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thii jo ek ShaKhs ke tasavvur se,
ab wo raanaii-e-Khayaal kahaa.N
To the mysterious woman ( most probably a courtesan), Mirza Asad fell in love with. He was married. But she is supposed to be the inspiration in many of the gems the prolific man left as legacy.
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Hai.N aur Bhi duniyaa mein sukhanvar bahut aChChe,
Kehte hai.N ke Galib ka hai andaaz-e-bayaa.N aur.
(Yes there are others who write and write well, but it's said
Ghalib has his way with words like no one else does)
mushkil hai zabas kalaam meraa ai dil
sun sun ke ise suKhan_varaa.N-e-kaamil
aasaan kahane kii karate hai.n faramaaish
goim mushkil vagaranaa goim mushkil
(Too hard to grasp is my verse, O heart!
Hearing it, the connoisseurs of art
For a simpler style do ask
Difficult, if I write, difficult, if I do not.)
Well, Mirza, nothing could be said so simply. And you were the master of the art, the craft, its style, and substance. No one has bettered them yet, maybe no one will.
Thank you Mirza for enriching millions of lives generations after generations.
Fans of Ghalib can jog their memory at this beautiful jogging track laid by Nita Awatramani: Urdupoetry.com.
2 comments:
na koi Galib se pehle, na koi Galib ke baad
who zamamna mausiki ka, na koi uske baad
kitne mausikar aaye is duniya mein,
unse pehle aur unke jane ke baad
par unke jaisa tha na koi,
na koi Galib se pehle, na koi Galib ke baad
Yes. There is something about Ghalib that even if he boasts, it suits him. He doesn't sound narcissist. Ghalib is to ghazals what Richards was to cricket or Ali to boxing. The flair, the ego, the stance. Everything.
Now read this article. Believe me, it's a pleasure. A treasure trove. And if you take my advice, go through the complete article first before jumping to the goldmine on Ghalib, Mr.Farooqui is pointing to. The joy is doubled. One of the best articles related to Ghalib and people who undertake academic exercises on his works. There is no way you can't like it.
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