 

A part of some long Ghazals

Bebak: Bold

In love, bolder I became, once openly I cried,

I was washed so thoroughly that I got sanctified.

At her innocence O Lord! who would not give his life,

In her hand, there is no sword, yet ventures into strife.

Naqsh-e-Qadam: Footprint

Iram: Paradise

Khayaban: Flowerbed

Best of Mirza Ghalib

On seeing her when one’s face is then infused with such a glow,

She starts to think the one who ails for her is better now.

Taghaful: Ignore

Agreed, you won’t ignore me, I know but then again,

Into dust will I be turned, your audience till I gain.

 

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Information and Couplets Source: Wikipedia and Rekhta

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